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Originally posted by CET
Because they're old that means they're inapplicable? You don't think this happens today? I can give you contemporary examples if you like. None the less, the people I mentioned were blocked by poverty, institutionalized slavery (which no American has to deal with today), prejudice (which is not overtly practiced towards black people anymore in America due to the harsh public stigma attached to such acts) and lack of access to decent education, yet these men chose to succeed no matter what. This shows that success is a matter of determination on the part of the individual.
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For every one of these poor, uneducated slaves that managed to rise above their circumstances, how many were there that didn't?
Then tell me how things were for white people of the same era.
Equal opportunity? Come on man. Don't be absurd.