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Perhaps it would be worth considering that there are extreme discriminatory practices in the social and civil institutions that perpetuate victim culture by, well, creating victims.
Being victimized and deciding to remain a victim are two different things. Some, that have opportunities, choose to remain victims.
I read an interesting study where Asian women were administered math tests. The hour before the test, one group was asked to reflect on their life as women. That group did poorly compared to the control group.
The other group was asked to reflect on their lives as Asians. That group scored higher than the control group.
Mind you, the participants otherwise had similar backgrounds and overall levels of aptitude.
Here is some nighttime reading for you to educate yourself In his childhood........
You are wrong in this area.
I do believe you frothed at the key board without knowing anything in this area.
Clarence Thomas is known for his quiet, stoic demeanor during oral arguments and his conservative viewpoint that challenges, if not surpasses, even Scalia’s originalism. Thomas was born in a small town outside of Savannah, Georgia on June 23, 1948. His father left him, his older sister, and his mother two years later. His mother struggled to make ends meet as a single working mother, especially after giving birth to another son after Thomas' father left. After a fire left his family homeless, Thomas was sent to live with his maternal grandfather. Thomas’ grandfather was his most influential role model. He ran several of his own businesses and instilled in Thomas a sense of discipline and strength. When Thomas was sixteen, he fought to earn admittance into a boarding school seminary to pursue his dream of becoming a Catholic priest. He was the first black student admitted to St. John Vianney and felt the pressure of being the sole representative of his race during his time there. Thomas had excellent grades but struggled with the racially charged bullying he endured. In 1967, Thomas entered Conception Seminary at the college level. At this stage in his education, Thomas struggled with the passive stance the Catholic Church had taken in addressing civil rights. He decided to abandon his dream of becoming a priest soon after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination in 1968.
Thomas transferred to College of the Holy Cross and graduated in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a passion for civil rights that drove him to pursue a career in law. He attended Yale Law School as one of the first students to benefit from the open admissions program that offered positions to black students in all-white colleges. Years later, Thomas would grow to abhor affirmative action, as hiring partners and other white colleagues would credit his accomplishments not to hard work and dedication, but to the color of his skin and the measures schools took to recruit black students. Upon graduation, Thomas began working in the office of the Missouri Attorney General after being admitted to the Missouri bar in 1974. In 1977, he worked for Senator John C. Danforth as his legislative assistant. After four years working with Danforth, President Reagan appointed Thomas as the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education. A year later, Reagan propelled his career even further by appointing him Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. By this point in Thomas’ life, he was still living with severe debt from student loans, an issue made worse by his addiction to alcohol. Once Thomas decided he could no longer afford to drink as he did, he quit drinking all together. Thomas served at the EEOC for eight years, and in 1990, President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit.
Clarence Thomas WAS NOT POOR! He went to live with grandparents at a very young age! His grandfather was a relatively well off man who owned two businesses and had enough money to send him to prestigious private schools in the area. He received a Holy Cross education as a result of not being forced to attend crappy underfunded segregated schools in Savannah. He was the only black child in his classes when he attended grade school.
So again, don’t give me this bootstrap nonsense. It’s a false narrative.
Conservatives have no moral authority to complain about victim culture. The evangelicals are some of the most sensitive snowflakes in existence yet for some reason they get a pass.
I read an interesting study where Asian women were administered math tests. The hour before the test, one group was asked to reflect on their life as women. That group did poorly compared to the control group.
The other group was asked to reflect on their lives as Asians. That group scored higher than the control group.
Mind you, the participants otherwise had similar backgrounds and overall levels of aptitude.
Just some food for thought...
Curious -- I'm not really sure what to make of this.
Are we saying that thinking of life as a woman tends to bring people down on tests whereas life as an Asian means they are likely to score higher falling into stereotypes?
Clarence Thomas WAS NOT POOR! He went to live with grandparents at a very young age! His grandfather was a relatively well off man who owned two businesses and had enough money to send him to prestigious private schools in the area. He received a Holy Cross education as a result of not being forced to attend crappy underfunded segregated schools in Savannah. He was the only black child in his classes when he attended grade school.
So again, don’t give me this bootstrap nonsense. It’s a false narrative.
So you're admitting blacks could be well off and privilegedeven in the 1950s? I knew that. They're still complaining and making demands 60 years later. Clarence Thomas is probably my favorite justice right now.
So you're admitting blacks could be well off and privilegedeven in the 1950s? I knew that. They're still complaining and making demands 60 years later. Clarence Thomas is probably my favorite justice right now.
There have been wealthy blacks in America since blacks have been in America. That’s not some new revelation. What the hell is wrong with you?
I have never made any case for poverty being the natural state of existence for African Americans. If anything, that’s what YOU think. I ain’t never been broke.
So you're admitting blacks could be well off and privilegedeven in the 1950s? I knew that. They're still complaining and making demands 60 years later. Clarence Thomas is probably my favorite justice right now.
You could benefit from a lot more reading. Relying on sound bytes and stereotypes doesn’t cast a good light.
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