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Socialism is not communism. Comrade is a term that connotates communism.
socialism is communism lite...and a stepping stone to communism
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"A Liberal begins with his prime truth that all evils are caused by the capitalists. From this he logically proceeds to the revolution to end capitalism, then into the third stage of reorganization into a new social order of socialism, and finally the last stage -- the political paradise of communism." Saul Alinsky
That means less than 1% of America's billionaires are black (while the general population is 13% black) and 60% of black billionaires is via sports and or entertainment.
Wealth is something you EARN. It is not distributed by skin color.
That is not all true. Much of wealth is tied up into peoples homes. You can take the same looking home....in a black community and it is worth much less than the same looking home in a white community. In other words, white communities are more desirable and that market demand pushes up home values and hence....wealth. Black communities are the least desirable which pushes down home values and reduces black wealth. None of this has anything to do with hard work and EARNINGS. Its about how many dollars are chasing those communities. Whites have most of the dollars to do the chasing in the free market....and those white dollars tend to run to white communities and run away from black communities that are not being gentrified.
That means less than 1% of America's billionaires are black (while the general population is 13% black) and 60% of black billionaires is via sports and or entertainment.
Any candidates talking about this? Blacks unemployment may be near record lows......but blacks don't seem to have much wealth....not surprising given how important home value is to ones wealth.
You don't get well known as a tech superstar unless you reach the ranks of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, the Amazon guy, etc. There might be tech superstars in companies....but unless they are the owners and CEO's.....nobody notices them to emulate them. People notice sports and entertainers because they are on tv and social media all the time.
Black American STEM success stories may often be done by unsung heroes but they are not hidden. They are in the community, they are at family gatherings, they are at industry conventions and outreach programs, they're sitting next to you on the bus. You may not feel there are as many of them as their ought to be, but they are out there, living examples of what can happen if you work hard and stick with it. It's all something to build on. I know one of my biggest inspirations was a friend's older brother. He went away to the army and he came back a different man, and I found it inspiring. Turned out the army wasn't for me but taking that first step helped me realize that the key to doing something positive with your life is to do it. And for what it's worth, when I was in the army many of my most positive role models in that venue were black men.
Also there's nothing that says a black child's inspiration has to be another black person. Any person living a life worth looking up to will do in a pinch.
Black American STEM success stories may often be done by unsung heroes but they are not hidden. They are in the community, they are at family gatherings, they are at industry conventions and outreach programs, they're sitting next to you on the bus. You may not feel there are as many of them as their ought to be, but they are out there, living examples of what can happen if you work hard and stick with it. It's all something to build on. I know one of my biggest inspirations was a friend's older brother. He went away to the army and he came back a different man, and I found it inspiring. Turned out the army wasn't for me but taking that first step helped me realize that the key to doing something positive with your life is to do it. And for what it's worth, when I was in the army many of my most positive role models in that venue were black men.
Also there's nothing that says a black child's inspiration has to be another black person. Any person living a life worth looking up to will do in a pinch.
No one is arguing the absence of vs the existence of....which is what you point seems to be refuting. I never asserted one is visible and the other is invisible....or I did not mean to. Everyone knows about the sports and entertainer at all the functions you note about the STEM stars, PLUS, and more importantly, the sports and entertainer is seen by millions, creating FAME, as well as fortune. Lots of people want the FAME and fortune.
Well.....many black people do look up to people of different races. However, the most powerful incentive is when a person who looks like you and comes from an environment like you.....achieves something. That really makes you think you can do it to.
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