[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]CA Renter: I see the point you are trying to make, and it’s valid. However, you are also using examples that are diametrically polar opposites. Of course, the answer is obvious.
I’d be more curious about, say, a lower middle class white kid, whose dad is a blue collar worker with a good work ethic, who comes from an intact family and who is the product of public school and a state university or college.
Juxtapose this kid with a lower middle class Hispanic kid with a similar family with similar values and the same educational background.
I’d be willing to bet good money that those two kids enjoy the same level of success. [/quote]
I don’t think this was intended to make a point about race. It was intended to make a point about class.
Someone from a lower class background – even one that values work – has a much lower chance to succeed financially than someone brought up in an upper class background that similarly values work.
While the opportunity to succeed is always there, the fact is that under our system, most people stay in a similar financial class as their parents. They simply start out disadvantaged compared to those wealthier than them.
