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Originally Posted by 1399
you said:
I'm proud of people who can rise out of the ghetto, and that's whether they are black, white, hispanic, or aliens.
I am too-- I wish more would, but there is a lot of factors involved, many things that a person outside of that environment may never understand.
you said:
Sadly, many of them maintain the welfare mentality they are raised with. It's generational, but not attributed to the white man any longer.
I think that the laws, policies, "glass ceilings" of yesteryear still affect many today. However, the people who nurture the welfare mentality do so at their own demise, and the demise of their children-- and the cycle goes on.
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My friend, I lived in a housing project a few years ago. Most of the occupants were white, as the area I lived in was predominantly white (the KKK is big in that area).
I lived in a duplex, and my neighbor was a sweet, elderly black woman, who's two grandsons lived with her.
I had more problems with the white folks than any of the black folks. The welfare mentality was alive and well and seen in those people who had nothing better to do than drink and smoke and party at 3am while people like myself, going to school and working two part-time jobs, were trying to sleep cause they had to get up early.
I told my kids everyday for the 2 1/2 years we lived there that it wasn't our home, just a place we were staying at temporarily. I didn't want them to develop a place of comfort in living there.
Now, I'm not saying that all people who live there have a welfare mentality. Some have no choice, like the elderly woman beside me. I'm glad there are places for people like her to live that are safe.
Where I lived, there were very few elderly and disabled, however. I found that to be a sad scenario.
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