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[biancardi]

On 2/3/2014 bathina said:

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

On 2/2/2014 Marienkaefer2 said:

Try reading Isabel Wilkerson' s "The Warmth of Other Suns."

There are many success stories in there,

BUT THE REASON THERE ARE NOT MORE is a something called JIM CROW.

Some people managed to break out of the bonds despite oppression, but many did not.

The social effects of this can still be seen today, whether you want to recognize it or not.

SINCE JIM Crow. I mentioned rights and opportunities. If she could do it then...during JIM Crow, before civil rights and EEO...why aren't more doing it now?

With all your rights and opportunities, why aren't YOU a millionaire?

good question. I mean, since esme thinks she can paint a whole paintbrush over a race in this country, I think she should be able to ANSWER that one.

[mgm2]

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

I'd ask you to name some, but I can google as well as you can.

You don't need to google esmerelda but you might want to visit the library and (gasp) open a book.

[esmerelda]

On 2/3/2014 bathina said:

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

I'd ask you to name some, but I can google as well as you can.

You can't think of any successful black people without having to google? Really?

That isn't what I said.

[bathina]

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

On 2/3/2014 bathina said:

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

On 2/2/2014 Marienkaefer2 said:

Try reading Isabel Wilkerson' s "The Warmth of Other Suns."

There are many success stories in there,

BUT THE REASON THERE ARE NOT MORE is a something called JIM CROW.

Some people managed to break out of the bonds despite oppression, but many did not.

The social effects of this can still be seen today, whether you want to recognize it or not.

SINCE JIM Crow. I mentioned rights and opportunities. If she could do it then...during JIM Crow, before civil rights and EEO...why aren't more doing it now?

With all your rights and opportunities, why aren't YOU a millionaire?

No need to make this about me.

It's a legitimate question unless you hold a different standard to others than you expect from yourself.

[mgm2]

On 2/3/2014 bathina said:

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

I'd ask you to name some, but I can google as well as you can.

You can't think of any successful black people without having to google? Really?

Of course she can't..someone has to give her the information first.

[mgm2]

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

On 2/3/2014 bathina said:

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

I'd ask you to name some, but I can google as well as you can.

You can't think of any successful black people without having to google? Really?

That isn't what I said.

No, but that is what you inferred when you posted.

[esmerelda]

On 2/3/2014 mgm2 said:

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

I'd ask you to name some, but I can google as well as you can.

You don't need to google esmerelda but you might want to visit the library and (gasp) open a book.

Let me put it another way. If I asked you to name some you would google. I can do that myself.

[Pqfan]

On 2/2/2014 esmerelda said:

Where did the people after her go wrong? If she could do it then, why can't they do it now with all the rights and opportunities?

There are many successful African American men and women.

My family has quite a few of them.

[bathina]

On 2/3/2014 mgm2 said:

On 2/3/2014 bathina said:

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

I'd ask you to name some, but I can google as well as you can.

You can't think of any successful black people without having to google? Really?

Of course she can't..someone has to give her the information first.

I just remembered why I generally avoid her posts. Great to see you!

[NoelSeven]

On 2/3/2014 esmerelda said:

Let me put it another way. If I asked you to name some you would google. I can do that myself.

What's shocking is that you not only would have to google for names, but that you assume everyone else knows as little as you do.