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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (734390)	8/23/2013 2:10:10 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 1578011

You now have to treat disadvantaged minorities as "more equal" because it's obvious to anyone that, by the very nature of their race, they were losers in the "lottery of life." No one deserves to be treated as more equal. This only leads to abuse and corruption. Some people, however, are born to lose in the "lottery of life." The urban multi-generational son of a single teen welfare mother has definitely gotten a raw deal. There are typically no traditional male models for them to relate to, so the only strong male model available in the community is gangsta. Because of urban community make-up, we can see the relationship to black ghettos but there is no genetic link to this and it certainly is not a problem exclusive to black males. We all need a social safety net. In a traditional home, the family is expected to provide such a social network. I know in my family and most families there were kids who fell off the path of decency from time to time and the family was there for them. As a society we need to consider the needs of babies born into awful modern circumstances, where traditional safety nets of the family are not available. That doesn't, however, include giving them a pass on maleficent conduct and there is no reason to consider it a race based problem. It is a community problem. Our community organizer President ought to be able to figure that out.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (734390)	8/23/2013 8:10:43 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578011

>In other words, it's not enough to just treat all races as equal. You now have to treat disadvantaged minorities as "more equal" because it's obvious to anyone that, by the very nature of their race, they were losers in the "lottery of life." They're not more equal. Its acknowledging that while you might see them as equal, a significant portion of society doesn't and that that makes things much, much more difficult because it's metastasized in our institutions. Those institutions need to be fixed. -Z