"We have created a caste system in this country, with African Americans kept exploited and geographically separate by racially explicit government policies. Although most of these policies are now off the books, they have never been remedied and their effects endure."

Atonement Acknowledgement Repair

oski003 said:

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Chapman_is_Gone said:

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Anyone who works hard in this country can achieve, at the very least, a comfortable upper middle class lifestyle for themselves and their family.

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If they have a modicum of intelligence and aren't mentally disabled, or made very poor critical life choices.

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You'll have to define "modicum" for Going4Roses, even though his mom was an English teacher. He's likely thinking something very different than what you intended.