dogplasma said:
I realize the American experience has been wildly different for different people and groups of people, but if you want to devote your life to change, maybe a career in politics or law would be more effective than one in track and field?
People have no perspective.
We are probably the only country in the world were you can be overweight, have a tv and cable, phone, car to drive around in, and get a decent amount of money from the government every month and still be considered in poverty.
Yes, i realize that people do grow up in different walks of live and are disadvantaged compared to other folks in this country, but look at world compared to us. For god sake people are turning turning their "mistreatment" by the country today into lucrative opportunities and being given a platform where millions of people will listen to them and support them. You don't get that anywhere else in the world.
I think that the folks who don't realize that should take some time and see how the rest of the world lives before weighing in. Spend a few months in poverty in Brazil, Russia, China, any African or Latin American country before coming back and complaining