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From: matthew@oit.gatech.edu (Matthew DeLuca)
>>Many poor people can't *get* the jobs. either because they're the
>>wrong color, or the wrong sex, or the wrong age, or have a
>>physical handicap, or an accent, or aren't attractive looking, 
>>or have never been able to overcome having been born into a 
>>family that could give them no advantages. 
>
>Yet, there are many, many people who *are* the wrong color, sex, or age, 
>and are handicapped, accented, ugly, or come from a poor background, and
>they seem to be doing just fine.  The difference that I have noticed is
>that those who do well are the ones with grit and determination, and those
>who don't do well frequently blame others for their failures.

Although not strictly false, certainly, the problem with this
statement is that it portrays a static view of life.

However, in fact, people have their ups and downs, someone you know
who is ok may have been on the bottom a few years ago, or will be a
few years from now.

Of course, all of us are subject to the whims of life. The only
question is whether something wrong happened, or was it merely the ebb
and flow of fate?

For example, if we are harmed by another person maliciously, we tend
to accept that as unfair and often expect restitution. Few of us would
disagree with that.

So the question is whether being discriminated against for race or sex
or whatever, even if the set-back is ultimately temporary, is a wrong
and is it something that some people experience systematically?

In a nutshell, yes, if someone knocks me down I might well get up, but
that alone doesn't forgive or forget the fact that someone knocked me
down.

-- 
        -Barry Shein

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