you can't make fake deep 'i-took-an-intro-level-philosophy-class' half-truths and then not explain how that could possibly apply to the situation at hand.
what does that even mean, when did I mention me taking a philosophy class.
unless you're using that as an insult then that's a stuff dismissive insult right there bucko.
do you have any sources proving that humans will change their entire mindset at some point and leap out of the ghetto with their newfound courage? any reasonable evidence that it's guaranteed for people to change their minds that drastically, even with the same forces acting on them?
The only source needed here is existence itself, look at how drastically things can change over time, whether it be environmental or political or social, everything is subject to change. If an entire country such as The United States during the Revolution can make a difference to not only themselves but the people around them, or South Korea with their current political protests against their own government can do the same, then I think little black kid out of the ghetto can discover something called knowledge through reading or educating himself instead of depending on the people around him to do it to change his entire world for better or worse.
i'm assuming you mean they grew up poor, but individual cases of success are still the minority of cases in the poverty cycle. sure, maybe 1 out of 10 kids gets out, but does that mean the other 9 kids just didnt try hard enough?
I couldn't say for certain, there's too many variables that affect these situations so saying that this is it definitively is a bit ignorant. Otherwise, some people are permanently poor, other's aren't.
dude what. the only thing you've provided are anecdotes and your telling others to carefully select studies as evidence...
I''m not telling people to carefully select studies lol, they're the one's bringing them up in the first place, I'm only telling them to bring them to me.
and don't know what you mean by anecdotes, apparently a colored family being wealthy is unfathomable to you. What am I supposed to do, give out their home address and family name so you can get a good look and then go "oh okay they exist".
http://www.abstractsonline.com/plan/ViewAbstract.aspx?cKey=7b3e8587-f590-4d94-ae3f-e050d52e8488&mID=2964&mKey=%7b70007181-01C9-4DE9-A0A2-EEBFA14CD9F1%7d&sKey=734b1ccd-cfcf-4394-a945-083ca58f8033
funny you left out the next line of text that states "
Little work has been performed in human subjects to test whether normal variation in early experience has measurable long term effects on the brain"
that's a study performed on animals dude, now sure for any life form the environment they grow up in impacts them as a whole and can dictate their entire life, but given that humans are much more advanced than any animal then saying that if they're poor they're perma poor is stupid.
http://www.abstractsonline.com/plan/ViewAbstract.aspx?mID=2964&sKey=734b1ccd-cfcf-4394-a945-083ca58f8033&cKey=049d5a9e-4ff9-4541-9072-05911a9a7fd8&mKey=70007181-01c9-4de9-a0a2-eebfa14cd9f1http://irows.ucr.edu/cd/courses/232/pyke/intracopp.pdf
and again you're leaving more stuff out: "
but little is known about the structural correlates of childhood SES in prefrontal cortex...These results suggest that brain structure in frontal regions may provide a meaningful link between SES and cognitive function among healthy, typically developing children". Now the end bit isn't anything new, if you're raised well then you grow up to be a decent human being, that's a given, but this doesn't tell me anything about your claim.
Your mexican friends or whoever you decide to hang around do not represent the entire million demographic of young black teens and minorities who are segregated into poorly maintained schools.
Of course they don't represent all of that population, but what you were saying is that if you grow up in a stuff environment, you
will grow up to be a stuff person, but the very existence of said mexican/colored acquaintances completely negates that.
