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I felt a little uneasy with the "us and them" nature of the post myself, but that's how the dynamic is in the midst of the service projects. The different cultures give rise to the differences that I observe. The fact that we come in and talk about education being worth while and get laughed at shows that their is a different value system in place. This is evidenced as well by the spending habits and "label worship" that is not only exhibited in inner cities, but on college campuses and corporate board rooms as well. I guess that I am trying to say that though I can relate and I do understand our brothers and sisters in the inner cities, I also see that there are differences here. And I think that these differences are what the people need to see. College is obtainable, success and longevity of life are obtainable, but a change in values has to accompany those things. "If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always gotten" so to speak. This does not mean that we are fundamentally different, but that we as college educated people have an obligation to work in our inner city communities to show others how to overcome.
Blackwatch!!!
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