I am split about Mr. Cosbys comments and some here. The 'lower class' being referred to that could be one of many reasons the problems exist. If a group of people are told all their lives in so many words "you are the lower class, the virtual feces of the american society" and the cycle of self hatred, lowered expectations and devaluement is ingrained to the degree whether by our 'own' or not, how can we seriously believe they want anything else?? I am from that lower class Bill spoke so highly about, and I am sure many of my fellow GC'ers are also. Yes the comments he made had some truly valid points to them, but they were off for me, on the right track but not heartfelt. Like AKAD91 said, we gotta get to the root of this, the people in college are not who I am worrying about! I know we all must answer the challenge, and answering those challenges mean going on various levels and relating our goals to our realities.
We got our work cut out for us my brothers and sisters...
Great discussion, I enjoy reading everyone's vantage point...to a degree
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