Can't find a book called "Outliners". You really show your stupidity when you try to sound smart, WPF.
Can't find a book called "Outliners". You really show your stupidity when you try to sound smart, WPF.LOL...you got me COG.
Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
Most successful people have had all kind of help. The mere fact that you were born in this country is a certain privilege that others do not have. May I suggest Gladwell's book "Outliners"....
http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB122671469296530435
Mr. Gladwell explains that the hockey phenomenon is an example of "accumulative advantage," where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. He notes that sociologist Robert Merton dubbed the phenomenon "the Matthew Effect," after the biblical verse in the Gospel of Matthew: "For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." Success, in the hockey example, depends not only on the natural ability of the athletes but also on the idiosyncracy of the selection process used to identify talent. Originally Posted by WTF
That's not what I said... I'm not playing that game. If you can't make your point without changing what I said and then thinking you're clever, we're done here. Originally Posted by UnderConstruction
I'm not trying to be clever. Let me try again. Are there no privileged blacks? Are there no underprivileged whites? Does privilege guarantee success? Then why do so many people succeed without it? What is privilege anyway? Most successful people would say they created their own privileges by refusing to let doors close on them.
But let's assume all whites are privileged and all blacks are not, as you seem to believe. What are the ramifications? Does it follow that we should confiscate wealth from whites and redistribute it to blacks? And if so, isn't mugging just another way of achieving this? Have you really thought the whole thing through? If I misstated what you said or meant, then go ahead and explain it to us. Originally Posted by lustylad
White privilege is easily seen. All you have to do is open your eyes... you yourself or you know friends who do, believe in Jesus. In the book about him he flew through the sky, walked on water, raised dead people, etc, but you find it hard to believe that being white gives you some inherent privilege? Gimme a break. Originally Posted by UnderConstructionWell if you're White you're alright, but if you're Brown don't come around, if you're Black stay back. I guess that's how the story goes.
White privilege is easily seen. All you have to do is open your eyes... you yourself or you know friends who do, believe in Jesus. In the book about him he flew through the sky, walked on water, raised dead people, etc, but you find it hard to believe that being white gives you some inherent privilege? Gimme a break. Originally Posted by UnderConstruction
Same general color as about 90% of us in Eretz Yisrael - at least those of us who belong here.Can you prove that, IBHomo, you lying sack of shit? Doesn't make much sense, after all, from a purely archaeological standpoint, but I'm sure You fucking know.
Same general color as Abraham and Isaac and Jacob (Yisrael)
Of course, you knew that, didn't you?
Or, have you ever even been to Israel? Originally Posted by Jewish Lawyer