Are black Americans being oppressed by The Man? The position taken here is no. Are black Americans struggling socially and financially? Yes. But the position taken here is that black Americans aren’t struggling socially and financially because of “systemic racism” and “white supremacy.” Nope, the position taken here is that black Americans are struggling socially …
Right from birth, my chances of making it to the NFL were doomed. Nature saddled me with a body that couldn’t acquire—regardless of how hard I trained or how many PEDs I took—the speed, strength, and toughness necessary to play football at an elite level. But just because nature frowned on me didn’t mean I …
Continue reading “Equal Opportunity to Try Is All I Ask For Me and Everyone Else”
I came across yet another academic study that blamed the achievement gap between black and white students on—you guessed it—something other than black students and their parents. This time the culprit was segregation and poverty. The study, Is Separate Still Unequal, can be downloaded here, and it’s worth a look if you don’t mind reading …
Continue reading “The Only Two Questions You Need to Answer If You Want to Improve Your Finances”
Today I have a special treat for you—a guest post from Laurie Blank. Laurie is a super writer with a new blog, Great Passive Income Ideas. She’s an honest, upstanding woman who has been a good friend to Mrs. Groovy and me, and I’m so proud to feature her today. Take it away, Laurie! When …
Continue reading “Dump Privilege Envy Syndrome and Get Yourself Some Bootstrap Mentality”
Check out this awesome article pushing privilege envy syndrome I came across this week. According to the author of this article, there’s no way students of color in Waterbury, Connecticut can do well in school because the schools they go to are mostly majority black and such schools spend $4,000 less per pupil than neighboring …