what would saul alinsky do?

[bountyhunter]

So I've been working with the Texas Campaign for the Environment for four months now, and I've fallen into the rhythm of working for a nonprofit and a political organization. In spite of how mundane it seems to me right now though, it pays to consider every now and then the fact that I am involved in what is looked on as a somewhat radical (and,

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[anonymous]

This content of this post seems to me to be absolutely ridiculous

[anonymous]

** I see that Tyler beat me to the punch on the last point

~ Arturo

[jeweltoned]

"It is fallacious to think that working income communities are denied entrance by some global white conspiracy. They are denied entrance because, in general, the members of these populations have less aptitude, as far as we can measure, to make efficient use of resources."

I dont want us to get into an internet war, no way; they're awful, nothing gets accomplished. But just so you know, Maria, I read this and shat a fucking brick.

[bountyhunter]

Arturo,

I believe I have inadvertently deleted one of your comments. I re-paste it here in its entirety:

"I don't want us to get into an internet war, no way; they're awful, nothing gets accomplished

[bountyhunter]

I didn't really think I made the issue out to be a white conspiracy. Indeed, I would never make any sort of claim that a conscious effort on the part of every white individual is made to keep the minorities down. It's a systemic issue. Now, I see you pull out an analogy loosely based on evolutionary principles. I think that would be valid if we, as humans, had little to no control over the outside influence that determine success as a living member of the human race. However, we have advanced sufficiently to be able to realize, I hope, that we have created intangible systems and boundaries that favor certain groups over others.

The aptitude we measure is that of luck of birth. Standardized testing is a measure only of a certain type of intelligence. For instance, it is culturally relative. That has no bearing on income. However, another fact of the test is how much prior tutoring has become expected to earn positive or 'usable' results in the test. Tutoring that many impoverished communities cannot afford, since good instruction