I agree with this article, because I believe that anyone can do anything that they set their mind to. If anyone works hard enough than they can do anything and achieve big goals in life. I think that the author used good ideas to express what he thinks about being a poor black kid. I'm not poor, or black, so I can't speak on behalf of those who are poor and/or black, but I think that if they saw that they could be anything they wanted to if they just worked hard, than they would want the chance to do that. I know that there are many poor black kids that have been on shows like Oprah who dream of going to college and getting fantastic jobs so they can have money for their children. I read a book by Horatio Alger Jr. called "Ragged Dick, or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-blacks". This book was not about poor black kids, but it was about kids who are poor. These kids had nothing and they found that if they worked hard and had the aspiration to be amazing, then they could do anything. I saw a musical called "Bowery Boys" that was based off of the book "Ragged Dick". The lead character Dick Hunter (played by my friend Brian) really wanted to be a business man. He worked hard and found new ways to make money, with the help of his friends Bronski (played by my friend Christian), Mickey (played by my friend Andrew), Squirt, and Mary. All of Dick's hard work payed off when he got a position working for a Mr. Marshall Fields.
This is what poor black kids should be doing. Working hard and finding a way to make it in the world. America is not an easy country to make it in, you don't hear of many rags-to-riches stories anymore. Anyone can make their future brighter, you just have to know how to start the spark.
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The second article I read was a response to "If I Was a Poor Black Kid". I understand where the author is coming from, but I just don't see why he thinks that it's so far fetched to think that someone who is poor and/or black could work hard and succeed in life. I just don't think that they worked hard at all and they are just upset that they didn't. Some of the things said in the first article are things that a white middle aged man would say and do, but that doesn't mean that poor black kids can't say and do them either. I just believe that everyone's future is in their own hands and other people can't do anything to change that.
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I disagree with your comment that poor black kids can succeed if they try harder. Plenty of unsuccessful people (not just black people) are doing everything they can to try to create a better life, but it's not working.
ReplyDeleteI know that what you are saying is ture, but it won't hurt anyone to try harder to make a better life for themselves. I compleatly undertand that there are many people of many different races who don't have good lives, but I said black kids because the article was about black kids. I do agree with you though.
ReplyDeleteBut you are discounting the difficulties and institutionalized issues that are put in front of African Americans merely because the color of their skin. Don't you think that many are trying as hard as possible? Don't people of color in many ways have to try harder than whites because they are not afforded the same priveleges?
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