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Ben Carson on equality

Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 3 months ago to Culture
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I would just seek to clarify that men are created with equal opportunity - not with equal ability.
SOURCE URL: http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/2015/01/07/dispelling-the-myth-of-haves-and-have-nots-in-america/?subscriber=1

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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 3 months ago
    Does the Declaration of Independence say "God - given"?
    I think the topic of "good education" needs to be clarified to include the very important part about parents having to give a shit for "education" to be fully beneficial for their kids. And maybe defining "good education" would be nice too. Fact based or emotionally based? This would have been a good place to condemn Common Core.
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    • Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 3 months ago
      Studies have shown time and time again that the biggest single indicator of success in a child's education is parental involvement. Ben Carson can testify to that.
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  • Posted by fivedollargold 10 years, 3 months ago
    $5Au thinks Dr. Carson's comments regarding education have to do mostly with the attitude amongst many African-Americans that education is uncool, unnecessary, or unrelated to success. This attitude was not the case in African-American communities before Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" wrecked havoc upon them.
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    • Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 3 months ago
      +1. The culture that the blacks have adopted and which is being championed by race hucksters, politicians, and rap stars alike is destructive. Thomas Sowell has many pieces of his economics work which illustrate this.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 3 months ago
    I disagree that the "great equalizer" is education. The great equalizer is opportunity and capitalism. Many of those who have attained great wealth have done so without formal "education" (being without a college degree). What they did have was an idea, the opportunity to bring forth their idea to benefit those with a need, and an economic environment in which they could do so and make a profit. All manner of artist, athlete, and entrepreneur have done so - regardless of having a degree or not. A degree/education can help, but is not a requirement.
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    • Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 3 months ago
      I would quibble enough to say that you are restricting education to formal education. Are not athletics simply the education and training of the body? Do not artistic endeavors include technique, study, and practice? I would argue that education is indeed the key to everything, but agree with you that it need not be _formal_ education which solely defines success.
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      • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 3 months ago
        Was Picasso "educated?" Hemingway? Kobe Bryant? As you say, education can help, but some have innate talent/ability. But I won't quibble in your definition, as some "education" is clearly necessary.
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        • Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 3 months ago
          I am not discounting talent or aptitude, but talent without training and application is unrealized and unproductive. How many hours did Kobe Bryant spend in practice? Hemingway certainly had to study English and grammar before becoming an author. I'm not going to go into Picasso, as the value of art is in the eye of the beholder, and his has never appealed to me, but I would point out that even artists must study technique, practice with tools, etc. All such constitute education, as do the continuing refinements made by all such - they learn from practice what works or is efficient and what is not as efficient.
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