Oppression

I would like to think that the US is truly a meritocracy. However, I really can't believe that it is. I mean no matter what some inner city kids do, no matter how hard they try in life, there are some things that are most likely going to be out of reach for them. And not only that, but I feel as though they are given an unfair chance because of the oppressed group they have been born into. Like Celia said in class, there has been a correlation between the amount of books in your house and how successful you become in life. I think that, not only inner city kids, but kids in other countries that may move here are at a distinct disadvantage. This is something that they are never going to be able to get themselves out of. People can't just choose where they are going to be born, or who they are going to be born too. And so oppression lives on.

However, I would like to agree with Amidia in the area of progression. Celia said that progression isn't really happening. I can't help but go against that. I mean, I've said it before in one of my blogs, but President Lincoln, the man that freed the slaves, the most progressive man of his time said that although he thinks there shouldn't be slavery, a black man could never be equal to a white man. I mean he would be an extremely racist man today. I sort of view progression as like a stock market graph. You know like with periods of a rise of progression, with little stints of regression, then more progression. Is it always going in the right progression? No. But I would have to say that the overall trend is an upward slope.