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by lern_too_spel 2938 days ago
You had the advantage of good schooling in a decent (though not great) environment, just as the Koreans and Shanghai kids did or are an outlier. You take one advantage and claim that's the only one. Blacks have for generations lived in an environment where they did not have access to jobs that require an education, even if they were able to obtain one by sheer force of will, leaving entire communities without a drive for attainment.