02-16-2004, 07:31 PM 
		
	
	
		People should get ahead on their merits only.  You could have a poor black kid from the projects who truly wants to make something of himself.  You could have a rich white kid from the suburbs who doesn't give a damn.  Why should either of them get ahead due to skin color?  Why shouldn't they both be required to work equally hard to make something of themselves?  I don't agree with taking the easy way out.  If you want something, you have to work for it.  You don't appreciate it if it's just handed to you.
	
	
	
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