[OnyxCougar]

I agree with Lookout. I'm not part of the "we", because my father and all his ancestors are born and raised in the British Isles, my grandmother on my mom's side was first generation American from (then) Czechoslovakian (now Croatian) decent, and my grandfather was German.

How did I oppress the black man? How did my parents oppress the black man?
Answer is: ding ding ding! They didn't. I don't owe anyone anything except my family. And taxes.

So when I hear the cry about oh! I am so oppressed!! I feel like slapping them, just for the reasons the Cos spelled out. Everyone has an opportunity to be successful. My exhusband was born and raised in Detroit, started at McDonald's at 16 and graduated high school, was forced to drop out of college due to appendicitis, worked his ass off in the Air Force, retires in 3 years as a Senior Master Sgt., and while he isn't "well off", he's certainly not "oppressed".

You're only as "disadvantaged" as you choose to be. Instead of playing the victim role in Detroit, he cared about his education, cared about his life, and went out and did something with it. No, he'll never be president, he'll never be a senator, but that's because he doesn't want to be. Oppression is a mentality.