> Deanna wrote: > Gruss - was your family poor? And I'm not talking the "not wealthy" > kind of poor.
No, and I totally agree with you on the culture perspective. We would've been poor had we not moved in with my Grandma and Grandpa and we still lived on the other side of the tracks, but there was no worries about keeping the roof over us. You're right, cultural barriers can be deep, but I would argue that that's still choice, not a physical or mental handicap that puts an upper bound on development. At that point they have to decide they don't want to be poor. I bet thousands do that every day. Many more don't. It's tough and the pull and ignorance are strong which is why I think education is the fix. The movie Trading Places dealt with this exact issue: take a "culturally homeless" guy and turn him into an executive simply by changing his culture. In my earlier question I would still count the culturally homeless as part of the 80% that could choose not to be poor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237024 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
