tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post2548727415938687432..comments2024-03-17T00:13:44.599-07:00Comments on Marty Nemko: Toward an Honest Conversation About Poverty, RaceMarty Nemkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14850388752934193821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-82178278072443678762011-07-18T14:36:34.337-07:002011-07-18T14:36:34.337-07:00I just don't get it - how could one be born in...I just don't get it - how could one be born in the US - with all the perks from day one (language, citizenship, health care, free libraries, social programs of an almost a socialist state) and still be poor and underprivileged? <br /><br />First generation immigrants (including myself) had to fight tooth and claw - to get here, stay here, naturalize here. Learn the language, get marketable skills, be better than competition, work and fight for the green card - without any forgiveness from the authorities or locals. <br />For meritocracy to work - it should be race agnostic. <br />Otherwise it is not a meritocracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-62510541501721712522011-07-05T07:54:36.290-07:002011-07-05T07:54:36.290-07:00My goal will be for our conversation to be as hone...My goal will be for our conversation to be as honest as will ultimately be helpful. Yes, it's a fine line I will try to tread.<br /><br />Yes, my show is archived for a week after the show on the National Public Radio website (npr.org) and permanently on my site (www.martynemko.com.) As I wrote, I'll let you know when Randall Kennedy confirms the date of his appearance.Marty Nemkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14850388752934193821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-29160215958381962202011-07-05T02:02:35.583-07:002011-07-05T02:02:35.583-07:00Is your radio show broadcast online as well? I wou...Is your radio show broadcast online as well? I would like to listen. <br /><br />For what it's worth, I commend anyone willing to engage in "full dimensioned" conversations on poverty and race. Very few people can do it. The call for honesty is often perceived, by many, to be a taunting invitation to no holds barred matches of racial disparagement. Blacks have all but established themselves as a permanent underclass in the U.S. and deservedly so. That's never going to change.<br /><br />I suppose now the central question is: how does America sustain itself as an intreasingly diverse society without igniting what Malcom X referred to as a racial powder keg?Marlonoreply@blogger.com