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xmas74

(29,659 posts)
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 08:37 PM Dec 2011

Kids can’t fight poverty alone

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/16/3321093/jenee-kids-cant-fight-poverty.html

Jenee Osterheldt wrote an op-ed in the KC Star in response to Gene Marks commentary in Forbes about what he would do "if he were a black kid".

Enjoy the comments that the people of our state felt the need to leave her. They make me want to shake my head.
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Kids can’t fight poverty alone (Original Post) xmas74 Dec 2011 OP
Yeah, I try to stay away from the comments on most local news sites. iris27 Dec 2011 #1
That's a good one. xmas74 Dec 2011 #2

iris27

(1,951 posts)
1. Yeah, I try to stay away from the comments on most local news sites.
Sun Dec 18, 2011, 02:11 AM
Dec 2011

Not enough Sanity Points in the world.

Who the heck is this guy, anyway? Just some random white, middle-aged writer for Forbes who took it upon himself to chide black kids?

This is a pretty funny response though - from CNN, of all places!

Dear Mr. Gene Marks,

I am a poor black kid. I don't have great parental or educational resources. I'm not as smart as your kids. These are facts. In 2011.

The one smart thing I do everyday is read Forbes. It's what all us poor black kids do. Forbes is constantly reporting on issues of relevance to me and my community. This week, I found your article "If I Were A Poor Black Kid" printed out and slid under my door like all Forbes articles.

Thank you Mr. Marks. You have changed everything about my life. Thanks to your article, I worked to make sure I got the best grades, made reading my number one priority and created better paths for myself. If only someone had suggested this earlier.


The rest: http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/14/letter-from-a-poor-black-kid-baratunde-thurston-responds-to-forbes-gene-marks/?hpt=us_c2



xmas74

(29,659 posts)
2. That's a good one.
Sun Dec 18, 2011, 10:34 AM
Dec 2011

I'll sometimes read the comments left on local news. It's a bit like reading the police blogger in small town papers-I do it to see if I recognize any of the idiots mentioned by name.

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