[StBernard] Expanding higher ed access for low income students

[Westley Annis]

John,
 
 
   You're funny...and I hate the do-it-yourself network, why, it's never
that easy!!!! lol...you're right in that Mr. Gardner may have succeeded, but
would he have been as successful, done it so quickly(6 months). Granted the
biggest reason for the attention to his success was that he was a blackman
breaking into and succeeding where one hadn't before. Dumb luck, or the
Grace of God, opened that opportunity up to him that was no where in his
previous work history or would have put him onto that road. Working hard is
always a sure thing, in that as long as you work hard you open up that
opportunity. BUT, as hard as any woman works right now, she is still only
making $.65 to your dollar, making us far from equal in work, frustrating
us, and knocking us down when we do work hard- black women, the stat gets
lower, much like buying cars. There are other discrimination as well, I was
denied a job at the Crinimal Sheriff's office, because I was a woman, even
though I scored in the 90 percentile, and 75% of the men hired fell below
80. I worked hard, studied for tests, did well....yet wasn't rewarded. Well,
later I was when the Justice Department charged them with discrimination,
BUT at the time I wasn't. Was that my fault for not trying? Had I not been
as stubborn, I may have quit trying and some people can only have that door
shut so many times before they feel like giving up. Hell, how many times
since Katrina have we all felt like giving up. Some don't have the stamania
for life long fights because they are always playing catch up and some are
never taught how to catch up. They are just told to keep working and you'll
get there. at $.35 short, you can't say that's fair.
 
Wendy