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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by SloMotion No, the original post was Vacarro commenting on how Luck is described as having deceptive speed because he's white with the underlying tone that he wouldn't be described that way if he was black, similar to ...
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Re: Kenny Vacarro: People say Andrew Luck has deceptive speed because he’s white
Originally Posted by SloMotion
The black middle class on a national level is not doing fine whatsoever. I'm speaking to a collective. If I look only at what I see and experience then I don't get the bigger picture. 52% of African Americans are either in poverty or lower class. 38% comprise the middle class. 8% are upper class. I can ramble off more and more statistics with the sources to back up my premise, but my point is using your own achievements as the bar for others is unrealistic and unempathetic. It's not an opinion, it's what the numbers and sociological studies say.
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