We hear so much about helping the minorities for decades. There are so many Government programs that have been in place for a long time to help lift the minorities out of poverty and yet our system really doesn't seem to improve things much. There are more uneducated minorities then ever. More on Welfare then ever. More in prison then ever. Basically all children in the U.S. have had access to good schools and teachers but the minorities have record breaking drop out rates unlike this Country has ever seen.

At this point its seems we are more enabling minorities then actually helping.
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How can we instill that one needs to help themselves more? Get a good education or you may starve. Learn the English language and get a better job.. That you need to work to a decent life other then living on the streets. Schools are schools with the same basic class's all schools have in the U.S.

Because of how the Government programs are set up, do you feel we are differently spoiling people and enabling them to become more disabled then to join the workforce?

Did we blind ourselves not understanding the old. "You can lead a horse to water but can't make him drink" Especially if the "thirst" isn't there and too many cups of water are around.

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History is made every day good or bad. Not sure what that means??/

Its really not going that direction at all, nice thought, information is just that and fine until facts are censored if it shows negativity towards a group of people. When that happens all people are dumbed down.

I do hope the collage students paying thousands to learn owns it. Corporations learned/invented and owns that knowledge. Corporations fighting in courts to keep it not to mention Gov military secrets keep what they learned.

How old is the Middle East, add the closeness of hostile boarding countries, add religious fights. Not even a close comparable to the U.S. being so young and Canada, completely benign Mexico benign in warring against us ( Maybe)

Sounds Like Puerto Rico, Many there still want to become an independent country for Years. The first problem is over 60% of the pop is on U.S. Gov welfare. Over 40% quit School. See where the lack of Education kicks in. It takes a hell of a lot of Money and educated people to be a viable safe country in today’s world. You express “knowing your History” Well if the Mexicans keep teaching more Spanish History explain how they can get close to understanding what it takes to achieve the status this Country has/had. Its not done by miss placed pride. Its being united as a people with Drive to Excel in ALL areas sciences/bussimess//commerace etc.. It’s a certain Mindset that gets it done individually and as a whole Nation. Look back in the old days. The melting pots showed up in N.Y. and couldn't’t wait to learn the English language to take the “immigration test” to become officially an American. To bust butt and learn so you can get better jobs or work unbelievably hard to send there kids to school and collage. In the old days to be able to say your kids in collage meant something. No hand outs then. That mindset, not learned in school.

Above all they wanted to be called and American period. . That’s the Big Secret Not a Spanish American / German American /Dutch American/ African American Etc. There in lies the problem today, It divides/separates this country not really being UNITED. A self-created form of segregation. This is partly where I get my “Misplaced Pride” from. Oh,
If you are talking about the same Mexicans that are here now and crossing the borders. Need to bone up and get a good education. Or the “Mexico isn’t doing well” will ultimately repeat itself. If the current grad trends stay the same or worsen then it will be a rubber stamp “Mexico 2”

We can take it back to the planet having one continent. But, lets Equally start when Mexico achieved its independence and when the U.S Independence was achieved. Classroom style so both nations can be recognized in its own right.

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (Mexican leader) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Mexico: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Mexican leader born May 8, 1753, Corralejo, near Guanajuato, Mexico died July 31, 1811, Chihuahua A Spanish priest considered the "father" of Mexico independence from Spain officially started in Sep 16 1810 but it really was recognize independent in late September 1821 by Spain and the end of the war. So here’s today’s Mexico as its own Country.

Mexico Independence 1821
U.S. independence 1776

See what we accomplished in the U.S. early on keeping High standards in ALL our schools. Look at Mexico & Puerto Rico and other countries around that time see what a difference in keeping a high educational standard does.

James Watt Cotton Gin, Interchangeable parts for muskets 1793, 1798
Robert Fulton Regular Steamboat service on the Hudson River 1807
Samuel F. B. Morse Telegraph 1836
Elias Howe Sewing Machine 1844
Cyrus Field Transatlantic Cable 1866
Alexander Graham Bell Telephone 1876
Thomas Edison Phonograph, Incandescent Light Bulb 1877, 1879
Nikola Tesla Induction Electric Motor 1888
Rudolf Diesel Diesel Engine 1892
Orville and Wilbur Wright First Airplane 1892
Henry Ford Model T Ford, Assembly Line 1908, 1913

Look at as what the U.S. used to be and how it got there. The old ways obviously worked to become a World Power so quickly. A UNITED NATION With world class education with good caliber of students