I agree 100 percent with cb. I grew up poor in the 80s my dad was a Carpenter and there was no work in our area.. he would do whatever it took to take care of his family . Never asked for welfare or food stamps.. I didn't have a free ride to college .. but I busted my butt it learn a trade .. 20 years later I got the chance to go to college and did .. this aditude of poor me I can't get ahead because of my color is appalling. Affirmative action is racist. I got passed over for a job after college because of it .. and was told by the guy doing the hiring that he would much rather hire me because of my qualifications but couldn't because he had to meet a quota. I grew up in a town many have heard of called vidor texas.. Kkk would March on main street once a month when I was young. . We didn't have black students or teachers.. we would play the neighboring towns in football and we had to go straight to the field and straight back to the bus because we were hated . We were hated because of where we were from .. I have black friends . Character is very important to me .. if you have a poor me aditude or you are a thug I don't care what color u are . I don't like u .. yes I judge people.. but it's on character not color ..