... the gutter with no hope, while a few minority people reap the benefits. This is great for those few minorities but what about the people in the lower class who have almost no hope to get out. Our government needs to come up with a new way to help those in the lower class who are willing to work hard and don't deserve ... for some new policies to emerge that benefit everyone who is under privileged. Bibliography Botstein, Leon. "The Merit Myth." The New York Times. 14 Jan. 2003, late ed., A27. Steele, Claude M. "Thin Ice: "Stereotype Threat" and Black College Students." Rereading America...

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