being a hard worker doesn't guaruntee that you'll be rich abut being black doesn't guaruntee that all white people will try and hold you down either...everyone has their own circumstances and situations that are different, nothing is concrete, it's all subjective because each person is different

my mother has been a single parent with no help from me and my brother's father, since I was 12 years old, I'm 23 now...we lived in the projects when we were in New York when we had both our parents when we were a lot younger, but since we've been here in Houston, I haven't ever even been TO the 'hood...as a single parent she's on a higher level than some people I know with both parents readily available to them, living under the same roof...if you have your priorities right you can't ever tell me that you won't be successful...she's done some college, but doesn't have a degree, she's stuck in a job that's prolly dead end, been doing the same job for 11 years, but in that time she's bought a house...it's not easy, she has to juggle and pay bills late and shit...we were on the verge of losing the house if her payment was even like ONe day late

but as a SINGLE parent she bought a house, that's more than a lot of people I know living with both parents that been living in the 'hood all their life or renting a house from someone else...you can't tell me that "white people" are holding down every person in the 'hood from getting to the level of buying a house and shit like that...and I mention buying a house because that's an example of something a lot of people strive to do, own a home

so like I said, if you work hard enough for something, you'll get it...doesn't have to be anything major, but something...you're never gonna get everything you want, no matter what race you are, but don't blame it on another race