Quote from Ricter:
I don't have all day for such research, so in your opinion should I focus on the precise level of melanin in their skin, or on social, demographic, and historical factors?
Quote from Copernicus:
i was talking about south africa in the past and where its heading, i dont know what you are talking about.
i was replying to some black rascist comment.. south africa is the perfect example of how 'whiteys' were helding down 'negroes' and what happens when 'negroes' come to govern for themselves.
Quote from Ricter:
Right. So whether you view SA's current and future conditions as good or bad, what do you believe is the more explanatory causative factor for that assessment, leadership's melanin content, or those other factors I mentioned?
Quote from Copernicus:
whats to believe, facts are facts.
60 yrs ago Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore were dirt poor
Vietnam and Cambodia are well on their way to prosperity.
20 yrs ago Eastern Europe was dirt poor
not one country in africa has made any progress and thats despite abundance of natural resources.
the only country in Africa which made some headway was South Africa, its not anymore ... does the change in leadership and their melanin content have anything to do with it... i guess its up to your personal interpretation...
Quote from trendlover:
Easy to think it is so simple that skin color is why. Much more complicated.
http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3050836.html
http://www.globalissues.org/issue/2/causes-of-poverty
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
"this is a distinction without a difference."
The ability to properly recognize subtlety, coupled with the ability to grasp the importance of these subtle distinctions is what effective use of the English language is all about...
...but then use of the English language and understanding subtle distinctions effectively is not your strong suit, is it?
Quote from Mom0/pH0x:
since you can sometimes fail to grasp the obvious, i'll go ahead and state the implied question so you can respond to it.... why does SA magically become afflicted with these problems after the change in leadership- with all the other factors remaining the same? why do they now start to experience most of the problems of other african countries? those other factors you mentioned don't explain this.... can you?