>>>>>>>I don't understand.
>>>>>>>What was "wrong" about what he wrote?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For one when it comes to housing he thinks desegregation is a bad idea.
>>>>>
>>>>>Segregation is bad.
>>>>>Duh.
>>>>>
>>>>>Imagine for a moment a perfect world, with no bigots, no hidden racism of any kind.
>>>>>
>>>>>Would all racial groups and cultures have the same exact wishes and desires?
>>>>>For instance:
>>>>> Do college english professors as a group want to have property with chickens and goats?
>>>>> Do poor hispanic immigrants hang out in upscale book store coffee shops?
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>>>>I think you're missing the point - but even if you put that aside there is still the issue of zero experience and zero qualifications for the job - unless you consider ever owning a house relevant experience. So now you have a supposed billionaire in the white house plus this guy with zero housing experience as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Aren't you just the slightest bit nervous or concerned here? I suspect every mayor in the USA is right now.
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>>>You dodged the questions - and they are quite relevant to Carson's essay:
>>>Do college english professors as a group want to have property with chickens and goats?
>>>Do poor hispanic immigrants hang out in upscale book store coffee shops?
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>>Do poor people want to live in a nice neighborhood that isn't a fresh-food wasteland and there are businesses besides pawn shops and payday loan places? (and ya know - places to get a job) uhhhh Yes. Do they bring goats and chickens with them? uhhhh no.
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>Not an answer to either question
>You do realize you are projecting your own values onto people from a different culture?.

Well yes - you do have a point there. But if those values are opportunity and equality for all peoples, that should cross cultural boundaries (at least here in the USA anyway) shouldn't it?