Quote"Right now the single biggest predictor of how a child will do in life is the ZIP code in which they are born," Eva Gladstein, head of the city's Office of Community Empowerment, told CBS affiliate KYW Newsradio in November. "So there are communities with high need and less opportunity as compared to other neighborhoods."
http://www.cbsnews.com/media/americas-11-poorest-cities/10/It's crazy how one's destiny in life has so much to do with where they are born. With determination and drive, the odds can be fought, but they aren't always beaten. I think we as black people are really hard on ourselves, without taking into account the fact that many of us, statistically, are dealt a pretty tough hand of cards to play right out of the gate.
