Bull. Absolute bull. I’m a minority living in a place where my race was once stereotyped (as lazy drunkards) and discriminated against much more than it is now. Advice from my great grandfather and grandmother: “Get an education, live according to the rules (law), keep your nose clean and work hard.” That has been a simple formula for success for my aunts and uncles, all of whom are more “of color” than I am, and all of whom have been successful from the west coast to the east coast (there were 21 of them) and all of whom continue to be mostly politically conservative. Among my African American friends a similar motto can be found. My preacher friend and the youth minister from a town about 25 miles away share similar stories about advice from their parents and grandparents. Try having as good a life with the freedoms we have in many other countries out there. Ain’t happening. Our country has its problems, no doubt, and there may be some countries that are deemed greater by somepeople but that still doesn’t change the fact that America is a great place...for everyone who will take advantage of what it offers.