tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538477881080991285.post646802187445951299..comments2024-03-26T08:10:52.158-04:00Comments on City Father: Picking a PartyCity Fatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769559147659492086noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538477881080991285.post-12176355619623236702012-12-13T16:27:51.814-05:002012-12-13T16:27:51.814-05:00Has inequality really increased, and are opportuni...Has inequality really increased, and are opportunities really radically reduced for lower socio-economic young people?<br /><br />It seems to me that in the not-too-distant past, social inequalities were much more entrenched in our society. African-Americans, for instance, had huge obstacles standing in their way toward economic and social opportunities. Women had fewer options, as well. Few people went to college or universities, compared to today. Today, African-Americans are on every college campus, and women actually outnumber men as college students. Here in Tennessee, the state lottery supports financial assistance to any student who can make the grade (and the standard is not very high, frankly).<br /><br />I think you're right in insisting that Reno needs to show how the Repubs will meet the needs of groups they hope to attract, and that "merely asserting it" is insufficient. At the same time, I think you need to show how the market economy and economic individualism caused the social and cultural destabilization of which you speak, rather than simply asserting it. A lot of people might take issue with that claim, insisting that there are a whole variety of factors that contributed to this destablization, much moreso than the market economy and economic individualism. Thanks!Bob Huntnoreply@blogger.com