All People Are Created Equal?

In order for the quote to be true, that "All men are created equal before the law." We must append it with under the law, which is wishful thinking, because this idea was put forth during a time were slavery was both legal and practiced.

"If I were to make a nomination for the most destructive belief in our culture, it would be the belief that some people are born smart and others are born dumb. This belief is not only badly off target as a shorthand description of reality, it is the source of many social pathologies and lost opportunities" - The Lie Quoted (http://qz.com/340304/degrees-dont-matter-anymore-skills-do):

If you read the article, notice how they don't use any statistics or data to back up any of their claims. I will go with my Psychology 101 Professor taught at college, Rutgers. He asked for his students to raise their hands if they believed that everyone has an equal ABILITY to succeed aside from circumstance. Most of the class raised their hands, like QZ would. Then, the Prof went on to say that given everything that is known (the real data that is - not just some sort of heartfelt concoction like "We are all created equal because if we weren't that would be unfair to my conscience") indicates that people are not alike in their abilities. There IS such a thing as innate APTITUDE!, and it won't go away despite the fact that so many people dislike it.

Think about it. If someone has a disability like Down's Syndrome, they are never going to be able to score a 150 in an IQ test because their academic ability is less at birth. I don't claim this saying that it doesn't offend my sense of idealism. However, let's be honest with ourselves!!!

We are not all the same; here is but one way that we are different. Chabad.org):

"There are four types of student. One who is quick to understand and quick to forget--his flaw cancels his virtue. One who is slow to understand and slow to forget--his virtue cancels his flaw. One who is quick to understand and slow to forget--his is a good portion. One who is slow to understand and quick to forget--his is a bad portion." - The Truth Quoted (Ethics of the Fathers 5:12)

In There an Answer for the Problem of Racist Police Officers?

Africans are most likely correct in their acertation that racism is common, even among the police.  The system is in fact in need of change, and that starts with changing the attitudes of citizens to respect public officials.

The needed changes are deeper than simple racism.  This is an issue that goes straight to the core of ethical values necessary for the functional living of American citizens.  Too often teens and even children have fallen into prejudice against the police as a direct consequence of tolerance for hip hop culture.  Hip hop culture attitude tact is a great offender because it does not tolerate ways that will ever result in respect for police officers, but instead degrades the fabric of society for what rappers see as truth.  I remember the songs from grade school, like "Fuck the Police," by N.W.A. or 911 is a joke by Public Enemy.  Those types of attitudes improve nothing, and quite contrarily ruin the idea of respect crucial for a positive perspective of police.

For there to be improvement, hip hop culture must change its attitude toward police by viewing officers who work such jobs as of caliber as most of us view doctors.  We as Americans need better leadership that fosters respect among our youth.  We all know what sells, so people sell it.  That is capitalism in a nutshell.  I suggest making capitalism smarter through censorship.  If the USA is to get beyond this, we need to stop selling millions of dollars and copies of anti-law enforcement media paraphernalia.  In order to improve our condition merely rioting, protesting, and/or complaining is not going to cut it.  It will take legislation, and giving up some freedom through permission of censorship.  The situation with the police will not get better unless we as a society act to make the job of being a police officer a more respectable position.  What I mean is rather than protesting or rioting against the police or the criminal justice system, we should be encouraging and fostering respect of public officials, such that respectable people will find these jobs more desirable.  Then, respect for the police will come more naturally because racism won't be tolerated.                                                                                       

 from CNN: 

There is a startling racial divide in America between how whites and nonwhites view police and the criminal justice system, according to a CNN / ORC poll released today. 

More than half of white Americans - 57% - think none or almost none of the police in their area are prejudiced against blacks. Just one quarter of nonwhite Americans feel the same way.

The survey, which was mostly conducted before the shooting of NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos in New York on Saturday, found similar results on perceptions of the justice system as a whole. While 41% of Americans say the criminal justice system treats blacks fairly, far more whites - 50% - see equity. Among nonwhites, that figure drops to just 21%. Two-thirds of nonwhites said that the criminal justice system favors whites over blacks.