I sometimes think that if you could match their hustle and ambition with some honesty and education, you'd have a pretty strong bunch of entrepreneurs, but it doesn't work out that way. There are values and hustle, education and ambition in abundance among my neighbors. But very, very few have put them together to build a business in the Internet economy. Now I ask for your testimony. Race has been America's dirty secret since before its founding.
Immigrants come here from all over.
Without the baggage of racism that splits families and classes apart for generations most do fine, but African-American achievement, on average, still lags. So forget your anger over the lawsuit for a moment, Bill. Dana Blankenhorn has been a business reporter for 20 years. He has written parts of five books and currently contributes to Advertising Age, Business Marketing, NetMarketing, the Chicago Tribune, Boardwatch, CLEC Magazine, and other publications in addition to ClickZ. His own newsletter, A-Clue. Com , is published weekly.