factors. How do you trace its roots, based on your
professional experience?
is successful and makes lots of money, down into one of our
tough, poverty�stricken neighborhoods and see how they
would have fared if born there. It all starts with where you
are born and the family you are born into. Everyone can't
be a self�made man or woman. The hope is that people will
intersect with you at some point and help you get to a
better place. But a lot of our families haven't run across
such people. They haven't found that teacher who said
"you're smart. You can do something," or the coach who
said "You've got skill, you can accomplish things." Consider
just getting access to good food in some of our neighbor-
hoods. Why has obesity become such a problem? Because
there isn't a grocery store that might have fresh food any-
where within 10 miles. And if it was available you can't afford
it so you buy junk food at the convenience store.
and mom do it, so I'm learning from them." And some of
our public schools have huge issues. There isn't much
teaching or mentoring going on. Opportunities are lacking.
Our folks don't have the option to either put their