to what end?Isn't there a middle ground between wholly controlled by outside powers and entirely impervious to outside powers.
I'll give your ideas some thought but I am an empiricist by nature and by trade and find the idea of relying on positive thinking and faith to shape a society's policies a little odd.
You can do what you want to motivate yourself but at some point, we have to incorporate data and analysis when making policies that affect large groups of people.
as a data guy all data boils down to inputs and outputs and factors that effect their behavior....that said what then do statistics regarding race really achieve?

fukk them odds

You can do what you want to motivate yourself but at some point, we have to incorporate data and analysis when making policies that affect large groups of people.
That said telling people that they fail because statistics say that most also fail has different effects depending on the individual
now tell me why gays have anything to do with MLK. the battery really is in their back 

