{"id":31116,"date":"2011-03-18T07:52:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=31116"},"modified":"2011-03-18T07:52:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:52:45","slug":"is-america-the-land-of-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=31116","title":{"rendered":"Is America The Land Of Opportunity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On my morning walk, I passed an angry black man rooting around in a trash can.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a lie!&#8221; he yelled out at me as I tried to read the New York Times on my Blackberry. &#8220;It&#8217;s a lie that the United States is the land of opportunity. They say the United States is better for the African man than Africa. It&#8217;s a lie. 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