is disputed, and there would not be evidence to back this up due to the very nature of the event, but sometime after the Humble oil boom, Bordersville residents say that the white people of Humble ran all of the black people out of town, forcing them to move to the area where Bordersville is now. That has cemented them into a fate that lingers to this day - one of being dirt poor, and persistently being pushed back when they would try to pull themselves up, due to racism and bureaucratic neglect.
@EmilyRH: I'm sure it is disputed, and I have to respectfully disagree. Every individual in the U.S. is provided a free K-12 education that is the basis and foundation for the future...to work hard, earn good grades, apply for college (plenty of financial aid available to everyone), earn a degree. From that point, with an education and degree, the world is their oyster. That degree will allow them to become gainfully employed. Gainfully employed will allow them to earn a good living to live anywhere they please.
No one is stuck and forced anywhere. The American Dream will NOT be handed out in exchange for doing nothing and standing in line with your hand out. Unless you are born into money, you have to get up, apply yourself and work for it, but ANYONE can do it, regardless of skin color, background, residence, beliefs or lack thereof.
Congrats on YOUR hard work and your paper being published. We might disagree on this point, but I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and I hope you discover a love for writing and hope to see more works published.
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