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    “We want the same thing.”  My father spoke these self-revalatory words in the mid-1970’s when his forays into the world as a CPA brought the dawning awareness that Black Americans’ desires for a supportive job and viable family life were no different than our own.  This wasn’t born of some study of civil rights theory or even Jewish values as much as just a plain as day admission that all human beings crave and deserve a decent life.     Thirty years hence, my Dad has now passed.  His personal growth expanded to having a variety of relationships with some African Americans he came to call his friends.  And yet, in many respects, their quest for a decent life has remained elusive.     Now we have the “OCCUPY” movement calling for fairness based on a redistribution… read more