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@Double_R
Again, it has nothing to do with whether there is any current intent to hold down people of color. We’re talking about a system that was built on racism and even though those rules have since changed, the effects of those rules still remain prevalent today. That is systemic racism
Intent does matter, actually. I’ve never understood this argument. The entire system was not built on racism, that’s a ridiculous statement to make. Give me some specific facets of “the system” that are inherently racist regardless of the intentions of the people running them and we can talk about it. Is the right to a trial by jury racist? Is the right to bear arms racist? Is the corporate tax structure racist?
We live in a society where wealth begets wealth, and where the wealth in our country was largely built during a time period where the rules for all were not the same. Plus Kids born into poor families are far more likely to be poor when raising their own kids, this cycle is basic human nature. So while I’m sure you might claim it’s all about the individual, I have a hard time believing you would see it that way if your family’s lower class standing could be traced all the way back to a period where your ancestors were regarded as property.
Hmmm
We probably agree here more than you think. While I don’t quite believe that poverty of any specific can be traced back to the antebellum south, that’s pretty ridiculous considering the manifest examples of people and groups coming out of poverty, I do agree that at least some of it can be traced to the 1950s-1970s. But probably less than you think. Ultimately however you need to focus on how newly created wealth is captured in the future as opposed to re litigating existing wealth. That road has been traveled before and it doesn’t typically work out. I’ve brought up ideas that could help the working class in this thread, and suggest it’s a better path forward than endless race baiting
This isn’t just about numbers, in fact that has almost nothing to do with it. If a 747 falls out of the sky killing 200 people and the cause is never found, that affects more than just the 200 people who were killed, it impacts every single person who steps on a plane afterward
All youre doing here is making an argument against media spectacles. A jet falling from the sky actually shouldn’t impact someone’s willingness to fly because the risk is still so ridiculously low to the point that the most dangerous part of your journey is the drive to the airport. You can drive any narrative simply by what you choose to report. If I were given full control of the media I could convince people of things that are objectively false like that the vaccine is dangerous by reporting constantly on the small number of people who had complications and refusing to discuss the statistics.
You say later black people are reluctant to call the police because they’re afraid of what might happen. We just went through the statistics. To be shot while unarmed and not attacking a police officer is vanishingly rare, the risk of dying in a plane crash is actually a pretty good comparison. If black people have truly been made more reluctant to call the police this could account for some of the gigantic increase in murder rates in major cities, the victims of which are mostly other black people. Remind me again about why police brutality is what we need to focus on above all else?
You say “listen to people’s experiences” which is kind of funny because in a different thread I told you that conservatives have been getting consistently deplatformed from social media for the last four years and you didn’t believe me. You “listen to the experiences” you want to listen to, as everyone does
