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Someone arguing that systemic racism isn't a thing in America is probably the dumbest thing I've ever read on this board. I've been here off & on since 2003. Just wow.
Give me an example of systemic racism in America.
Slavery, Jim Crow, Redlining, Segregation, Gerrymandering, building a wall on one border in particular..... etc.
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Electromatic wrote:
tree_ wrote:
swan wrote:
Someone arguing that systemic racism isn't a thing in America is probably the dumbest thing I've ever read on this board. I've been here off & on since 2003. Just wow.
Give me an example of systemic racism in America.
Slavery, Jim Crow, Redlining, Segregation..... etc.
Those are words. Where do they exist in America today?
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
tree_ wrote:
swan wrote:
Someone arguing that systemic racism isn't a thing in America is probably the dumbest thing I've ever read on this board. I've been here off & on since 2003. Just wow.
Give me an example of systemic racism in America.
Did you happen to see the voting lines in Georgia yesterday? Just your everyday example...
That line? Mostly whites it looks like...
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The problem with this question is that there are so many examples, many of which are easily apparent, that you really don't know where to start. Here's two you can answer.
- Black Americans own about one tenth the wealth of white Americans. Even college degrees don't close that gap; median wealth for black households with a college degree is about 70% of white Americans without a college degree. Why do you think these gaps exist?
- According to the Department of Justice, in 2018, the imprisonment rate of black males was 5.8 times that of white males, while the imprisonment rate of black females was 1.8 times the rate of white females. Why do you think that is?
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Tree, Did you think a 4th Dave Rubin video would do the trick?
Tree, true or false - America has solved racism. And if your response is some kind of "the magic 8 ball says the evidence isn't clear," then fine, that's your opinion. But it's a non-answer and a foolish opinion in the minds of most people. You don't really needs stats, you need a functioning pair of eyes and some common sense.
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digster wrote:
The problem with this question is that there are so many examples, many of which are easily apparent, that you really don't know where to start. Here's two you can answer.
- Black Americans own about one tenth the wealth of white Americans. Even college degrees don't close that gap; median wealth for black households with a college degree is about 70% of white Americans without a college degree. Why do you think these gaps exist?
- According to the Department of Justice, in 2018, the imprisonment rate of black males was 5.8 times that of white males, while the imprisonment rate of black females was 1.8 times the rate of white females. Why do you think that is?
Josh and macphisto would say because of single-parent households.
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its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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They would, of course, fail to ask the follow-up question: why are there more black single-parent households? What historical and social forces might give rise to that phenomena?
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its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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swan wrote:
Someone arguing that systemic racism isn't a thing in America is probably the dumbest thing I've ever read on this board. I've been here off & on since 2003. Just wow.
In light of this post, please change your fucking signature.
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The funny thing is that I'm actually asking for evidence and if I see it I will believe it I have never once said that any skin color is inferior to another skin color. Remember what racism is?
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tree_ wrote:
Laugh out loud
So according to wheeze if I don't see evidence of systemic racism I'm a racist wow better not get any more left you might fall off the cliff
Only you know what's truly in your heart, friend. At the very least you're showing an anti-left attitude (rather than a pro-something attitude), and you're certainly not the first person to be blinded by this. The worst thing about the last 5-10 years isn't really Trump, it's watching the right half abandon everything they claimed to believe because they feel threatened by the left (which is obv why we have Trump now).
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I don't know what's causing it, but it's for damn sure not the thing I don't like!
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