Systemic Racism

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#80
Would just like to point out that Officer Ricky is already doing *exactly* what I said he made this thread to do.
 
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utvolpj said:
If you were hit with water canons and chased by police dogs for using the wrong bathroom you should just get over it. Also do not tell those stories to future generations
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Ok and how many of this generation has had that happen to them?
 
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C-south said:
So give me a number. I personally don’t think racism will ever just go away. Some people, of all races, will always have that hate in them. As long as they have zero impact on someone’s life who gives a s***. Theres a false narrative being pushed that black people are somehow being targeted and discriminated against at every turn. It just isn’t the case.
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They have a lot of impact on millions of peoples lives daily. If you think they don't you are being willfully ignorant.
 
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hog88 said:
Ok, pay them more and guess what happens? The cost of the goods they sell will rise accordingly and nothing will change.
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They will, but they shouldn’t. That’s the problem. These companies have more than enough to absorb the difference, but they’ll pass it down to consumers.
 
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k-town_king said:
More like drugs were directed towards communities of color while conservative policies hindered the black family and community.
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Don’t lay that entirely at the feet of conservatives. Liberals also wrecked the black family with entitlement programs that disincentivized marriage and created dependence.
 
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Ten_Titans said:
There's tons of examples of systemic racism. All you have to do is assume every ethnic disparity between black people and the rest of Americans is because of an inherent racist system.

It is just like having the feminist wage gap argument. Racial disparity is not evidence of racism. Racist policy or racist actions are evidence of racism.

It's a tired argument so I don't really care about having it anymore. I just tell people good luck fixing the racist system when you can't even find a racist person or policy in it.

I can think of a bunch of things to give black people a better chance in life to do great things. Lower the single motherhood rate. Lower the violent crime rate. Lower the high school drop out rate. System must be super racist because all of those things have gotten worse even since Jim Crow.
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racist imho
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I did when I was younger and I saw people my age with nicer clothes, nicer cars, a future laid out for them on silver platters that came with the connections of their parents.

I hit a turning point after finishing college and paying for just about all of it myself. I moved forth out of spite, and that's when willpower kicked it. Started learning trades and doing things just for the sake of aptitude. Somewhere in all that I found my passions, and have been kicking the **** out those for years since.

After all that, I still think of pivotal moments and job interviews, when it often came down to me or someone else. I recognize that I may have claimed stations over better men, simply because of what I am.

Does that mean I think little of myself? No. Anyone who knows me in person would never accuse me of not having an inflated sense of self at times.

All it means is that we don't always deserve what we get, be they blessings or curses.
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You are a perfect example that choices and hard work make a difference then
 
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GoBigOrangeUT said:
They will, but they shouldn’t. That’s the problem. These companies have more than enough to absorb the difference, but they’ll pass it down to consumers.
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That's capitalism.

Helping the economically disadvantaged starts with the schools not the .gov mandating wages.
 
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GoBigOrangeUT said:
They will, but they shouldn’t. That’s the problem. These companies have more than enough to absorb the difference, but they’ll pass it down to consumers.
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Business owners shouldn't be free to operate their businesses as they desire? They shouldn't be able to set their own profit margins?
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
Because of their own choices. What is keeping someone from the situation
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If a group of children are raised with no structure and no accountability within their homes, then what you end up creating is a generation of criminals and strippers. In the black community (and ever growing in the white community), you have incentives to break up the family and remove structure and order in the home.
 
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