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Systemic racism
WestlinnDuck
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One of the constant refrains repeated ad nauseam is the comment from blacks and just about any reporter or commentator is the lament about the systemic racism that faces black Americans. Not being black, I don't have any first hand info. So, what is that systemic racism? Your born in a modern US hospital, not in hut in Africa. You are provided with shelter and food if your parents or parent can't provide them. You get free schooling in schools run by democrats and blacks. You can get a job. If fact prior to the chicom crud shutdown, blacks had record low unemployment. You are free to travel the entire country. I'm not free to wonder around Compton. So, I'm accused of having white privilege and being a systemic racist. But what are the real facts about that conclusion?
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It’s systemic and institutionalized. So it’s a societal problem that no individual could possibly overcome.
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You're not as rich and successful as Bill Gates, therefore racism. If you are on the bad end of any statistical category, be it household income, or net worth it has to be on account of white racism. Never mind that Asians on average have higher incomes and net worth than whites.
Blacks have higher incarceration rates than whites. It can't be on account of the fact that blacks commit more crime, it has to be racism. -
Meanwhile, the only government backed discrimination based upon skin color that I know of discriminates against whites and Asians and benefits blacks and Hispanics.MikeDamone said:It’s systemic and institutionalized. So it’s a societal problem that no individual could possibly overcome.
Could it be that the very same behavioral issues that would prompt you to engage in looting and robbery, greater rates of out of wedlock births, higher high school drop out rates, and greater representation in nearly every other social ill you can think of might also be responsible for lower household income and net worth?
Could there possibly be a connection or is white racism the unifying theory for all of this? -
I'm not black either, so I can only forward what actual black people have said. Here's a perspective from one of our incoming recruits. As someone who isn't black, I don't encounter any of the constant stressors and anxieties that he's outlining. That's what people mean when they say "systemic racism" and "white privilege".
You can always choose to not believe him, or say it's all overblown, but you shouldn't be confused about what the argument is.
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Could it be that the crime rate and affirmative action have anything to do with any of those feelings?
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Mass incarceration and disproportionately severe sentencing is a good example of systematic racism. The “criminal justice system,” as absolutely everyone refers to it by, is a prime example.
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That, and a laundry list of other factors. Anyone telling you it's one thing and not the other is either uninformed or dishonest. If it could fit on a Herman Cain pizza box it'd be fixed by now.SFGbob said:Could it be that the crime rate and affirmative action have anything to do with any of those feelings?
At the end of the day, these are unique problems that a large number of black teenagers (and adults) have to deal with, through no fault of their own. And that's tragic. -
Do mean the severe sentencing for crack that the Black Congressional Caucus called for back in the 80s?WilburHooksHands said:Mass incarceration and disproportionately severe sentencing is a good example of systematic racism. The “criminal justice system,” as absolutely everyone refers to it by, is a prime example.
I recall black democrats calling Reagan a racist because he didn't do enough to fight the crack epidemic. -
Seems like that's starting to be addressed finally.WilburHooksHands said:Mass incarceration and disproportionately severe sentencing is a good example of systematic racism. The “criminal justice system,” as absolutely everyone refers to it by, is a prime example.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/3100-inmates-to-be-released-as-trump-administration-implements-criminal-justice-reform/2019/07/19/7ed0daf6-a9a4-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html?outputType=amp
Biden and Clinton did a lot of damage with the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 that is taking a while to undo. -
So, if your store was having a shoplifting problem that was caused by young black men, is your following a young black man systemic racism? You know who plays the knockout game? I'd be watchful around young black men on a public street. A young black recruit at a Pac 12 school has a lot going for him. Tough to see how systemic racism has hurt him.
