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Especially regarding the black community. The biggest driver of the racial success/wealth gap is the breakdown of the black family. This gap closes dramatically when you look at income and education achievements of black families with 2 parents in the household. Get married, stay married, have children, value education, etc. This is the blueprint for success for all races and people in the US.
Especially regarding the black community. The biggest driver of the racial success/wealth gap is the breakdown of the black family. This gap closes dramatically when you look at income and education achievements of black families with 2 parents in the household. Get married, stay married, have children, value education, etc. This is the blueprint for success for all races and people in the US.
That easy, huh? So explain this to me... When you incarcerated a significantly higher proportion of African Americans, most on nonviolent drug charges, how are they supposed to "stay married". I'm not saying a prison term necessarily equals divorce. But presumably in your formula for success, the marriage is contributing to success by both parents earning money, and being able to spend time on their kids?
If your rejoinder to that is, don't do drugs, then you'll have to explain why some drug use and possession was explicitly penalized at higher rates and with worse punishments.
Is there an advantage to being white in the US? Sure. But no more than being the majority race/ethnicity of any other country. And as per the census, demos are quickly changing.
It's absolutely not true that being white is just like being the majority population in any other country, simply because the way America treats is minorities is significantly worse than many other countries.
Which is why they enjoy significantly more political power despite, as you note, the demos changing.
Do we need some common sense police reforms? Sure. But as pointed out in the Floyd thread, the issues with police and unarmed black citizens are minor. The data is clear.
Care to share this supposedly clear data? Can't say I read any such thing in that thread.
I appreciate this conversation and your POV. Thanks for sharing.
Of course.
Indians are being held up as a model minority. That's not helping the Black Lives Matter movement
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As part of the "model" minority
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How have you failed?
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Are we trying to assign blame and guilt, or are we trying to observe and then create a change in
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I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough
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Re: I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough
- 30/06/2020 04:51:12 PM
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I have to be honest, the privilege argument is dubious.
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Some thoughts...
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Re: Some thoughts...
- 30/06/2020 02:08:10 PM
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It's true that part of it is just America treats all its poor people so terribly.
- 30/06/2020 09:35:40 PM
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here is an interesting article on mass incarceration in the USA.
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Wow, good stuff, thanks for posting! *NM*
- 30/06/2020 02:57:08 PM
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It's disturbing to see statistical proof the system is stacked against those with limited assets. *NM*
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Interesting read indeed.
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I have three anecdatas
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Okay... this is just like old times, when I'd often have no idea what you were getting at. 
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The Jury Trial
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It’s easy to understand why.
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There's more
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I agree
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Oh god yes, I've heard of several instances of that
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So you see that compassionate conservatives can exist? We aren’t mythical creatures? *NM*
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I sincerely hope you aren't serious about this...
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It was a little tongue in cheek
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Re: It was a little tongue in cheek
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a couple of points
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What do you know about Biden's health that we don't know? *NM*
- 01/07/2020 08:53:45 PM
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anyone who hears him speak unscripted can tell there is a big issue. *NM*
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Mook - Fionwe is a radical. You are not.
- 01/07/2020 04:33:45 PM
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yes I suppose it was a foolish comment.
- 01/07/2020 05:44:05 PM
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I'm honestly not sure if.you even meant it...
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It amuses me...
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You're welcome. Come again. XOXO
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Aww
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Sweetie, we can always zhuzz it up! First we need some more glitter.
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Waterloo seems the most appropriate for the moment...
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No, darling. We're playing Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
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"most on nonviolent drug charges"
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read the article I posted. That's one of 5 myths about USA prisons. *NM*
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I was reading the article just before you posted it. Probably the same google search
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Regarding the Census, neither Left nor Right state that the US will remain majority White.
- 01/07/2020 04:03:57 PM
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This White/Non-White Binary choice is simplistic. And leaves no room for nuance.
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Absolutely right, I read an interesting article on this a while ago.
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You have a binary choice...
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I agree with all of this, but lets think of it from a different point of view.
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