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Because I was answering this question "Does 'culture' drive racial disparities in criminal justice and healthcare?"You already supplied a simple answer, black cultural values. If it's not your answer to my question, why would you post it?
Again, I admire your commitment to replying to my posts but not actually answering the questions. Have a great day!Because I was answering this question "Does 'culture' drive racial disparities in criminal justice and healthcare?"
You asked, I answered. That it wasn't the answer you wanted is not my problem.Again, I admire your commitment to replying to my posts but not actually answering the questions. Have a great day!
Well I'm not a "Conservative" but I would say that since we have minority lawyers, doctors, SCOTUS Justices, Congresspeople, and even a minority President, that cries of "Waaaa systemic racism!!" are falling short.
I acknowledge the problems in the past and racial history in the US but I think that until here recently we were moving beyond it pretty well.
Now: *sigh*.
I just dont know. Theres a lot of White Guilt out there IMO and racism against Whites, a lot of finger pointing and scapegoating.
I'm not sure we're moving in the right direction anymore.
He doesn't like the way it sounds when someone else says it.You already supplied a simple answer, black cultural values. If it's not your answer to my question, why would you post it?
You’re the one who’s complaining. So I take it that all you have is complaints and not solutions.
As long as people like you pretend that there is such a thing as white racism, then this problem will never be solvedWell I'm not a "Conservative" but I would say that since we have minority lawyers, doctors, SCOTUS Justices, Congresspeople, and even a minority President, that cries of "Waaaa systemic racism!!" are falling short.
I acknowledge the problems in the past and racial history in the US but I think that until here recently we were moving beyond it pretty well.
Now: *sigh*.
I just dont know. Theres a lot of White Guilt out there IMO and racism against Whites, a lot of finger pointing and scapegoating.
I'm not sure we're moving in the right direction anymore.
It hasn't ended. The guy you and the other progressives here voted for co-wrote the 1994 crime bill which drastically increased systemic racism. His VP, which you and the other progressives here voted for, used that law to enforce systemic racism.I think even conservatives will agree that systemic racism was indeed a very real problem in the past. What else could one call the slave economy and Jim Crow laws of the South, the red-lining of cities, etc? But most conservatives say systemic racism is no longer an issue. So when exactly did it end?
Right. But we have the Civil Rights Act after Kennedy. Because "civil rights" was an issue of the 60s.
If JFK were alive today, he would NO WAY approve of taking a dump on the flag & nation, he would not approve of any rioting and looting and he would never lie and call those "protests". He would tell people to obey the laws, cooperate with Police, dont resist arrest and
"Ask NOT what your country can do for YOU, ask what YOU can do for your country..."
Liberals are some of the worst racists, they just practice it in more subtle and sleazy ways.
Thank you for acknowledging conservatives are more blatant with their racism.
Reagan's election had no effect on racism one way or another. Obama's election was a big step forward, but did not end systemic racism. Trump's election didn't end or start racism, but did help to bring it out of the closet. Making it OK to once again express racist views may actually help end it, as people will see racism for what it is and reject it.when Reagan was elected.
You don't have a clue about JFK OR the current situation, including how right-wing vandals use the protests as cover for their crimes.
Reagan's election returned our country to the 1950s (in many eyes).Reagan's election had no effect on racism one way or another. Obama's election was a big step forward, but did not end systemic racism. Trump's election didn't end or start racism, but did help to bring it out of the closet. Making it OK to once again express racist views may actually help end it, as people will see racism for what it is and reject it.
No doubt.Reagan's election returned our country to the 1950s (in many eyes).
So, a ton of people thought it was under control again.
Systemic racism is gone in the U.S. Are there individuals who are racist living in the U.S. today, I'm pretty sure that there are, both white and black. I don't agree with the often stated claim that minorities can't be racist. Anyone can be if he just disliked another because of their skin color. Racism is America and any other country likely exists but the idea that it's systemic is just propaganda. Sine the end of slavery in America the nation has made innumerable strides in correcting the countries past. Some just don't want to admit it because it doesn't serve their political agenda. Nothing wrong with remembering history or teaching history, that's how we know who we were and who we are and where we are trying to go. Claims of systemic racism today are just as racist as some of the things that happened over our countries history. Don't ignore the huge improvements and don't exaggerate what is happening in America and don't cover up bad behavior on either side.I think even conservatives will agree that systemic racism was indeed a very real problem in the past. What else could one call the slave economy and Jim Crow laws of the South, the red-lining of cities, etc? But most conservatives say systemic racism is no longer an issue. So when exactly did it end?
So, if all things being equal, a white person and a black person get caught with weed or apply for an apartment or go the Dr and get treated differently, why does that happen?Systemic racism is gone in the U.S. Are there individuals who are racist living in the U.S. today, I'm pretty sure that there are, both white and black. I don't agree with the often stated claim that minorities can't be racist. Anyone can be if he just disliked another because of their skin color. Racism is America and any other country likely exists but the idea that it's systemic is just propaganda. Sine the end of slavery in America the nation has made innumerable strides in correcting the countries past. Some just don't want to admit it because it doesn't serve their political agenda. Nothing wrong with remembering history or teaching history, that's how we know who we were and who we are and where we are trying to go. Claims of systemic racism today are just as racist as some of the things that happened over our countries history. Don't ignore the huge improvements and don't exaggerate what is happening in America and don't cover up bad behavior on either side.
Systemic racism is gone in the U.S. Are there individuals who are racist living in the U.S. today, I'm pretty sure that there are, both white and black. I don't agree with the often stated claim that minorities can't be racist. Anyone can be if he just disliked another because of their skin color. Racism is America and any other country likely exists but the idea that it's systemic is just propaganda. Sine the end of slavery in America the nation has made innumerable strides in correcting the countries past. Some just don't want to admit it because it doesn't serve their political agenda. Nothing wrong with remembering history or teaching history, that's how we know who we were and who we are and where we are trying to go. Claims of systemic racism today are just as racist as some of the things that happened over our countries history. Don't ignore the huge improvements and don't exaggerate what is happening in America and don't cover up bad behavior on either side.
Complete BS. That is not what Trump said. He condemned the white the supremacists at that march."There are good people on both sides" is how Trump phrased it when asked about the WHITE SUPREMACIST march at Charlottesville in which one of them ran over and killed a counter-protestor.
Really? What sort of "good" person would want to join an advertised WHITE SUPREMACIST march?
Complete BS. That is not what Trump said. He condemned the white the supremacists at that march.
"Racism" is an Orwellian term of (intentionally) vague and indeterminate meaning. It has always been so.I think even conservatives will agree that systemic racism was indeed a very real problem in the past. What else could one call the slave economy and Jim Crow laws of the South, the red-lining of cities, etc? But most conservatives say systemic racism is no longer an issue. So when exactly did it end?
He said those words, but I suggest you look up the quote in its entirety.He didn't say that there were "good people on both sides"? Are you sure?
He said those words, but I suggest you look up the quote in its entirety.
When a person dances around condemning white supremacy and then has others explain his statements and then backtracks the explanation, that is not condemnation.Complete BS. That is not what Trump said. He condemned the white the supremacists at that march.
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