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The 14th amendment guarantees equal protection under the law. However, that is clearly not what is happening and never has been. When unarmed black citizens are murdered by the authorities with little noticeable consequences, when black children are denied equal education funding, etc., etc, it indicates not any naturally existing difference but a deliberate, state-sanctioned inequality.
One thing that always gets me about the anti-black lives matter crowd is that they want all people to be treated equally, with no special treatment. I want to ask, when has that applied to our countries history, ever, where everybody has been treated equally?
Our country has always been divided by different groups - race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, etc.. etc... IMO it is completely tone-deaf to say every person is the same and we need to treat each person equally. Every group is different and diverse.
If you are a parent who on earth treats their son exactly the same as their daughter? So why would we treat a black kid the same as a white kid? Transgender the same as a cisgender?
IMO looking at people all the same, is a very simplistic and black/white view on our society. It ignores a lot.
One thing that always gets me about the anti-black lives matter crowd is that they want all people to be treated equally, with no special treatment. I want to ask, when has that applied to our countries history, ever, where everybody has been treated equally?
Our country has always been divided by different groups - race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, etc.. etc... IMO it is completely tone-deaf to say every person is the same and we need to treat each person equally. Every group is different and diverse.
If you are a parent who on earth treats their son exactly the same as their daughter? So why would we treat a black kid the same as a white kid? Transgender the same as a cisgender?
IMO looking at people all the same, is a very simplistic and black/white view on our society. It ignores a lot.
When you're referencing "treated equally," is your focus on equal opportunities, equal outcomes or something different?
Gee, you finally figured out that government is the problem.
No, genius, the corrosive, fascist, culture of bribery is the problem.
The 14th amendment guarantees equal protection under the law. However, that is clearly not what is happening and never has been.
When unarmed black citizens are murdered by the authorities with little noticeable consequences, when black children are denied equal education funding, etc.,
it indicates not any naturally existing difference but a deliberate, state-sanctioned inequality.
The 14th amendment guarantees equal protection under the law. However, that is clearly not what is happening and never has been. When unarmed black citizens are murdered by the authorities with little noticeable consequences, when black children are denied equal education funding, etc., etc, it indicates not any naturally existing difference but a deliberate, state-sanctioned inequality.
So, your analysis is self serving. If we can't begin this discussion with an agreed reality, asking why black lives matter seems more like just another statement that they actually don't. Not enough, any way, for your ilk to have even a moment of introspection about it. Why do that when you can defend injustice with the argument that it's normal?
One thing that always gets me about the anti-black lives matter crowd is that they want all people to be treated equally, with no special treatment. I want to ask, when has that applied to our countries history, ever, where everybody has been treated equally?
Our country has always been divided by different groups - race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, etc.. etc... IMO it is completely tone-deaf to say every person is the same and we need to treat each person equally. Every group is different and diverse.
If you are a parent who on earth treats their son exactly the same as their daughter? So why would we treat a black kid the same as a white kid? Transgender the same as a cisgender?
IMO looking at people all the same, is a very simplistic and black/white view on our society. It ignores a lot.
Gee, you finally figured out that government is the problem.
One thing that always gets me about the anti-black lives matter crowd is that they want all people to be treated equally, with no special treatment. I want to ask, when has that applied to our countries history, ever, where everybody has been treated equally?
Our country has always been divided by different groups - race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, etc.. etc... IMO it is completely tone-deaf to say every person is the same and we need to treat each person equally. Every group is different and diverse.
If you are a parent who on earth treats their son exactly the same as their daughter? So why would we treat a black kid the same as a white kid? Transgender the same as a cisgender?
IMO looking at people all the same, is a very simplistic and black/white view on our society. It ignores a lot.
Nope, it's the people in the government that are the problem.
I'm curious, is Joe Biden in that group of people you are referring to as the problem?
Joe Biden is not currently in the govt.
The history of our country has many examples of discrimination. It’s not a exclusive claim of blacks. The Chinese (railroad builder slaves) the Japanese (interment camps) the Italians and Jews to name a few. We’re a country that recognizes its faults and tries to change. But change is a gradual matter. Forcing it sometimes only slows it down. MLK had a dream, a dream that in my life I’ve seen glimpses of coming true. What I’ve been seeing lately has a potential of moving us backwards because violence doesn’t bring peace. It usually only brings resistance.One thing that always gets me about the anti-black lives matter crowd is that they want all people to be treated equally, with no special treatment. I want to ask, when has that applied to our countries history, ever, where everybody has been treated equally?
That's funny, because you didn't mention anything about fascism or a "culture of bribery" (whatever that dumbass term is suppose to mean). You claimed there has never been equality under the government's law:
Then you claimed the US government is murdering unarmed blacks, and denying black kids an education:
And then, again, you point out the state is to blame for situation:
You provided multiple examples of the state oppressing black people, and from that evidence you come to the conclusion that the real problem is a "culture of bribery".
Good grief.
One thing that always gets me about the anti-black lives matter crowd is that they want all people to be treated equally, with no special treatment. I want to ask, when has that applied to our countries history, ever, where everybody has been treated equally?
Our country has always been divided by different groups - race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, etc.. etc... IMO it is completely tone-deaf to say every person is the same and we need to treat each person equally. Every group is different and diverse.
If you are a parent who on earth treats their son exactly the same as their daughter? So why would we treat a black kid the same as a white kid? Transgender the same as a cisgender?
IMO looking at people all the same, is a very simplistic and black/white view on our society. It ignores a lot.
The pertinent question is whether one kind of unjust, inequitable, race-based treatment justifies another kind of unjust, inequitable, race-based treatment.One thing that always gets me about the anti-black lives matter crowd is that they want all people to be treated equally, with no special treatment. I want to ask, when has that applied to our countries history, ever, where everybody has been treated equally?
First of all, name all the black persons murdered who were unarmed and were not trying to either escape arrest, fight with police, steal the police officers weapon.
The problem in school equality is from democrats and teacher unions who fight against things like school choice. Clearly you don't have the facts.
One example from people like you is that you claim affirmative action policies are racist against whites. It would be silly to treat blacks equally as whites when it comes to employment opportunities when they have been discriminated against for so long.
So you're focused on equal outcomes .. how do you anticipate both equal opportunity and equal outcomes to co-exist?
.. and yes, Affirmative Action is discriminatory against Whites and Asians. Why can't people who are best qualified for an employment opportunity (or education) selected, regardless of race or other qualifier?
So you're focused on equal outcomes .. how do you anticipate both equal opportunity and equal outcomes to co-exist?
.. and yes, Affirmative Action is discriminatory against Whites and Asians. Why can't people who are best qualified for an employment opportunity (or education) selected, regardless of race or other qualifier?
One example from people like you is that you claim affirmative action policies are racist against whites. It would be silly to treat blacks equally as whites when it comes to employment opportunities when they have been discriminated against for so long.
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