- 08 Oct 2017 15:03
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This oversimplifies the issue. It would be racist for me to assume that "all blacks are violent criminals". It would be folly for me (a white) to walk through East St. Louis late at night.
Do some whites believe that racial equality is simply a matter of income redistribution? Yup. Why? Because that is very frequently exactly how the question and solutions are framed. The conversation goes something like this:
Black people are disproportionately criminals.
That is because they are poor.
Give them jobs and they won't be poor.
There is an education problem in black communities.
That is because they are poor.
It is hard to give good paying jobs to poorly educated people.
Give the schools more money and they will do a better job.
Then they can get jobs?
Maybe.
Why maybe?
Because white people do not trust them very much.
Why?
Because many of them dress, talk and act like gangsters.
Why?
Because criminal behavior is enshrined in modern black culture in America.
Why?
Because they are poor and can't get a job so criminal behavior represents upward mobility and power to them.
So basically we should give them money and they will not longer be criminals?
Well maybe.
So why give them money?
Well basically so they will stay in their own communities and not fuck with us very much.
And that will work?
It has so far.
But that is no solution.
It is not that much money.
As a white person, do you need to be persuaded to not be racist? Why is it the responsibility of people of colour to persuade you? Are you unable to convince yourself to not be racist?
This oversimplifies the issue. It would be racist for me to assume that "all blacks are violent criminals". It would be folly for me (a white) to walk through East St. Louis late at night.
Do some whites believe that racial equality is simply a matter of income redistribution? Yup. Why? Because that is very frequently exactly how the question and solutions are framed. The conversation goes something like this:
Black people are disproportionately criminals.
That is because they are poor.
Give them jobs and they won't be poor.
There is an education problem in black communities.
That is because they are poor.
It is hard to give good paying jobs to poorly educated people.
Give the schools more money and they will do a better job.
Then they can get jobs?
Maybe.
Why maybe?
Because white people do not trust them very much.
Why?
Because many of them dress, talk and act like gangsters.
Why?
Because criminal behavior is enshrined in modern black culture in America.
Why?
Because they are poor and can't get a job so criminal behavior represents upward mobility and power to them.
So basically we should give them money and they will not longer be criminals?
Well maybe.
So why give them money?
Well basically so they will stay in their own communities and not fuck with us very much.
And that will work?
It has so far.
But that is no solution.
It is not that much money.
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Voltaire
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh.
Voltaire