Oh, maybe I took your statement wrong. If I think about it another way, it makes sense.. And no, I agree, no one will have the same opportunity as the next.. At least not all the time. Some are better at doing something than others, it's just the way it is. I thought you meant based on color.. Because my family does just fine with opportunities, but I hope it's not a token...
Now that really gets right to the heart of it all
Do you think it's the location? This has always puzzled me, I mean, I have family from NYC to Oakland, most have done OK. My great grand father, he was in the top 20 richest families in California. Blew his empire on gambling, though. I think locations plays a huge part.
I'm not really sure what you mean by location
I guess what i mean is certain cities in the states. Like Spanish Harlem.. It's very poor. Many people think that NYC is expensive, but you can get an apartment there for 600$/month. These places are everywhere, every major city.. And I just feel that minorities are held down here. They can't get out.. If they wanted to go to a good part of NYC, well then the rent goes to 1200/mo.. People are stuck. They don't want to be there, they would move if they had a job that could afford moving.. Bad cities.. Bad parts of the city I guess.. And its hard to get out
Yeah, I agree that plays a part. Social mobility has been a huge problem and become much worse since the early 80s. People simply can't afford to move up and out, so they're left with what they can make do with.. This is the type of shit that we need to focus on changing if we ever hope to fix the racism problem in America
I hope it changes soon. It's just something a alot of us have noticed growing up and it's something that hasn't had any attention. I mean, sometimes the government or even locals raising money to put in a ymca, but that doesn't change anything.. I know far too many people in the bad parts of town. Ashamed to say, but when I did coke for 2 years in my early days, my friends from those parts were where I'd get it. It's the only way they can get ahead. So thinking outside the box, that's why those parts are drug spots. It's the only way for them to survive. Then they get locked up, jail, bail, welfare, it's fucked up! I know the answer to this, but ask a coke dealer in Harlem if that's what they really want to do. You'd be surprised the answer, or maybe not surprised if you can think deep.
Just to be clear, is the criticism against 'colorblindness' something along the lines of thinking that white people want to just "start all over" in a sense and erase the past 500 years of American history and just say "hey guys, c'mon, let's just forget about all that and be equals now!", and the resentment that feeds in minority communities for totally dismissing all the wrongdoing that was committed?
When the biggest racist stops perpetuating it.
That's for administrative purposes. Helps with a lot of different statistical applications
Statistical applications having to do with Race.... Right?
A lot has to do where you live and who you know ...... oil field and plant jobs out here if you stick with it a couple years you make some good money $25+ an hour 7/12's its really good money you just cant be lazy about it ...... when i was in michigan i couldnt find a job to save my life ..... nothing i mean nothing would pay over $10 an hour to someone that wasnt in the click or union already
"Race" is somewhat of a misnomer since we're all part of the human "race"
Do you mean racism or slavery? They both are messed up.. Slavery even more so when you realize Africans sold slaves to Europeans and some free Africans in the states had slaves. That's fucked up, I don't think reparations are the key, since slavery is so wide spread back then, but racism, the hangings, the fires.. That is so much more fucked up
The point of the thread is division.