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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America's struggle

    Not any more, largely because they changed that perception with the sweat of their hard work.

Oh, I see, so if only African-Americans continued working hard and sweating in the fields the whole slavery problem would have sorted itself out. If only somebody had this kind of attitude in the mid 19th century, we could have avoided the Civil War.





Grendel  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, you asked a question, you got an answer. My point is that blacks are not the only group that started at the bottom of the social ladder, but as far as I know, they're the only ones who refuse to climb it. For many of them, crime seems to have become part of their identity. Even if white-on-black racism were to completely disappear tomorrow, blacks would continue to blame their problems on the racist crackas and their history of slavery.

arguewithatree  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is hilariously misguided. White on white homicide occurs at the same rate, and black on black crime has decreased significantly in the last 40 years. (FBI)

additionally, your hypothetical statement about racism disappearing tomorrow is incredibly flawed. I'm not sure how you're defining racism, but it would be impossible to undo the systemically racist features of society in a single day without causing massive structural upheaval so until you elaborate on this, I can't respond