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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Jun 18 22:35:14 2021, in response to Re: Juneteenth All But Official, posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Jun 18 02:46:34 2021. Ah, there goes that tired old insulation of racism being a natural and logical reaction to the actions of black people.We were found to be fit for the slave trade, lynched, our neighborhoods redlined and Wells Fargo refusing to give loans to us because we sagged our pants, LOL. Blaming black people (or virtually any vulnerable population in general) for our own mistreatment, misfortune, and social neglect is rather low-level thinking, charitably speaking. Community and/or cultural dysfunction stems from the human condition. Most issues that come from the black community are the result of centuries of institutional racism. Black people have attempted to better our own communities, and many times those efforts were thwarted by hateful and spiteful (redacted) men to the point where many black people have a defeatist attitude. If you take away people's resources and dignity, bad things happen. That criticism should be redirected to the government for not economically investing in poorer communities. With economic investment comes jobs, and with jobs comes wealth, social institution, and structure. Am I trying to justify criminal behavior and letting crooks of the hook? Of course not, that insinuates that there's something mentally wrong with black people that makes them us to be criminals, which is not true. Most people in general aren't going to become crooks if they can see a more viable option for themselves, but institutional racism has put many people in a hole that they can't just "lift their pants" up out of. |
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