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| darkknight109 08/25/17 12:06:40 AM #69: | OhhhJa posted... You vastly downplayed it's role compared to race initially. Because the subject of conversation was "white privilege", bro. Those are the exact words Peterass used, and so that was the subject of my post. I "downplayed" wealth because it wasn't what we were talking about. That's like me saying your posts are downplaying the horrific aftereffects of World War II on post-war Europe. It's true, your posts say absolutely nothing about that; it's equally true that it's not the subject of the discussion, and therefore it's kind of facetious of me to bring it up as a serious talking point. OhhhJa posted... Don't be a criminal. Don't get convicted of crimes. Simple as that You're oversimplifying the issue, because it *isn't* as simple as that. Blacks are more likely to be arrested and charged for offences that whites might be let off with a warning; blacks are more likely to be charged with a more serious offence that carries a permanent record; and blacks have higher conviction rates than whites when charged with the same crime, which either implies that innocent blacks are being falsely imprisoned or guilty whites are being let off. Any way you slice it, this is still inequality - the fact that it involves criminals doesn't mitigate that fact in the slightest. Oh, and if you want the really disgusting part, that "don't be a criminal" advice isn't even as pertinent as you might think. Because whites WITH a criminal record are *still* more likely to get a job callback than blacks without a criminal record. https://csgjusticecenter.org/reentry/posts/researchers-examine-effects-of-a-criminal-record-on-prospects-for-employment/ OhhhJa posted... According to crf-usa.org lol. Wrong link. Which makes me think you didn't even read what you were quoting. Regardless, If you don't like that source, there's plenty more covering the same phenomenon. Here's one referencing a study from the University of Missouri: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-bias-hiring-0504-biz-20160503-story.html OhhhJa posted... For good jobs, qualifications speak much louder than names. Employers won't care what your name sounds like if you have First of all, I'd love to see a source on this, because I've never seen any research that differentiates "good jobs" from the rest in terms of discrimination. But you know what, just for argument's sake let's assume you're right. Employers don't discriminate "for good jobs." Guess what? They're not all good jobs. They can't all be good jobs. Society would cease to function if we had 100 million people wanting chemical engineering jobs and zero people working elsewhere (to say nothing of the fact that, no matter how hard everyone works, there are a limited number of positions available in engineering schools). 42% of jobs pay less than $15 an hour (source: http://fortune.com/2015/04/13/who-makes-15-per-hour/). Good paying white collar jobs of the sort you're referring to make up a small portion of the economy. Even if you want to assume that a great company won't care if you're black or white, most companies don't fit under your definition of "the good ones". OhhhJa posted... Naw I just think you're overcompensating Believe what you will. I'm long-winded and I have no intention of changing to satisfy someone else's short attention span. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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