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Topic	What do people who support Trump have against African Americans?
Horus_Leftfield 09/17/17 12:27:24 PM #21:	tennisdude818 posted... I voted for him, although my support is far from unconditional. I have nothing against black people in general, but it makes some people upset when I say that white privilege is not real in 2017. I'm better off economically than the average black person because I was born into a stable family, not because of my skin color. And the "historical racism" that broke the black family is the welfare state, not Jim Crow. If I were black and nothing else about my background changed, my SAT score would have been inflated and companies would have been far more eager to hire and promote me. Actual insititutional racism was put in place to combat imaginary institutional racism. So when I see BLM making political demands, I see a group of people trying to pick my pocket. There are plenty of demographic groups that do better than whites on average even though they faced racism in the past. Blacks have been sold a story that the only way out is political. If black people continue to believe they can vote and march their way out of their current economic situation, they can look forward to the next 50 years looking like the last 50 years. Tbh it sounds like you believe black people don't face any racism not because it's the truth, but because that song and dance happens to be the most convenient for you given your race. Maybe you're blind to it, but yeah, being Caucasian has given you more base opportunity throughout your life than I've had. It's the same as being tall. Maybe you can't afford the peanut butter on the top shelf of the grocery store, but at least you can reach the top shelf. Meanwhile you're resistant to hearing us out because you've convinced yourself we're trying to pick your pocket. We're not. We just want the right not to be shot, not to be racially profiled. We want to be able to raise our kids in peace and give them the same level of opportunity you're able to give your kids. But it seems like you don't want that, because it's all a zero sum game to you, and of we're able to give our kids a little bit more opportunity that means your son or daughter will have a little bit less. It's pure selfishness. How much do you really care about people outside of you and your family? Do you care at all, or is it just a dog eat dog world to you? --- "To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships." -- W.E.B. Du Bois <cite>Horus_Leftfield posted [p:886763876] in What do pe... [t:75784637]...</cite> <quote><cite>tennisdude818 posted...</cite> <quote>I voted for him, although my support is far from unconditional. I have nothing against black people in general, but it makes some people upset when I say that white privilege is not real in 2017. I'm better off economically than the average black person because I was born into a stable family, not because of my skin color. And the "historical racism" that broke the black family is the welfare state, not Jim Crow. If I were black and nothing else about my background changed, my SAT score would have been inflated and companies would have been far more eager to hire and promote me. Actual insititutional racism was put in place to combat imaginary institutional racism. So when I see BLM making political demands, I see a group of people trying to pick my pocket. There are plenty of demographic groups that do better than whites on average even though they faced racism in the past. Blacks have been sold a story that the only way out is political. If black people continue to believe they can vote and march their way out of their current economic situation, they can look forward to the next 50 years looking like the last 50 years.</quote> Tbh it sounds like you believe black people don't face any racism not because it's the truth, but because that song and dance happens to be the most convenient for you given your race. Maybe you're blind to it, but yeah, being Caucasian has given you more base opportunity throughout your life than I've had. It's the same as being tall. Maybe you can't afford the peanut butter on the top shelf of the grocery store, but at least you can reach the top shelf. Meanwhile you're resistant to hearing us out because you've convinced yourself we're trying to pick your pocket. We're not. We just want the right not to be shot, not to be racially profiled. We want to be able to raise our kids in peace and give them the same level of opportunity you're able to give your kids. But it seems like you don't want that, because it's all a zero sum game to you, and of we're able to give our kids a little bit more opportunity that means your son or daughter will have a little bit less. It's pure selfishness. How much do you really care about people outside of you and your family? Do you care at all, or is it just a dog eat dog world to you? --- "To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships." -- W.E.B. Du Bois</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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