re: A little perspective on racial inequality and "white privilege"

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125,000 Vietnamese immigrated to the US after the fall of Saigon in and around 1975. Most of those people had nothing and could not speak the English language. It took them 10 years, 10 fricking years, to begin to flourish. It is education, hard work, and focusing on family. The Vietnamese didn't complain about "racial inequality" and "white privilege". They just went to work and got it done.

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NYC has many of these cultural cases and always has.

As Larry Elder points out, if a black couple finishes high school, goes to work, gets married and then has kids, the economic disparities cease to exist.

Single parenting is a very bad decision.

Why are there so many successful black people then? Why are there so many middle and upper-middle class black people if the system is so rigged against them?

Why are there so many dirt poor white people?

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First off can you give us an example of something that happened or was implemented in the last 40 to 50 years? Something where a majority of the citizens in this country backed and impacted the black community?

Secondly, not sure what you are smoking but this paragraph about the GI Bill is complete and utter bullshitee!

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The GI Bill helped white Americans prosper and accumulate wealth in the postwar years, it didn’t deliver on that promise for black veterans. In fact, the wide disparity in the bill’s implementation ended up helping drive growing gaps in wealth, education and civil rights between white and black Americans. While the GI Bill’s language did not specifically exclude African-American veterans from its benefits, it was structured in a way that ultimately shut doors for the 1.2 black veterans who had bravely served their country during World War II, in segregated ranks.


As a former military officer I counseled numerous Marines about the program. Everyone that elected into the program and used it swore by it. I have had numerous of my Marines look me up and thank me for pushing them to participate in the program.


Thanks. I know enough about his points to where they are half truths or irrelevant to today's outcomes... except for the GI Bill part.

He was too vague on a subject that I don't know enough about. I'm curious if he could be more specific how the GI Bill pushes racial inequality and white privilege. I'm interested to see what he can articulate and if it even has half truths to it.

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I assume he is referring to the above article. I can’t find where it actually says the GI Bill itself discriminates. It’s moreso that other ancillary institutions (or just general American society) was racist, which resulted in AA’s being unable to really use the benefits. However, it’s not particularly detailed and doesn’t draw in any actual data. One example from the article is that AA’s were more likely to need to work and therefore chose not to take advantage of education benefits. No data to support that and, even if it were true, isn’t that the personal sacrifice decision every American has to make?

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Not only the Vietnamese, black immigrants from Africa completely destroy the narrative of systemic racism.

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Me and my family ate at a Thai restuarant last night, in Millbrook, Alabama. Two Thai women working the seating area, and someone in the kitchen doing the cooking (never saw them). The two ladies we had contact with, were busting their arse. Literally running from table to table, checking on diners, bringing drink refills without being asked. Both, I deduced, were 1st generation to this country, from their broken English. I remarked to my wife on the way home, "How does someone from a 3rd world country, on the other side of the Earth, end up in Millbrook, AL?" I guess they just wanted a better life, and took the steps to make it happen. BTW, the restaurant was busy! I'm sure they were at capacity under the Covid directives, and they were doing a lot of take out orders also. I wonder if they lie awake at night and blame whitey for all their problems?

GFY

Looks like the OP has disappeared from this thread. I bet the Covid got him.

So Government has a rich history of suppressing black peoples?

Lemme guess what all your social justice solutions require?

Now, take a guess as to why I think you’re an idiot.

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A little perspective on racial inequality and "white privilege"

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A little perspective on "reparations".

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The GI Bill helped white Americans prosper and accumulate wealth in the postwar years, it didn’t deliver on that promise for black veterans. In fact, the wide disparity in the bill’s implementation ended up helping drive growing gaps in wealth, education and civil rights between white and black Americans.
While the GI Bill’s language did not specifically exclude African-American veterans from its benefits, it was structured in a way that ultimately shut doors for the 1.2 black veterans who had bravely served their country during World War II, in segregated ranks.

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Jim Crow stunk! It stunk! But...
This take on the GI Bill is baloney.

The claims attached to the premise largely attribute segregational flaws to the GI Bill.

In other words, by citing the GI Bill as separately prejudicial aside from Jim Crow, but because of Jim Crow, you're taking two draws on the same peace-pipe, brother.

e.g., If you, JohnnyU in 2020, don't have an opportunity for employment in your hometown but do have opportunities elsewhere, do you stay home and unemployed, or do you move? I'd bet you'd make the difficult decision to pull up tent stakes and move to the greener pasture.

That was the conundrum facing Black Americans returning from the War. Yet many did not pursue available opportunities. Likewise, where suburban neighborhoods were unfairly segregated and off-limits to Blacks, that in no way impacted access to GI loans in pursuit of properties which were available.

But no question, it was a raw deal. It was. In terms of perspective though, that was still 2-3 generations ago, right?

Make no mistake, I'm not belittling your points. They are pertinent. They are poignant. They are mostly accurate.

But at some point personal responsibility HAS TO come into consideration also. Doesn't it?

Out-of-wedlock births and single parent households are an economic ball-and-chain. >70% of Black Americans fall into that category. That is horrible! It is unrecoverable. Yet, there is little conversation or ownership of it amongst Blacks.

Criminality parallels poverty, so it's no surprise where Black poverty is higher than other demographics, so too is Black criminality. Of course criminality also increases poverty. So it's a viscous cycle. Yet, there is little conversation or ownership of it amongst Blacks.

Systemic racism amongst the only 1st world people to ever elect a Black Chief Executive is obviously a myth. But its propagation has consequences. Among those is the misperception by some Blacks that any lack of success is due to racial oppression rather than due to issues w/in their control. It is a misperception which can lead to substantial underperformance in life.

Likewise in the vein of one sin begetting another, Black racism not only exists, but is now openly in vogue. Any short-term advantages that attitude might generate will come with a litany of potentially negative long term consequences.

Allowing Black causes to be usurped by Communists, as is occurring, is also a huge mistake.

Just keeping it real

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Seems that the OP does this a lot. Start a thread and then avoid it like the plaque. I think the OP is possibly a troll.

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normally you'd be correct. however i actually think he believes his nonsensical verbal diarrhea sadly.

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"white privilege"

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saying this to a white person is as insulting as saying ni**er to a black person

do you always start off insulting people you are trying to convince?