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COVID vaccinatons don't have a damnn thing to do with this topic. There is no Democratic plantation. But there damn sure is a republican one where blacks can't speak freely.
And so like I said,
In the movie “The Shawshank Redemption,” Andy Dufresne went to the warden after listening to a story from a prisoner who got transferred into Shawshank and had been a cellmate with the man who committed the murders that got Dufresne sent to prison. Dufresne repeated the story to the Warden. After listening, Warden Norton knew that Dufresne was telling the truth. Instead of letting Dufresne get a new trial, the Warden started making excuses for why he could not do it. The denials were because Warden Norton was being paid under the table as he ran a contracting scam that included laundering money using Dufresne as an accountant. After listening to the many excuses from Norton, Dufresne asked the question, “Are you always so obtuse?”
This is a perfect analogy to describe the relationship between many in the white community and us as black people. History is documented. There really can be no denial of what has gone on. Despite the facts, some whites believe these things have no relationship to how and why things are as they are now. Like Norton, they have lived in a system that has afforded them wealth and do not want it changed. There are some whites, regardless of party or ideology, who refuse to take a realistic look at the issue of race. It seems people want to solve race-based problems without looking at race to solve them. Common sense says that if a system is built on denying specific races access to opportunity, racism will be at least partly the reason for the problems that exist due to that exclusion.
We’ve heard all the so-called “politically incorrect” comments telling us that the problems plaguing black communities are self-inflicted and include: unmarried births, fatherless homes, refusal to take education seriously, rap music, worship of thug culture, genetic inferiority, low IQ, making up racism to get paid, the victim mentality, waiting for a handout, government dependence, special rights and whatever else. All of this is incorrect. Let us genuinely step out of the box. It is time to get honest about leaving the so-called plantation. Some blacks have tried to be polite and politically correct about this. I won’t be. The root cause of the problems blacks face today is white racism. Don’t conflate what you just read. I said white racism, not white people. Every white person is NOT a racist.
Yes, that’s what I said. I am not waiting for whites to give me anything free. I do not have some so-called victim mentality whereby I blame whites for my failings. If I have failed at things, I failed on my own. It is time some whites stopped the juvenile name-calling. The reality of racism is not about failing. It is about denial—the denial of opportunity. The failure lies in those who have chosen to fall for what white race hustlers like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Rielly and others have told them. White racism IS the root cause; it is the fundamental reason for the occurrence of problems in the black community.
The evidence is overwhelming yet idiots spend time trying to gaslight and argue. If that doesn't work they try the old you're depending on whitey to save you argument like we see here from crossbody. Whites created the problem, there it is the responsibility of whites to fix it. We keep reading lectures from right wing pyschosis addled idiots about taking resonsibility for our behavior; when will whites on the right begin doing what they tell others to do crossbody? Ha?
8 Times the U.S. Government Gave White People Handouts to Get Ahead
8 Times the U.S. Government Gave White People Handouts to Get Ahead
The 1830 Indian Removal Act With the help of the U.S. Army, Cherokee, Creek and other eastern Native American tribes were forced to relocate west of the
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How White People Made It Big By Getting Government Handouts
How White People Made It Big By Getting Government Handouts
<b>Bill O'Reilly's forebears knew a thing or two about turning to the government when the free market wasn't cutting it.</b>
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How Today’s White Middle Class Was Made Possible By Welfare
How Today’s White Middle Class Was Made Possible By Welfare
Whites, angered at blacks and immigrants receiving "government handouts," forget they were lifted out of poverty through racially exclusive welfare programs in the 30s.
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History of affirmative action policies show how white people have benefitted
History of affirmative action policies show how white people have benefitted
By Christiana Best-Giacomini — When most Americans hear “affirmative action,” they often think the phrase is referring to a policy that protects African Americans. What many Americans don’t know is that affirmation actions are policies that were made by white people, to benefit white people...
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The untold history of affirmative action — for White people
It’s Time to End the Quiet Cruelty of Property Taxes
April 11, 2024Property taxes, the lifeblood of local governments and school districts, are among the most powerful and stealthy engines of racism and wealth inequality our nation has ever produced. And while the Biden administration has offered many solutions for making the tax code fairer, it has yet to effectively tackle a problem that has resulted not only in the extraordinary overtaxation of Black and Latino homeowners but also in the worsening of disparities between wealthy and poorer communities.
Opinion | It’s Time to End the Quiet Cruelty of Property Taxes
Property taxes are among the most powerful engines of racism and wealth inequality in our country.
There’s overwhelming evidence that the criminal justice system is racist. Here’s the proof.
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- Policing and profiling
- Misdemeanors, petty crimes and driver’s license suspensions
- The drug war
- Juries and jury selection
- The death penalty
- Prosecutors, discretion and plea bargaining
- Judges and sentencing
- School suspensions and the school-to-prison pipeline
- Prison, incarceration and solitary confinement
- Bail, pretrial detention, commutations and pardons, gangs and other issues
- The dissent — contrarian studies on race and the criminal-justice system
A critical look at systemic racism in education: The need for a racial equity policy
To understand structural racism, look to our schools
June 28, 2020
To understand structural racism, look to our schools
Racial inequity is baked into the public education system and for Black children, begins as early as preschool. Here are some of the systemic ways public education creates barriers to learning for Black students.
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I can keep going. This is reality. Face it.
