The Maryland Reparations Commission has been enacted into law

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Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

Exactly

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

Yet in one generation Asians have acquired more wealth than even white people. How is that possible?

Try personal responsibility.

Try learning a little history and stop being a racist POS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Then you would have nothing to worry about.

But, the reason why you’re so butthurt about this study is that we all know that racist government policies HAVE hurt people living today.

Explicitly racist policies? Because if you dig hard enough with statistics, every government policy is inequitable to some group. If that's what you call racism, the government has been guilty forever.

[Anonymous]

If you have a drop of African American blood you are African American

Don’t be mad at me that’s always been the rule in this country

[Anonymous]

There are many well-off black people in the area. Many have great jobs and go to college. Why is that?

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Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

We had 50 years of affirmative action and DEI programs to remedy this. Sorry if you didn't take advantage. While you may have been making poor life choices, plenty of Black Americans were using affirmative action to help them get into prestigious private schools and prestigious colleges, get scholarships, get prestigious jobs at law firms and investment banks, and get tons of other preferential treatment in all aspects of admissions and hiring. They also were taking advantage of tons of programs designed to help increase Black homeownership, such as down payment assistance and better loan terms. They also received preference for many government contracts at both the federal and state level.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

We had 50 years of affirmative action and DEI programs to remedy this. Sorry if you didn't take advantage. While you may have been making poor life choices, plenty of Black Americans were using affirmative action to help them get into prestigious private schools and prestigious colleges, get scholarships, get prestigious jobs at law firms and investment banks, and get tons of other preferential treatment in all aspects of admissions and hiring. They also were taking advantage of tons of programs designed to help increase Black homeownership, such as down payment assistance and better loan terms. They also received preference for many government contracts at both the federal and state level.

“Poor life choices”?

More racist drivel from the ignorant fvks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

We had 50 years of affirmative action and DEI programs to remedy this. Sorry if you didn't take advantage. While you may have been making poor life choices, plenty of Black Americans were using affirmative action to help them get into prestigious private schools and prestigious colleges, get scholarships, get prestigious jobs at law firms and investment banks, and get tons of other preferential treatment in all aspects of admissions and hiring. They also were taking advantage of tons of programs designed to help increase Black homeownership, such as down payment assistance and better loan terms. They also received preference for many government contracts at both the federal and state level.

“Poor life choices”?

More racist drivel from the ignorant fvks.

Calling people "racist" is a sign that you have no argument. Just look around you -- there are Black Americans everywhere who have taken advantage of the tremendous opportunities that this country has given them, and they are leaders in every field imaginable. I think most people think this is great, but then when they're called racist, they can't understand how a purportedly racist country could allow Black Americans to ascend to such great heights. They look at their successful Black neighbors, Black politicians, Black CEOs, Black doctors, Black lawyers, Black athletes, Black entertainers -- and yet they're told that everyone is still racist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

We had 50 years of affirmative action and DEI programs to remedy this. Sorry if you didn't take advantage. While you may have been making poor life choices, plenty of Black Americans were using affirmative action to help them get into prestigious private schools and prestigious colleges, get scholarships, get prestigious jobs at law firms and investment banks, and get tons of other preferential treatment in all aspects of admissions and hiring. They also were taking advantage of tons of programs designed to help increase Black homeownership, such as down payment assistance and better loan terms. They also received preference for many government contracts at both the federal and state level.

“Poor life choices”?

More racist drivel from the ignorant fvks.

Calling people "racist" is a sign that you have no argument. Just look around you -- there are Black Americans everywhere who have taken advantage of the tremendous opportunities that this country has given them, and they are leaders in every field imaginable. I think most people think this is great, but then when they're called racist, they can't understand how a purportedly racist country could allow Black Americans to ascend to such great heights. They look at their successful Black neighbors, Black politicians, Black CEOs, Black doctors, Black lawyers, Black athletes, Black entertainers -- and yet they're told that everyone is still racist.

Blaming inequities built on generations of racist laws/policies on “poor life choices” is straight up racist AF.

Not everyone is racist. Just you. And the other POSs who like to pretend like nothing happened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

We had 50 years of affirmative action and DEI programs to remedy this. Sorry if you didn't take advantage. While you may have been making poor life choices, plenty of Black Americans were using affirmative action to help them get into prestigious private schools and prestigious colleges, get scholarships, get prestigious jobs at law firms and investment banks, and get tons of other preferential treatment in all aspects of admissions and hiring. They also were taking advantage of tons of programs designed to help increase Black homeownership, such as down payment assistance and better loan terms. They also received preference for many government contracts at both the federal and state level.

“Poor life choices”?

More racist drivel from the ignorant fvks.

Calling people "racist" is a sign that you have no argument. Just look around you -- there are Black Americans everywhere who have taken advantage of the tremendous opportunities that this country has given them, and they are leaders in every field imaginable. I think most people think this is great, but then when they're called racist, they can't understand how a purportedly racist country could allow Black Americans to ascend to such great heights. They look at their successful Black neighbors, Black politicians, Black CEOs, Black doctors, Black lawyers, Black athletes, Black entertainers -- and yet they're told that everyone is still racist.

Blaming inequities built on generations of racist laws/policies on “poor life choices” is straight up racist AF.

Not everyone is racist. Just you. And the other POSs who like to pretend like nothing happened.

The existence of many successful minorities demonstrates conclusively that "inequities built on generations of racist laws/policies" is patent nonsense. How did those inequities inexplicably skip over all the successful minorities? What distinguishes the successful from those are not? History is not selective. The obvious answer is individual effort, initiative, and responsibility. Successful people coming out of the same historical background obviously behaved differently than their less successful counterparts. Funny how that applies equally to other racial groups, an inconvenient reality. Otherwise, why aren't all Whites billionaires?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

We had 50 years of affirmative action and DEI programs to remedy this. Sorry if you didn't take advantage. While you may have been making poor life choices, plenty of Black Americans were using affirmative action to help them get into prestigious private schools and prestigious colleges, get scholarships, get prestigious jobs at law firms and investment banks, and get tons of other preferential treatment in all aspects of admissions and hiring. They also were taking advantage of tons of programs designed to help increase Black homeownership, such as down payment assistance and better loan terms. They also received preference for many government contracts at both the federal and state level.

“Poor life choices”?

More racist drivel from the ignorant fvks.

Calling people "racist" is a sign that you have no argument. Just look around you -- there are Black Americans everywhere who have taken advantage of the tremendous opportunities that this country has given them, and they are leaders in every field imaginable. I think most people think this is great, but then when they're called racist, they can't understand how a purportedly racist country could allow Black Americans to ascend to such great heights. They look at their successful Black neighbors, Black politicians, Black CEOs, Black doctors, Black lawyers, Black athletes, Black entertainers -- and yet they're told that everyone is still racist.

Blaming inequities built on generations of racist laws/policies on “poor life choices” is straight up racist AF.

Not everyone is racist. Just you. And the other POSs who like to pretend like nothing happened.

Education is so important.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

We had 50 years of affirmative action and DEI programs to remedy this. Sorry if you didn't take advantage. While you may have been making poor life choices, plenty of Black Americans were using affirmative action to help them get into prestigious private schools and prestigious colleges, get scholarships, get prestigious jobs at law firms and investment banks, and get tons of other preferential treatment in all aspects of admissions and hiring. They also were taking advantage of tons of programs designed to help increase Black homeownership, such as down payment assistance and better loan terms. They also received preference for many government contracts at both the federal and state level.

“Poor life choices”?

More racist drivel from the ignorant fvks.

Calling people "racist" is a sign that you have no argument. Just look around you -- there are Black Americans everywhere who have taken advantage of the tremendous opportunities that this country has given them, and they are leaders in every field imaginable. I think most people think this is great, but then when they're called racist, they can't understand how a purportedly racist country could allow Black Americans to ascend to such great heights. They look at their successful Black neighbors, Black politicians, Black CEOs, Black doctors, Black lawyers, Black athletes, Black entertainers -- and yet they're told that everyone is still racist.

Blaming inequities built on generations of racist laws/policies on “poor life choices” is straight up racist AF.

Not everyone is racist. Just you. And the other POSs who like to pretend like nothing happened.

Do you think there are any Black Americans who are not successful due to poor life choices?

Do you think there are any White Americans who are not successful due to poor life choices?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

We had 50 years of affirmative action and DEI programs to remedy this. Sorry if you didn't take advantage. While you may have been making poor life choices, plenty of Black Americans were using affirmative action to help them get into prestigious private schools and prestigious colleges, get scholarships, get prestigious jobs at law firms and investment banks, and get tons of other preferential treatment in all aspects of admissions and hiring. They also were taking advantage of tons of programs designed to help increase Black homeownership, such as down payment assistance and better loan terms. They also received preference for many government contracts at both the federal and state level.

“Poor life choices”?

More racist drivel from the ignorant fvks.

Calling people "racist" is a sign that you have no argument. Just look around you -- there are Black Americans everywhere who have taken advantage of the tremendous opportunities that this country has given them, and they are leaders in every field imaginable. I think most people think this is great, but then when they're called racist, they can't understand how a purportedly racist country could allow Black Americans to ascend to such great heights. They look at their successful Black neighbors, Black politicians, Black CEOs, Black doctors, Black lawyers, Black athletes, Black entertainers -- and yet they're told that everyone is still racist.

Blaming inequities built on generations of racist laws/policies on “poor life choices” is straight up racist AF.

Not everyone is racist. Just you. And the other POSs who like to pretend like nothing happened.

The existence of many successful minorities demonstrates conclusively that "inequities built on generations of racist laws/policies" is patent nonsense. How did those inequities inexplicably skip over all the successful minorities? What distinguishes the successful from those are not? History is not selective. The obvious answer is individual effort, initiative, and responsibility. Successful people coming out of the same historical background obviously behaved differently than their less successful counterparts. Funny how that applies equally to other racial groups, an inconvenient reality. Otherwise, why aren't all Whites billionaires?

You’re embarrassing yourself. Typical DCUM pseudo-intellectual who couldn’t think your way out of a paper bag.

You forgot to tell us about your many black friends, by the way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

We had 50 years of affirmative action and DEI programs to remedy this. Sorry if you didn't take advantage. While you may have been making poor life choices, plenty of Black Americans were using affirmative action to help them get into prestigious private schools and prestigious colleges, get scholarships, get prestigious jobs at law firms and investment banks, and get tons of other preferential treatment in all aspects of admissions and hiring. They also were taking advantage of tons of programs designed to help increase Black homeownership, such as down payment assistance and better loan terms. They also received preference for many government contracts at both the federal and state level.

“Poor life choices”?

More racist drivel from the ignorant fvks.

Calling people "racist" is a sign that you have no argument. Just look around you -- there are Black Americans everywhere who have taken advantage of the tremendous opportunities that this country has given them, and they are leaders in every field imaginable. I think most people think this is great, but then when they're called racist, they can't understand how a purportedly racist country could allow Black Americans to ascend to such great heights. They look at their successful Black neighbors, Black politicians, Black CEOs, Black doctors, Black lawyers, Black athletes, Black entertainers -- and yet they're told that everyone is still racist.

Blaming inequities built on generations of racist laws/policies on “poor life choices” is straight up racist AF.

Not everyone is racist. Just you. And the other POSs who like to pretend like nothing happened.

Education is so important.

+1

This is why MAGA wants to remove DEI from schools. They want to pretend like centuries of racist laws and policies never existed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Life is much better when you take ownership of your decisions, rather than viewing yourself as a victim whose poor decisions are someone else's fault.

I've made some good decisions in my life, and some bad ones, and I try to own those decisions and learn from them. I inherited nothing and have had a 40+ hour/week job every day of my adult life.

I think most Americans are like me, including most Black Americans, and are repulsed by the idea that someone would need to give them money to make up for their own failures in life.

Great. Americans should take some accountability for their decisions, including the extremely destructive racist policies in recent history that harmed people living today.

It is truly repulsive that some people are trying to pretend like these weren’t massive failures.

Own those failures, Americans.

I think that PP was talking about individual accountability but I am sure you know nothing about that.

Exactly. There is instead likely plenty of evidence that any given claimant's present day status is directly traceable to choices and decisions they made themselves, not to the actions of anyone else. Disavowing responsibility for one's choices and casting blame on ancient history is both reprehensible and futile.

Exactly! Black Americans today are far less likely than white Americans to have generational wealth (of any amount) due to their extremely poor historical choices of what jobs to take, which neighborhoods to purchase homes in, where to send their children to school… oh wait, maybe those weren’t actually choices due to the extremely racist policies in place?

Moron.

We had 50 years of affirmative action and DEI programs to remedy this. Sorry if you didn't take advantage. While you may have been making poor life choices, plenty of Black Americans were using affirmative action to help them get into prestigious private schools and prestigious colleges, get scholarships, get prestigious jobs at law firms and investment banks, and get tons of other preferential treatment in all aspects of admissions and hiring. They also were taking advantage of tons of programs designed to help increase Black homeownership, such as down payment assistance and better loan terms. They also received preference for many government contracts at both the federal and state level.

“Poor life choices”?

More racist drivel from the ignorant fvks.

Calling people "racist" is a sign that you have no argument. Just look around you -- there are Black Americans everywhere who have taken advantage of the tremendous opportunities that this country has given them, and they are leaders in every field imaginable. I think most people think this is great, but then when they're called racist, they can't understand how a purportedly racist country could allow Black Americans to ascend to such great heights. They look at their successful Black neighbors, Black politicians, Black CEOs, Black doctors, Black lawyers, Black athletes, Black entertainers -- and yet they're told that everyone is still racist.

Blaming inequities built on generations of racist laws/policies on “poor life choices” is straight up racist AF.

Not everyone is racist. Just you. And the other POSs who like to pretend like nothing happened.

Education is so important.

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This is why MAGA wants to remove DEI from schools. They want to pretend like centuries of racist laws and policies never existed.

Reading comprehension is so important.