We used to count black Americans as 3/5 of a person. For Reparations give them 5/3 of the vote.

[Anonymous]

Let's look at this "institutionalized racism" shall we?

It's not white people going into low-SES black neighborhoods and feeding black kids junk food, it's not white people keeping those black kids from getting a good night's sleep, it's not white people disrupting their classrooms, it's not white kids beating them up at recess, nor are white kids going around making them beat up other black kids or steal from them, it's not white people at their house keeping them from studying and doing their homework, white people aren't going around forcing black kids to drop out of school, white people aren't going around forcing them to have unprotected sex and get pregnant, white people aren't going around selling them drugs, forcing them to commit crimes... The problem holding so many black kids back isn't "institutionalized racism" - it's that their own families and community has already set them up for failure long before they've even had to deal with any white people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's look at this "institutionalized racism" shall we?

It's not white people going into low-SES black neighborhoods and feeding black kids junk food, it's not white people keeping those black kids from getting a good night's sleep, it's not white people disrupting their classrooms, it's not white kids beating them up at recess, nor are white kids going around making them beat up other black kids or steal from them, it's not white people at their house keeping them from studying and doing their homework, white people aren't going around forcing black kids to drop out of school, white people aren't going around forcing them to have unprotected sex and get pregnant, white people aren't going around selling them drugs, forcing them to commit crimes... The problem holding so many black kids back isn't "institutionalized racism" - it's that their own families and community has already set them up for failure long before they've even had to deal with any white people.

The real "institutionalize racism" is the fact that so many kids get the parents they get (or don't).

What is the solution? Massive numbers of custody losses and adoptions?

[Anonymous]

The US already paid reparations.

It was called the Civil War. Just go to Gettysburg or look at the memorials to the dead on every town green in New England. Union soldiers paid with their blood and often their lives to defeat the South and end slavery.

#these white lives matter, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious..... Isn’t affirmative action a form of reparations??

Should have been, but White women and Gay white males have benefited from that the most

Really? My white daughter was shut out of almost every college she applied to (as were so, SO many other white girls I spoke to), despite their stellar grades, test scores, extra-curriculars, etc. If white women are beneficiaries, tell it to these shell-shocked kids!

Yes. Really. They have.

"Originally, women weren’t even included in legislation attempting to level the playing field in education and employment. The first affirmative-action measure in America was an executive order signed by President Kennedy in 1961 requiring that federal contractors “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.” In 1967, President Johnson amended this, and a subsequent measure included sex, recognizing that women also faced many discriminatory barriers and hurdles to equal opportunity. Meanwhile, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 only included sex in the list of prohibited forms of discrimination because conservative opponents of the legislation hoped that including it would sway moderate members of Congress to withdraw their support for the bill. Still, in a nation where white women and black people were once considered property — not allowed to own property themselves and not allowed to vote — it was clear to all those who were seeking fairness and opportunity that both groups faced monumental obstacles."
http://ideas.time.com/2013/06/17/affirmative-action-has-helped-white-women-more-than-anyone/

When you have to go back over 50 years to support your point, consider your point obsolete.

We are taking about the here and now. When a white girl has 17% chance of getting into the same college that an AA or Hispanic person has 40% + chance (even with lower grades, test scores) and a white male has a 25% chance, there is a major issue going on. I dare say that's not a 'white girl advantage'

Yes of course that is what is going on here. Because when I look at elite colleges all I see are minority women with low test scores. Hardly a rich white man to be found.

[Anonymous]

Yawn...
Does this merry-go-round of finger pointing ever stop - I'm getting bored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yawn...
Does this merry-go-round of finger pointing ever stop - I'm getting bored.

Keep up it is easy; White people are at fault for being oblivious and opportunistic and black people are at fault for being politically decentralized and easy targets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yawn...
Does this merry-go-round of finger pointing ever stop - I'm getting bored.

That's American privilege.

In most other areas of the world, especially Africa, many struggle just to survive.