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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why does it have to be race blind? Why can't we acknowledge that we screwed a specific race of people out of their income and the ability to build generational wealth for hundreds of years, and that it's high time we made it right?[quote]

Because there are poor whites, latinos, etc. (many of which are immigrants who came in 60s and 70s) who also do not have the benefit of generational wealth for hundreds of years.

And I take offense to the whole "we" in your statement -- my parents immigrated to the US in the 70s...with no generational wealth. They worked hard and sacrificed for me and my brother to go to college - my cousins and I were the first to go to college in our family.  "We" didn't screw any specific race.

There is a big difference in supporting "systemic poverty" versus "systemic racism" both of which I agree exist. But it's ignorant to say only people of a certain race have systemic poverty.

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[b]I meant the collective "we" of America. You’re American. You don't get to choose which parts of that history you take. The country owes a debt, whether you or I personally contributed to it or not. Think of it like marriage[/b]. [/quote]

Agree 100%

When you moved to this country, be it 5 or 50 years ago, you and your family benefited from privilege that was denied to those whose ancestors were brought here unwillingly hundreds of years before. The racism baked into the institutions of American society gave you (and other recent immigrants) the success that you experience now. You, and every other American in a position of privilege, need to help correct this past wrong - regardless of how long your family has been here. There is no opt out. You can’t just insist that the descendants of Southern slave owners and New England Yankee slave traders be on the hook for readjusting society in an equitable fashion. [/quote]

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