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Rhetoric. Word salad. Meaningless blah blah blah.

Tell us exactly what we need to invest in so that everyone achieves equity.

BTW, I’m a liberal who has never and will never vote Republican. Nonetheless, I’m growing tired of the performative wokeness that prompts meaningless rhetoric in the form of knee jerk lectures. Even worse: throwing money down the drain on things that yield no measurable results.

I’d love to see MoCo have tough conversations about why migrants who arrive without knowing English can manage to thrive after a generation while some black residents cannot similarly achieve. [b]Both groups face racism, so that can’t be it. [/b]Determine what the problem is and fix it. [/quote]

Consider the possibility that not everyone experiences exactly the same racism in exactly the same ways, nor has exactly the same resources to overcome barriers.

As for the advisory committees, work groups, studies, etc. - that's not "performative wokeness," whatever that means. That's the way Montgomery County has done things for many decades. And when Montgomery County doesn't do things that way (or even when Montgomery County does), a vocal contingent of older affluent white homeowners shows up to complain vociferously about lack of community involvement.[/quote]

So you still want to blame racism because the black Americans continue to not succeed while the newcomers who are black or Latino and can’t speak English succeed after one generation?

What resources are the newcomers getting? Hint: they are not eligible for public assistance. They are not eligible for subsidized housing (except legit refugees arriving through ORR with time limited assistance...and that’s a select few).

Maybe it’s something else we should be tackling?

I mean, if we can’t demonstrate success until we magically end racism, good luck. Everyone has bias. Everyone. While we can improve systems by eliminating blatant racist practices, we cannot implement mind control regarding bias.

Anyone willing to discuss the inadvertent consequences of public assistance and subsidized housing prompting some people to maintain the status quo rather than strive for something better? It’s a thing. You can google it. We whisper about it in the advocacy world, but we never address it head on. [/quote]

There is truth on both sides of this debate.   But government can only undo what government has caused.  And it does have an obligation to do so.   Still, Montgomery County government is all talk, no action.    Elrich is racist himself and doesn't even realize it.   Particularly since we are taught that racism is not intent but impact.  He appoints a Black police chief, but he creates a 70 member task force to make sure the chief doesn't get to run his own department.

Diversity in appointments?  Check.  
Equity and inclusion in appointments?  Nope.

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