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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm black and UMC, and Washington, DC is the best city in the world to be black and rich, unlike other cities where rich blacks and poor blacks race the same racism (even Atlanta), here as long as you have money you will be treated no different than a white person with money[/quote]
This is true up to a limit. There is very limited racism that supersedes class privilege when it’s about government institutions and public accommodation. Cops don’t target you. You are not treated like a thief when shopping. You are treated the same as any other client at a restaurant.

However, a lot of the social institutions are very much closed to Black people and are still very much racist. I would be curious if the Chevy Chase or Columbia Country Clubs have any Black members right now. You will notice that Obama preferred to join Woodmont and even then it was viciously opposed.

And a lot of the liberal politics is centered around denying privileges to an ascendant Black middle and upper middle class as a denial of historical white privilege/racism. Which means that UMC Black folk cannot win. Think you’ve earned that SFH on a quiet street in a low crime area? Sorry, that’s racist now. However, the real white power centers of privilege remain unchallenged. No one’s talking about fundamentally changing the character of Foxhall or Spring Valley. Just denying the affluent Black folk their pockets of success. Unless you live in Shepherd Park/Colonial Village. [/quote

Thank you for giving this person a wake-up call, people see black numbers in rich white neighborhoods over 2% and see high private school numbers of blacks and think, OMG "RAcism is OvEr" but the question is are you socially integrated with white society[/quote]

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