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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is clever, but it’s dismissive of the very real problems of inequities built into the system.

I realize white people (it’s white men who came up with this) are tired of all this race talk, already, but systemic racism is a genuine problem. This is another example of thinking it’s OK to be born on third base and think you hit a triple.[/quote]

FYI.  Most white people were not born in third base.[/quote]

Perhaps, but how do you explain the persistent wealth gap between Blacks and Whites in the US? "[b]The net wealth of a typical Black family in America is around one-tenth that of a white family[/b]. A 2018 analysis of U.S. incomes and wealth concluded, “The historical data also reveal that no progress has been made in reducing income and wealth inequalities between black and white households over the past 70 years.”

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yes, so let's take ALL the people who are that poor and raise them up.[b]  It will mostly be people of color. [/b] That's fine.  But why only raise up the very poor people of color?  Why not bring all the poor up?[/quote]

It will not be mostly people of color, it will be mostly white people. There are a lot more white people who are poor (in terms of numbers) than POC who are poor. The percentage of white people who are poor is lower compared to some POC communities. but not the number.

This is the kind of soft prejudice and ignorance that shows we still require DEI work, even if it’s as simple as educating people about how they should stop saying stupid stuff…because lots of people still say stupid stuff. [/quote]

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