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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By suggesting that there is a debt to be paid, you've revealed your true position.[/quote]

You don’t think there is a debt to be paid?

Did you read the essay? 
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NP. No, I don't think there is a debt to be paid. I think a conversation about affirmative action and preferential hiring is much more relevant and meaningful. And full of controversy, so won't be dull. [/quote]

Did you read it? I’m curious if you think the same after reading the essay. 
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Yes. I don't agree with the essay, it hasn't changed my mind.[/quote]

I agree.  
And, this comment is flat out false:  "No progress has been made over the past 70 years in reducing income and wealth inequalities between black and white households"[/quote]

Based on what data? She shares two studies that support that.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691619863049
[img]https://journals.sagepub.com/na101/home/literatum/publisher/sage/journals/content/ppsa/2019/ppsa_14_6/1745691619863049/20191029/images/medium/10.1177_1745691619863049-fig1.gif[/img]

https://www.minneapolisfed.org/institute/working-papers-institute/iwp9.pdf
[i]"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, and that close to half of all American households have less wealth today in real terms
than the median household had in 1970."[/i]

It seems that you support this point as well: 
[i]“These data suggest that Americans are largely unaware of the striking persistence of racial economic inequality in the United States,” [/i]

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