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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems as if anyone who  does not support reparations is racist around here.

I don't support reparations. 
I guess I am racist.  
I guess Barack Obama is racist too.  [/quote]

Oh honey. Did your feelings get hurt? I’m so sorry. But no one called you a racist for not supporting reparations - they called you a racist for the REASONS why you don’t support it. Need a tissue? 
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No, I'm good.  Thanks. 
I just know it's projection.  And, the way some people here try to shut down discussion when they disagree with the argument.  
So.  I am not offended nor am I afraid to continue to express my opinion.  [/quote]

Timestamp of post that you believe was an attempt to shut you down? 
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Not  a reply to me, but to another  "racist" poster.  06/27/2020 22:25[/quote]

I called that PP a racist for denying that white people are “privileged”. Also, that PP was generally nasty and not interested in actually discussing the topic.

Do you think white people have more “privilege” than black people in the US? Or, put another way, do you think that black people experience systemic racism in the US today?

If I understand correctly, you generally support my list of reparations with the exception of wanting to include other underprivileged people and also no language about it being for “historical” crimes? 
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I'm not the poster that supports any kind of reparations.   I think it is a dumb idea that would be logistically impossible and would do nothing to advance the cause of POC. 
I also don't believe in white privilege.  And, to call someone "racist" for not buying into this BS is absurd. 
Some white people are privileged.  But, just to blow your mind.... some black people are privileged too.

Ask the people who live in the shacks in Appalachia if they are "privileged."  Or, the people who live in the back woods of rural areas all over this country.

I also don't think there is systemic racism.  There are pockets around our country where racism exists, and there are individuals who are racist.  I would include POC in that bucket as well.  
But, "systemic racism" is a trope being trotted out now by the Dems, yet again during an election year, to fire up POC.  Funny how that happens.  Every 4 years.  Like clockwork.

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Yes, there are poor white people and there are rich black people. We aren’t talking about individuals.

The median white family has 86x the assets as the median black family.

Predominantly-black K-12 school districts spend $25B less than similarly-sized, predominantly-white districts.

The average white kids and the average black kids don’t have the same opportunities. That is the “privilege”.

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DP here.  I wonder how these markers would look if we compared rural Appalachian whites with average blacks. [/quote]

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