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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's amazing how we can have such a robust history in the US of creating "race neutral" policies that negatively impact Black people, but can't do the same to the benefit.

That's called structural racism.[/quote]

Careful with that talk on this board. [b] Don't you know these lily white educated professionals (and token black educated professionals who adopted lily white mannerisms) born into upper and upper middle class households worked for everything they ever got and never asked for a handout?! (Except for that small "loan" from their parents for a down payment that didn't charge interest or ruin your credit if you didn't pay it back)  [/b]

Obviously structural racism doesn't exist because the 1% have never seen it.[/quote]

Don’t you know that explaining away the success of others by pointing out your own failures (sorry your credit was ruined - it happens when you don’t pay up!!)’speaks to the core of what the problem is?

Working hard and paying your bills on your own is actually a GOOD thing.  And, in this day and age, it is attainable for all looking to do it. [/quote]

DP.  This shouldn't be so hard.  There are personal choices that we're responsible for.  We make those choices within a complex structure that includes structural racism, classism, sexism, etc.

Good for you for making smart choices.  Now can we look at structural issues so that we can all have the same shot when we make good choices?[/quote]

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