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Anonymous wrote:Overt racism? Yes, by a few people that I would never associate with.

Racial biases? Yes, but it's overstated by libs to gin up their political base.

Systemic racism? Somewhat, but it's highly conditional to the prison system or locations with extreme poverty like Baltimore. Again, this is overstated by loonie liberals.

Do you think we should try to change any of that? Or are things ok as they are?

Things are actually pretty damn great as they are, minus the Covid situation.

Got it. So you think status quo is acceptable?

That’s not what you asked.

Do you think we should change anything?

Do you think status quo is acceptable?

Are you the OP? If so, I encourage to avoid speaking in vague generalities. It is entirely pointless which is why people keep commenting on the idiocy of this thread. I think that you will get better results if you can articulate the policies and institutions where you have specific concerns.

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Anonymous wrote:I moved to the Commonwealth in 2000. We have a black, female LTG. Back in 2000, I would have said that the Dems would seat such a candidate in office within ten years. Never happened. It's 2022, and it's the Repubs.

Except she’s a 2A nutter who wants a heartbeat ban on abortion so…

What do you mean, exactly? Write it out so everyone can see. You know, show, don’t tell.

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Anonymous wrote:I moved to the Commonwealth in 2000. We have a black, female LTG. Back in 2000, I would have said that the Dems would seat such a candidate in office within ten years. Never happened. It's 2022, and it's the Repubs.

Except she’s a 2A nutter who wants a heartbeat ban on abortion so…

Anonymous wrote:I moved to the Commonwealth in 2000. We have a black, female LTG. Back in 2000, I would have said that the Dems would seat such a candidate in office within ten years. Never happened. It's 2022, and it's the Repubs.

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Anonymous wrote:You wouldn’t know it from recent headlines, but there’s good news about race in the U.S. today. The pessimism peddled on the left by pundits and elected officials is in the service of an ideological agenda, and it’s probably doing more real harm to race relations than any actual racism.

The political left has a stake in overstating both the existence and effects of racism so that it can advocate for more and bigger programs to combat it. And the media has long been willing to do the left’s ideological bidding. Social media allows for wide publicity of statistically rare incidents that are in reality getting even rarer, giving the impression that isolated and infrequent events “happen all the time.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/race-relations-in-america-are-better-than-ever-11619561751

Come on. You must be joking.

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Anonymous wrote:Overt racism? Yes, by a few people that I would never associate with.

Racial biases? Yes, but it's overstated by libs to gin up their political base.

Systemic racism? Somewhat, but it's highly conditional to the prison system or locations with extreme poverty like Baltimore. Again, this is overstated by loonie liberals.

Do you think we should try to change any of that? Or are things ok as they are?

Things are actually pretty damn great as they are, minus the Covid situation.

Got it. So you think status quo is acceptable?

That’s not what you asked.

Do you think we should change anything?

Do you think status quo is acceptable?

Anonymous wrote:You wouldn’t know it from recent headlines, but there’s good news about race in the U.S. today. The pessimism peddled on the left by pundits and elected officials is in the service of an ideological agenda, and it’s probably doing more real harm to race relations than any actual racism.

The political left has a stake in overstating both the existence and effects of racism so that it can advocate for more and bigger programs to combat it. And the media has long been willing to do the left’s ideological bidding. Social media allows for wide publicity of statistically rare incidents that are in reality getting even rarer, giving the impression that isolated and infrequent events “happen all the time.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/race-relations-in-america-are-better-than-ever-11619561751

Anonymous wrote:This came up in another thread about CRT.

If you are a Youngkin supporter, do you think that racism exists in any form in VA today?

Overt racism?
Racial biases?
Systemic racism?

Anonymous wrote:You wouldn’t know it from recent headlines, but there’s good news about race in the U.S. today. The pessimism peddled on the left by pundits and elected officials is in the service of an ideological agenda, and it’s probably doing more real harm to race relations than any actual racism.

The political left has a stake in overstating both the existence and effects of racism so that it can advocate for more and bigger programs to combat it. And the media has long been willing to do the left’s ideological bidding. Social media allows for wide publicity of statistically rare incidents that are in reality getting even rarer, giving the impression that isolated and infrequent events “happen all the time.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/race-relations-in-america-are-better-than-ever-11619561751