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davesmith1983 | 6 years ago
Do they? How?
> has a more direct impact on their lives than foreign labor exploitation.
Apparently slavery that happened over 100 years ago in a first world country where there is relatively good education (a friend of mine is married to a Cambodian woman and she didn't learn how to read until she was 16) is more important than the slavery that is happening all over the world today.
MrRadar|6 years ago
Re: the legacy of slavery, this USA Today article is a good starting point[1].
Additionally, it's plainly obvious that black Americans today have much less wealth than white Americans. When whites settled in the US they were often given farm land or brought capital from abroad to start businesses. Black slaves had neither. When they were freed most became trapped in sharecropping arrangements (often for generations) that left them with little wealth. White Americans also benefited much more from the social programs of the early 20th century, such as New Deal work programs or subsidized home mortgages (look up "red lining"), that helped build wealth.
Also, you did not provide an example of black racism (which you have referenced in at least two posts as being equal to white racism).
[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/08/co...
davesmith1983|6 years ago
Right I am no longer interested in talking to you. Pretending something is whataboutism when I am trying to bring some perspective is a nonsense.
As for your stats. I've seen stats that if Black couples get married and have a household they do just as well as White couples from a similar background (not I am not going to trawl the internet to cherry pick some proof).
>A lso, you did not provide an example of black racism (which you have referenced in at least two posts as being equal to white racism).
I never claim it was equal, I never claimed to know the proportions. TBH I am getting quite fed up of someone constantly putting words into my mouth.