(August 18, 2016 at 2:36 pm)RobertE Wrote: That I agree with however, you cannot blame the white population for what is happening to the black population today. If there is economic inequality today, then get a job, but to get a job, you need an education, and to get an education, you want to have the desire to succeed. If you don't take that opportunity, then it is not the states fault, it is your families fault for not pushing you to do better instead of playing truant or whatever.
And this is why everyone is calling you racist. You imply that income inequality is simply a matter of work ethic, but given that black people have a higher poverty rate compared to other races, you're essentially saying that black people are lazier than everyone else.
Also, telling poor people to simply get an education so they can get a job shows you're completely ignorant of how abysmal the education systems are in the inner-cities here in the U.S. The graduation rate in many cities is extremely low, and for the ones that do graduate, the quality of the education is so bad that they lack the basic skills that most people take for granted. Well, guess whose fault it is that the education quality is so poor that it perpetuates the cycle of poverty? Oh, yeah, the state's.
And finally, for those who are being accused of racism but claim they are not, ask yourself one simple question. Why do you feel the need to show up in every thread about racial inequality and minimize the problem while simultaneously laying the blame on the victims of said inequality?
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