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>Oversimplifies and degrades are two ways to say the same in this case. I disagree. I don't believe his intent was to degrade. I think he was trying to acknowl
by splawn 10y ago
>Oversimplifies and degrades are two ways to say the same in this case.
I disagree. I don't believe his intent was to degrade. I think he was trying to acknowledge a truth about our culture, ironically an inequality born out of racism.
Here is the full quote so anyone reading this doesn't just see the "taken out of context reddit meme" version.
"So to answer your question, I would say, and I think it’s similar to what the secretary said, when you’re white, you don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto. You don’t know what it’s like to be poor. You don’t know what it’s like to be hassled when you walk down the street or you get dragged out of a car.
And I believe that as a nation in the year 2016, we must be firm in making it clear. We will end institutional racism and reform a broken criminal justice system."