4 ms·

I truly think that if this thinking prevails, then liberalism in the US is doomed. Sorry to become preaching here, but for the love of science, stop caring abo

I truly think that if this thinking prevails, then liberalism in the US is doomed. Sorry to become preaching here, but for the love of science, stop caring about race, gender snd ethnicity so much, instead care about class. There are at least as many white folks with no means to get ahead than black folks - and we haven't yet considered the other major ethnic groups. What you should care about is the 'glass ceiling' installed for a whole class of people who cannot offer their sons and daughters the chance to move up anymore. Liberals need to get back to tackling issues, not identities, that make the American nation such a divided one. And the obvious one to me is education. Forget about affirmative action, make high quality education accessible for any capable resident. Having less in-group vs. out-group thinking will follow automatically when people start thinking that everyone gets a fair chance again.

tomp 10y ago
> instead care about class my hero!
nickbauman 10y ago
I'm all for doing whatever works. But white people aren't getting arrested for being white. They aren't getting redlined for bad loans. They aren't having their schools having resources getting directed away from them because the student body us predominantly white. It doesn't just cleave along lines for some. It cleaves along matrices.
- m_mueller 10y ago
  Tbh. it's hard for me to imagine how the government can fail so hard as to have racist resource allocation for education. How hard can it be? You have state level funds for public schools right? Divide by nunber of pupils, have some budget controlling, done. How can resources even be redirected, if not for everyone in the state? Who's deciding this? Are they relying on sponsorship? If that's the case then get rid of that and raise taxes and public funds accordingly. I firmly believe that schools need to be egalitarian, everyone deserves the same resources and care at the start of his/her life, with the only exception being special care students.

tomp 10y ago

> instead care about class my hero!

nickbauman 10y ago

I'm all for doing whatever works. But white people aren't getting arrested for being white. They aren't getting redlined for bad loans. They aren't having their schools having resources getting directed away from them because the student body us predominantly white. It doesn't just cleave along lines for some. It cleaves along matrices.

m_mueller 10y ago
Tbh. it's hard for me to imagine how the government can fail so hard as to have racist resource allocation for education. How hard can it be? You have state level funds for public schools right? Divide by nunber of pupils, have some budget controlling, done. How can resources even be redirected, if not for everyone in the state? Who's deciding this? Are they relying on sponsorship? If that's the case then get rid of that and raise taxes and public funds accordingly. I firmly believe that schools need to be egalitarian, everyone deserves the same resources and care at the start of his/her life, with the only exception being special care students.