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> Lastly, would you openly say that racism is higher today than say 50 years ago? Of course not, and yet by looking at the metrics of unemployment or family sta
by wayoutthere 7y ago
> Lastly, would you openly say that racism is higher today than say 50 years ago? Of course not, and yet by looking at the metrics of unemployment or family stability, things are worse.
I would openly say that on the things that really matter, racism today is no better than 50 years ago. It's just had 50 years in between for the negative effects to continue compounding.
- whb07 7y agoOooooh I’m walking out of this one. Never mind we have a Supreme Court justice and a President who are/were black.
- wayoutthere 7y agoI mean, if you think electing one black man president solves racism for all black people I don't know it's going to be a productive discussion anyway.
- aaomidi 7y agoYou're right. The other person is extremely rude and dismissive.
- bsanr2 7y agoSchool segregation is as bad as before Brown vs BoE. Among other things. Have fun: https://www.propublica.org/series/segregation-now https://www.propublica.org/series/segregation-now