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Dude, go visit the Pine Ridge Reservation and then come back here and say "prople today are generally not limited by the historical context from which they come

Dude, go visit the Pine Ridge Reservation and then come back here and say "prople today are generally not limited by the historical context from which they come. Or the Standing Rock reservation, or ...

throwanem 6y ago
Or your local BLM protest. The Brookings Institution has a good survey of the relevant history, here: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining-the-black-white-wealth-gap/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining...
- hhernandez 6y ago
  Why does that article not address the most dominant cause of the wealth gap, which is broken homes and blacks dropping out of school, not going to college etc? That's an issue of personal choices more than anything else.
  - throwanem 6y ago
    I'd ask for a citation, but I know you're arguing in bad faith. If you were here for an honest debate, you'd act like it.
    - minerjoe 6y ago
      Right on. He/She/It has to be a deliberate troll. Noone (well, here I hope) is that obtuse.
hhernandez 6y ago
The reservations themselves are responsible for the deplorable state of the people living on them. If the Natives had integrated a few generations ago they would be far better off today.
- minerjoe 6y ago
  Dude, I'm sorry for you.