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Now you are just bluntly making stuff up. How did something exploded in 1950-60s was a result of slavery? So anything happened to African Americans is a result

Now you are just bluntly making stuff up. How did something exploded in 1950-60s was a result of slavery? So anything happened to African Americans is a result of slavery? Just throwing the word systematic racism is sufficient for you. And how the heck of helping single-parent kids solve this problem? What kind of dishonest question is that. Yeah, let government be the daddy.

danShumway 5y ago
> Just throwing the word systematic racism is sufficient for you. No, but understanding the history of this country in the 1950-60s, including purposefully racist systems like redlining that were still rampant -- that is sufficient. > And how the heck of helping single-parent kids solve this problem? What? You said that single-parents families were the problem: > the biggest issue with Black Americans is more than 70% single parenthood of Black kids. But whatever. You tell me what you think the problem is and what you think the solution is. Stop dancing around the question, do you have any plans or actions you're taking right now to make the situation better, at all? Because you've spent three comments now complaining that everyone except you is avoiding the real issue, and you seem very hesitant to state exactly what you think the real issue is and what you think we should be doing to "fix" it. And to be completely honest, I suspect the reason is that you don't actually believe the current outcomes are a problem, and you don't actually think that they warrant fixing. I run into a lot of people who tell me that focusing on racism and systems is a distraction that's preventing the Black community from getting help, but when I dig into their beliefs, what ends up surfacing in the majority of cases is that they don't believe the Black community should have help. So you don't want the government to help with setting up community programs? You don't want more money for schools in that area? Okay fine, are you donating money to charities in inter-city areas? Are you supporting or investing in local businesses in those areas? You tell me what you're doing to help.

danShumway 5y ago

> Just throwing the word systematic racism is sufficient for you. No, but understanding the history of this country in the 1950-60s, including purposefully racist systems like redlining that were still rampant -- that is sufficient. > And how the heck of helping single-parent kids solve this problem? What? You said that single-parents families were the problem: > the biggest issue with Black Americans is more than 70% single parenthood of Black kids. But whatever. You tell me what you think the problem is and what you think the solution is. Stop dancing around the question, do you have any plans or actions you're taking right now to make the situation better, at all? Because you've spent three comments now complaining that everyone except you is avoiding the real issue, and you seem very hesitant to state exactly what you think the real issue is and what you think we should be doing to "fix" it. And to be completely honest, I suspect the reason is that you don't actually believe the current outcomes are a problem, and you don't actually think that they warrant fixing. I run into a lot of people who tell me that focusing on racism and systems is a distraction that's preventing the Black community from getting help, but when I dig into their beliefs, what ends up surfacing in the majority of cases is that they don't believe the Black community should have help. So you don't want the government to help with setting up community programs? You don't want more money for schools in that area? Okay fine, are you donating money to charities in inter-city areas? Are you supporting or investing in local businesses in those areas? You tell me what you're doing to help.