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Yes, and none of these riots were about anything related to the economy. In fact, it's precisely during this time that the Feds were hitting the printing press
by leppr 5y ago
Yes, and none of these riots were about anything related to the economy.
In fact, it's precisely during this time that the Feds were hitting the printing press the hardest, directly increasing wealth inequality and thus, the US Black population being on average way poorer[1] and poverty indirectly being the number one cause of death, lowering US Black citizens' life expectancy more than US White citizens.
And yet 0 riots or public outcry about that, while countless more Black people will die because of these policies than the few who die of police brutality.
[1]: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/08/the-black-white-wealth-gap-left-black-households-more-vulnerable/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/08/the-black...
> In 2019 the median white household held $188,200 in wealth—7.8 times that of the typical Black household ($24,100)