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> Poverty is a econometric descriptor. It isn't racist. Agreed. I’m just tired of everyone shitting on white people. The US is far less racist than many other

• munk-a 5y ago
  Yes, there are more racist countries but there are also less racist countries. The US had a history of slavery (a form of overt economic racism) which was removed in name but not deed during the civil war. At this point african americans tend to suffer more deeply specifically from the red-lining efforts of the 50's and 60's including whites-only developments. While another marginalized group, native americans, have land guarantees but a lack of land value or other assets to leverage to help fund economic growth. White people in America have inherent economic advantages on the whole - not all white people share these advantages but there is a pretty clear correlation and there is causation: Red-lining was an intentionally racist policy that denied an economic opportunity to most African Americans.
• woodruffw 5y ago
  Don't get ahead of yourself: I don't agree with you. Nobody is "shitting on white people," and I'm not even remotely interested in the whataboutism of "someone else is even more racist than us!" We're plenty racist enough to complain about without any frame of reference.