That statement makes me crazy for a variety of reasons, but the primary one is that when Obama was elected, a government who truly wanted to help things would have immediately declared phase 1 of racial equality complete as the highest office in the land had been achieved and phase 2 begins. Phase 2 would remove all this racial focus and…
That statement makes me crazy for a variety of reasons, but the primary one is that when Obama was elected, a government who truly wanted to help things would have immediately declared phase 1 of racial equality complete as the highest office in the land had been achieved and phase 2 begins. Phase 2 would remove all this racial focus and simply look at socioeconomic factors. Where I used to live, it was a very diverse, wealthy and highly educated population. To be blunt, a non-white kid raised there had almost 0 in common with a non-white kid raised in an inner city with parents who are addicts. Just like telling a white kid who lives in an inner city with addict parents about his or her white privilege is laughable. Approaching the problems of poverty and poor education would help everyone struggling. Our government didn't do it, and I think it is intentional to keep us divided.
That statement makes me crazy for a variety of reasons, but the primary one is that when Obama was elected, a government who truly wanted to help things would have immediately declared phase 1 of racial equality complete as the highest office in the land had been achieved and phase 2 begins. Phase 2 would remove all this racial focus and simply look at socioeconomic factors. Where I used to live, it was a very diverse, wealthy and highly educated population. To be blunt, a non-white kid raised there had almost 0 in common with a non-white kid raised in an inner city with parents who are addicts. Just like telling a white kid who lives in an inner city with addict parents about his or her white privilege is laughable. Approaching the problems of poverty and poor education would help everyone struggling. Our government didn't do it, and I think it is intentional to keep us divided.