Re: Reparation payments quietly started in Evanston IL

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Mar 23, 2021, 1:43 PM

I am so tired of the whole idea that the playing field is so tilted against people of color. I call BS on that. We have much more of an issue of class rather than race in my opinion. If you make a choice to push education for yourself and your children, opportunity is there. Most of Appalachia is essentially lily white, yet is impoverished with a high rate of drug use, out of wedlock births and a failure to even finish high school. The only option for many is to leave the area in order to achieve anything. Not a drop of racism there.

I submit if a black person educates themself the world is actually a very inviting place. Admission to highly selective colleges is easier, not harder if one is black. Admission to professional schools such as law, medicine and business is easier if one is black. Employers actively seek to hire blacks.

Asians are not white obviously and come here sharing far fewer cultural traits I would contend than either blacks or whites. As a whole, the Asian immigrants subvert their own wants to help their children obtain an education and are willing to work very hard to ensure their kids have a better chance to succeed. We have been throwing money at this problem since the 60's, yet I would argue that things are potentially worse in the black community than ever. Systemic racism was a legally supported system previously. The playing field has been substantially improved. Prejudice will never be eliminated.

In black America just as in white Appalachia, choices make a difference between staying in poverty or moving out of poverty. Taking money from white non slave owners to give to black non slaves supports the idea of white guilt and the idea that blacks can't succeed on their own without whites, which to me is subtly racist in and of itself.

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There is an excellent book called, "The Working Poor". It examines the day-to-day struggles of working poor people in this country. It is not strictly about race, but it certainly has its applications.

One of the interesting aspects of the book, is that there are certain habits of poor people that contribute to their continuing poverty. In fact, they often realize those negative habits, but struggle to overcome them.

I say all of this to highlight the fact that I recognize that minorities bear some responsibilities for their plight. But, and this seems to be missing from YOUR assessment of the situation, so do we as Americans.

You speak of the black culture changing - but you fail to recognize that their culture is a part of our culture - American culture. Whether you accept this or not, American culture has a racist history - and that part of our culture is not extinct yet. So it is really up to us all - black, white, red, yellow, brown - to work on it together

WE can change OUR culture for the better - more fair and more just. But we CANNOT do it by continuing to divide ourselves into tribes - and putting off OUR responsibilities onto some other tribe.

ALL Americans deserve better - and I will continue to encourage US to find ways to do better. Will you join me in finding some middle ground - and a wat forward ?

Reparation payments quietly started in Evanston IL

I am sure the recipients will be grateful