Would I have stood with MLK?

Genome said:
The end of reconstruction (1877-about 1965) was probably a more horrific period for black people in the U.S. than any other time in U.S. history. Racial violence in the south rendered MILLIONS of blacks refugees to the north, where their fate wasn't much better. Tens of thousnads of blacks were murdered by racist whites for 100 years AFTER the civil war, particularly after the black people in America began to attain economic and political success. Whites wouldn't have it.
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Wasn't all of that discrimination and abuse the work of DEMOCRATS?
 
Jerome said:
Have you tried going outside? Or, I don't know, researching something beyond your own immediate experience?
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I understand the claims clearly. But nobody has presented evidence for systematic racism still existing in America. A white cop beating a black man is not evidence of anything, because white cops also beat white men and black cops also beat white men.
 
Michael_Panetta said:
I understand the claims clearly. But nobody has presented evidence for systematic racism still existing in America. A white cop beating a black man is not evidence of anything, because white cops also beat white men and black cops also beat white men.
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No, you don't understand the claims at all. Black people are 6x more likely to be shot while unarmed. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/b...illed-by-police-harvard-study-says-2020-06-26

Black people are FAR more likely to be arrested for drug use and distribution, despite using and selling at the same rate as whites: https://www.aclu.org/report/report-...inal-law-reform/war-marijuana-black-and-white

Staggering Racial Bias: Marijuana use is roughly equal among Blacks and whites, yet Blacks are 3.73 times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession.

Black people have less than 1/10th the generational wealth of white people (thanks to past discrimination, slavery, jim crow, etc). https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining-the-black-white-wealth-gap/

This history matters for contemporary inequality in part because its legacy is passed down generation-to-generation through unequal monetary inheritances which make up a great deal of current wealth. In 2020 Americans are projected to inherit about $765 billion in gifts and bequests, excluding wealth transfers to spouses and transfers that support minor children. Inheritances account for roughly 4 percent of annual household income, much of which goes untaxed by the U.S. government.


Housing discrimination is not only responsible for much of the wealth gap, but also the education gap, since black children are far more likley to grow up in neighborhoods that are over-policed, and have underfunded schools: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2019/08/07/472617/systemic-inequality-displacement-exclusion-segregation/



Now you don't have the "I haven't seen evidence of that" excuse anymore.
 
blackascoal said:
They KNOW there is systematic racism Everyone of them know that, but they can’t acknowledge that because they NEED to fell superior., but that’s a lot harder to do these days. They thought trump was the answer and he would make it all go away, not knowing that trump would expose them and their hate and make the lines of which side you’re on very clear.

Thank You donald trump.
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we dont need to feel superior. we just don't want to be discriminated against due to hue.
 
Jerome said:
No, you don't understand the claims at all. Black people are 6x more likely to be shot while unarmed. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/b...illed-by-police-harvard-study-says-2020-06-26

Black people are FAR more likely to be arrested for drug use and distribution, despite using and selling at the same rate as whites: https://www.aclu.org/report/report-...inal-law-reform/war-marijuana-black-and-white

Staggering Racial Bias: Marijuana use is roughly equal among Blacks and whites, yet Blacks are 3.73 times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession.

Black people have less than 1/10th the generational wealth of white people (thanks to past discrimination, slavery, jim crow, etc). https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining-the-black-white-wealth-gap/

[FONT=&]This history matters for contemporary inequality in part because its legacy is passed down generation-to-generation through unequal monetary inheritances which make up a great deal of current wealth. In 2020 Americans are projected to inherit about $765 billion in gifts and bequests, excluding wealth transfers to spouses and transfers that support minor children. Inheritances account for roughly [/FONT]4 percent[FONT=&] of annual household income, much of which goes untaxed by the U.S. government.


Housing discrimination is not only responsible for much of the wealth gap, but also the education gap, since black children are far more likley to grow up in neighborhoods that are over-policed, and have underfunded schools: [/FONT]https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2019/08/07/472617/systemic-inequality-displacement-exclusion-segregation/



Now you don't have the "I haven't seen evidence of that" excuse anymore.
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That's not evidence. That's confirmation bias. In all of your examples, switch "black people" with "poor people."
 
blackascoal said:
They KNOW there is systematic racism Everyone of them know that, but they can’t acknowledge that because they NEED to fell superior., but that’s a lot harder to do these days. They thought trump was the answer and he would make it all go away, not knowing that trump would expose them and their hate and make the lines of which side you’re on very clear.

Thank You donald trump.
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And let that, on this last night of the worst leadership in American history, be Trump's legacy. As a healer I will also lay upon his shoulders the unnecessary deaths of our family members, friends, coworkers, neighbors, community members, and fellow American citizens.

Let this night be the last one we suffer from the #MalignantMessiah and his cancer. Let tomorrow unite us against the real enemy -- COVID19 -- and let's get back to being that shining beacon on the hill.
 
ATLANTA — The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund launched a $40 million scholarship program on Monday to support a new generation of civil rights lawyers, dedicated to pursuing racial justice across the South.


With that whopping gift from a single anonymous donor, the fund plans to put 50 students through law schools around the country. In return, they must commit to eight years of racial justice work in the South, starting with a two-year post-graduate fellowship in a civil rights organization.

“The donor came to us,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the Legal Defense and Educational Fund. “The donor very much wanted to support the development of civil rights lawyers in the South. And we have a little bit of experience with that.”

Indeed, the LDF has been backing civil rights lawyers ever since its founding by Thurgood Marshall in 1940, during an era when Black people rarely had effective legal representation and Black students were turned away from southern universities. It funded the creation of Black and interracial law firms in several southern states in the 1960s and 1970s, and has built a network of lawyers since then.

Reflecting the urgency of these times, the fund has set an application deadline of Feb. 16, giving this fall's incoming first-year law school students less than a month to make their cases for the opportunity.

“While without question we are in a perilous moment in this country, we are also in a moment of tremendous possibility, particularly in the South,” Ifill said. “The elements for change are very much present in the South, and what needs to be strengthened is the capacity of lawyering.”


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good...or-50-future-civil-rights-lawyers/ar-BB1cTFhU
 
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