They now live in an environment not conducive to their success.
To clarify, let’s take color out of the picture. Let’s say we’re talking about some poor, southern white town.
What do you often get? Generational poverty. If you were to talk to some, you might be turned off. These aren’t polished people. Poor decision making, often backed up with “what different will it make”.
Look at the history of Flint, Michigan. There are many others. It doesn’t take a lot to destabilize a community.
I do agree with that victimhood isn’t helpful. There is a tendency towards that recently, so let’s put the media aside.
Go talk to a few black people who are analytical like you. Talk to a few of different ages, from different parts of the country, etc. It might be informative, it might not. It’s a better place to start than the news.
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I don't understand how you could misinterpret my post to such a degree.
Wow.
> If there was significant systemic bias, then African migrants to the USA would not outperform African-Americans so significantly
Maybe people who successfully migrate to the US are not your average kind of person? There are a lot of hurdles to overcome (financially, too), so it's probably somewhat skewed.
> African American: $41,000
Isn't this just pointing at the US being a worse place to grow for people of color, more than anything ?
That would also explain crime rates, and a lot of other things. I don't see how that excludes systemic racism.
I think any practical suggestions would be welcome. If this isn't simply rhetoric, then why hold back?
> but presenting an endless narrative of victimhood is not it.
There are a number of ways you can slice the data to support either narrative of victimhood or oppression, but referring back to the OP - it's worth a read - Neil's anecdotal experience and that of his contemporaries are sobering. Where I live I've not once been pulled over randomly, not even with such tenuous justifications.
> 49% of Black children live in single-mother households
Curious about this statistic. What's your source?
Step 2. Use the lack of male role models in the household as an explanation for why african americans are culturally inferior.
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But who, in the midst of all this, is putting the pressure on to reverse drug policy?
I always thought systemic racism means the policies that lead up to this. I never interpreted it to mean that if we look at the data for a particular institution, we will discover evidence that individuals within that institution are conspiring against black people.
Like, the drug war and mass incarceration ARE the systemic racism...
I wonder if that will get looked into.