enslaves an entire race for centuries and then racially segregates them for another, stripping them of generational wealth, education opportunities, equal treatment under the law due to prejudice, and otherwise on average putting them far behind their white counterparts through zero fault of their own
“Teehee we gave you equal rights (kind of sort of) so now it’s egalitarian and paying you back would be unfair to everyone else. You have to run the same-length track as everyone else, and don’t go asking for special treatment just because we shot you in the leg before the race.”
What’s wild to me is that legal segregation was like, not that long ago at all. It always feels like it’s taught as ancient history but it was only half a lifetime ago, really… and still ongoing. It’s not like this happened a thousand years ago and “you should really be over it by now”, this was the experience of some people’s still living grandparents and parents.
The idea that an entire demographic of people should magically recover and be equals again after like 30 years of half-assed “equality” after literal generations of slavery is fucking wild.
Absolute goblin energy to not recognize the ongoing effects of such a recent thing.
I’m pretty young and my mom has told me stories about when the token black kid was bussed into her Oklahoma school because of legal requirements. She’s not even retired yet. Passing a law doesn’t magically fix things overnight. It takes time AND community effort to enact social changes
I’m in my late 30s, and my older brother went to a different elementary school than I did because of the city’s integration program. I went to the school up the street in our neighborhood; he was bussed to the inner city.
We’re not nearly as far from the effects of racism as the racists want us to believe.
enslaves an entire race for centuries and then racially segregates them for another, stripping them of generational wealth, education opportunities, equal treatment under the law due to prejudice, and otherwise on average putting them far behind their white counterparts through zero fault of their own
“Teehee we gave you equal rights (kind of sort of) so now it’s egalitarian and paying you back would be unfair to everyone else. You have to run the same-length track as everyone else, and don’t go asking for special treatment just because we shot you in the leg before the race.”
What’s wild to me is that legal segregation was like, not that long ago at all. It always feels like it’s taught as ancient history but it was only half a lifetime ago, really… and still ongoing. It’s not like this happened a thousand years ago and “you should really be over it by now”, this was the experience of some people’s still living grandparents and parents.
The idea that an entire demographic of people should magically recover and be equals again after like 30 years of half-assed “equality” after literal generations of slavery is fucking wild.
Absolute goblin energy to not recognize the ongoing effects of such a recent thing.
I’m pretty young and my mom has told me stories about when the token black kid was bussed into her Oklahoma school because of legal requirements. She’s not even retired yet. Passing a law doesn’t magically fix things overnight. It takes time AND community effort to enact social changes
I’m in my late 30s, and my older brother went to a different elementary school than I did because of the city’s integration program. I went to the school up the street in our neighborhood; he was bussed to the inner city.
We’re not nearly as far from the effects of racism as the racists want us to believe.
Sorry brother, not my problem. I was born well after those events occurred and so did these people.
Solving the problem of having an advantage based on race is not going to be solved by giving “the right” people an advantage based on race.
Economic factors should be the most weighted if any advantage is needed to be given.