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US judge in Texas rules minority business agency must serve all races
(www.reuters.com)
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The root cause is the racism.
Black people are poorer on average because of systemic racism, and they get shut out of benefits not specifically sectioned for them and them alone because of systemic racism.
Poor whites aren't poor because of literal centuries of being treated as literal farm animals, complete with actual husbandry programs when importation became illegal.
Poor whites aren't struggling to find affordable housing because of being specifically excluded from New Deal era housing loans.
Poor whites aren't facing all that on top of being disproportionately likely to just randomly get murdered by the fucking cops.
Poor Whites can afford to sit the fuck down and let the black folks have what was intended for them.
There is no such thing as the White Race. Slavs and Irish are not the same as WASPs.
Yes, so fix the racism. Get rid of the racist officials. Teaching an entire new generation that racism is acceptable if it's against the right colour (sound familiar?) is not the way to go about eliminating racism.
By your logic, they obviously didn't benefit from those policies either. Does it matter WHY they're poor and struggling? Maybe we could just help everybody who's deserving?
Oh my god, why didn’t we think about that? I’m gonna go tell everyone. I’m pretty sure you just fixed everything! Thank you!
Next, I think I’ll just stop being sad so I can stop taking my anti-depressants!
GIven your current idea of the best approach is 'double down on the racism', I felt I had no choice but to start with the basics.
No, all you’ve shown is a profound ignorance of the situation and why affirmative action programs are a part of the solution.
Lifting marginalized communities and peoples by providing them additional support is not racism. Full stop.
Racism has had multi-generational effects. Fixing racism now doesn't eleviate the inequality affecting people whose ancestors were enslaved, beaten, and robbed
Oh, that should be easy.
It's impossible to judge someone's thoughts and reasons for why they do something, but it's easy to enforce a set of rules that makes them do something else.