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In reply to the discussion: Bye-bye, whiny white dudes: Tucker Carlson, Tal Fortgang and the weakening grip of entitlement [View all]badtoworse
(5,957 posts)That is not happening; needs to change and should be framed as a fairness issue, not a "you got more than you deserve" or "you would have failed if you weren't white" issue. No need to repeat what I've said in other posts - I'm sure there are many people who recognize the inequity and who would support steps to correct it that are being alienated by what constitutes a personal attack. Sorry, but that's my opinion.
I also thinks there needs to be a reassessment of the causes of the inequity and what can be done to fix it. I don't want to open a can of worms, but I think that black people should focus on things that serves their own best interests regardless of the politics involved. Education comes immediately to mind and I'm thinking of access to better schools. I've lived in the NYC area my whole life (I'm 64) and public schools here have been awful since I was in school. That those schools are the only option available to many black kids in NYC is disgraceful. I was fortunate that my folks could pay NYC taxes and still afford to send me to a private school. I would like to see as many inner city kids as possible have that opportunity, but it's a politically divisive issue and any steps that get proposed are immediately demonized as an attack on public schools. I can't help but wonder who's interests are really being looked out for when that happens. I also wonder why black parents don't make more of an issue about this. (In fairness, there was quite an outcry recently over DeBlasio's efforts to shut down charter schools and the parents demonstrating about reflected an inner city demographic. That kind of a response over being forced to attend crappy public schools needs to become much more common). In summary, access to a quality education is essential to solving this problem. I had that and I believe all kids should have it - why not frame that as an issue and seek an open discussion with all options on the table?
I could go on but I'm not going to. To be sure, institutionalized racism is a big factor in the obstacles black people face, but it's not the only one.