Reply #170: Cause and effect

[kwassa]

"Slavery was the root of current Racism.

Current problem? Racism.
What do we need to address? Racism.
What does the resolution address? Slavery.

That was my only point."

They travel together, not separately. Current racism stems from historic slavery, cause and effect. This resolution recognizes that relationship, particularly in a still backwards and racist state like Virginia.

Many living African-Americans have personally experienced the effects of Jim Crow, the campaign of terror that stripped rights from them that started in Reconstruction in the 1870s, and didn't end legally until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Legal right were restored in 1965, though many were not enforced for years afterwords, and some still aren't.

The legacy of racism has been segregation in housing and jobs, which impacts largely on wealth accumulation. In other words, black people have been kept poor through government action.