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In reply to the discussion: I don't know what the hell is wrong with DU right now. [View all]Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I can tell there is a real problem because every thread that talks about race and issues that affect black people more profoundly have get a lot more attention by name removed.
I was in the middle of chewing out a name removed just before I was going to hit the reply button I noticed that MIRT saw the post before I could reply.
What I was saying probably would have earned me a hide, but I didn't put in any cus words I promise.
I don't have any solutions to the race issues either. I do know one thing though that would go a long way to making things better. It's not an easy thing some might think it's all but impossible. What is vitally important is getting rid of laws that are used against POC. For example legalizing drugs. Now I am not saying black people use drugs more than white people in fact I think it's the other way around, can't prove it, but that is my hunch. But, drug laws are used against Black people every day. Stop and frisk has to go away completely. I think we need to make it harder for the police to just stop people because they think they might be breaking a law. Because when we allow that well it's become obvious that they will stop Black people a whole lot more than White people and without looking I am going to hazard a guess that when they do stop White people they are poor to very poor and probably a high proportion are homeless.
So in a nutshell fixing the problem of institutionalized racism will go a long way to making things better.
Oh and one more thing. We absolutely need to see income inequality as a civil rights issue.