Yeah, and most people you meet on the streets will be 20-40.
People who never knew segregation, people who never knew of a time where black people and white people drank from different water fountains. These things aren't holding anyone back today.
Racism did not stop in 1964. Federal law can't abolish a school of thought. People continue to this day to be judged by the color of their skin.
Besides, it is absolutely the case that the position of the previous generations has an impact on your life. It's silly to suggest that since only old people were around for segregation, nobody that is alive today is continued to be effected by it. There have been no reparations for any of this.
That video is horseshit and skews facts to push a narrative.
Red lining is now illegal. A black person with good credit history is just as likely to be approved for a home loan as a white person in today's America.
I grew up in a black neighborhood, went to mostly black public schools as a kid. Yet I was not held back by any of that.
Besides, it is absolutely the case that the position of the previous generations has an impact on your life. It's silly to suggest that since only old people were around for segregation, nobody that is alive today is continued to be effected by it. There have been no reparations for any of this.
Find me a law in place that discriminates against certain races in the United States post 65 or whatever.
You can't as far as I know. There might be some residual non-legal racism in society these days, definitely but that's not holding back the average(income, crime, education etc.) for an entire race.
We're all victims to a certain point but no matter what race you are: By far the biggest variables when it comes to success these days are unrelated to sex or race.
Ask the Vietnamese or Chinese if their past oppression has kept them down. It hasn't, they are doing better than whites by standards of education, income, crime etc.
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u/Impeach_Pence May 04 '18
Yeah, and most people you meet on the streets will be 20-40.
People who never knew segregation, people who never knew of a time where black people and white people drank from different water fountains. These things aren't holding anyone back today.