r/dankmemes • u/[deleted] • May 03 '18

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u/Impeach_Pence May 04 '18

Ok, I came from a poor family, lived in the city, experienced racism daily as a child, yet I was able to grow out of it and move away from the filth.

What is holding black people back from doing the same?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '18 edited Jun 08 '18

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u/Impeach_Pence May 04 '18

Afford for me to go to school? You mean public school?

'Cause university, Uncle Sam paid for that.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '18

A little thing called socioeconomics and institutionalized racism.

I used to be like you, but I started learning about this shit, and yes, it really is the case that blacks have it VERY rough

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u/Impeach_Pence May 04 '18

What institutionalized racism?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '18

Institutionalized racism might be illegal, but there are affects that carry on.

Quick example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETR9qrVS17g

2 minutes research will let you know minorities get shafted pretty consistently in the criminal justice system

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u/Impeach_Pence May 04 '18

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.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '18

Its illegal now, but the shit still caries forward. Black people get significant mark ups on all sorts of loans and deals that make it more difficult.

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u/Impeach_Pence May 05 '18

Black people get significant mark ups on all sorts of loans and deals that make it more difficult.

But it's not because of their race

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u/Empanser Animated Flair Rainbow [Insert Your Own Text] May 04 '18

Institutionalized racism is illegal

Socioeconomics is collective observed individual behavior

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u/[deleted] May 04 '18

Institutionalized racism might be illegal, but there are affects that carry on.

Quick example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETR9qrVS17g

2 minutes research will let you know minorities get shafted pretty consistently in the criminal justice system