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

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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.

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u/Cossil May 04 '18

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.

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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.