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As for quality of life, that's a bit of an oversimplification. Black people in the US are disproportionately impoverished. Black people in the US are disproportionately incarcerated. Black people in the US are still very often the victims of systemic racism. Things are better than they were 100 years ago, but that's not really saying much.[/QUOTE]
So your saying that black people in jail are only there because they're black?
I'm pretty sure if they're in jail it's because they committed a crime, got caught, and were tried and convicted in a court of law, based on evidence collected.
As far as racism goes, IMO, it's people like Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson, or the NAACP in general that fuel racism. Everything that happens to a black person, regardless of guilt or innocense, is automatically racism to them.
I truely feel awefull that human beings were property at one point, it's a terrible atrocity.
I will not, however, give money to someone because a few hundred years ago, a black persons great great great great grandfather was a slave. It has nothing to do with me or anyone else alive today. I have no idea if my ancestors owned slaves, and I really don't care. I didn't and never would. I believe all people are equal under the law and should be treated accordingly, not given special compensation because of the color of their skin, that is racist.
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