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Originally Posted by Willravel
I never changed any tune. Black people are disproportionately poor, therefore a move to help all poor people would disproportionately help black people more. Black people are poor because of inequality in society the roots of which can be traced all the way back to slavery.
So, to put it into one sentence: I want social reform specifically dealing with impoverished and high crime areas, which happen to include a disproportionate amount of black people due to race-based societal problems dating back generations, the consequence of which will eventually be a more equal opportunity for success regardless of race, gender, or creed.
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But Will, in all honesty, that is far different than wanting the "reparations" Farrakhan/Sharpton/Wright et al say they deserve.
Social programs with fiscal responsibility are great. My job (if I have one), my profession needs social program funding. So I will not argue there.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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