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Originally Posted by Xerxys
The result of white racism is greater than that of black racism. This is in the past. Not anymore though. I believe we now live in a world of equal opportunity.
Now, the effect of black racism (>>against fellow blacks) is still ongoing. In fact, it has been going on for so long that it's going to be unique in itself. I don't mean it will rival the past atrocities committed by the racists against blacks, I don't think it is possible ... but it is/will be distastefully monumental.
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the idea that racism is a thing of the past is a total myth not borne out of any evidence. Take the fact that even though drug usage across races is virtually the same, blacks are about 2.8 to 5.5 times more likely to be arrested and given jail time for it (we are talking simple possession, not possession with intent to distribute or anything like that.).
Take the fact that virtually every case of unwarranted police shootings had African American victims, and that black suspects are more than 6 times more likely to be killed by the police than white suspects, and that almost every major metropolitan area in the nation has had a recent case where the police killed unarmed, passive African Americans (including a case in Georgia where a 92 year old woman was shot and then framed by cops in order to avoid blame). Or how about the fact that even when controlling for education levels, industry type, education and experience blacks still experience higher unemployment levels and lower income? How about the "controversy" over the removal of the confederate flag from the Georgia state flag?
Just because the era of Jim Crow has ended, it doesn't mean that racism has.