I respectfully disagree with your opinion on this matter. Racial inequality is still pervasive in many black people’s lives in today’s America. Here are a few examples for me having this point of view but certainly only offers a minimal amount of the mirage of racial discrimination against black Americans. Why did a black couple receive a lower valuation of their home in comparison to having a set of their white friends act as if it were their home and they got a much higher valuation. A young black gentleman was threatened with jail at a Minneapolis airport for so called stealing his own baggage that contained a ticket inside with his name on it. It wasn’t until a white woman stepped forward to tell the police officer it was indeed the gentleman’s baggage. No matter how much the black gentleman tried to inform the police officer that it was his baggage it didn’t matter. It was only until the white witness came forward to make the officer leave the black gentleman alone. I could go on and on about examples of racial discrimination against black people. So to say that racial discrimination in this country doesn’t exist is not reality.
Thank you for the comment :) As I indicated in the article, while anti-black racism still exists, it is no longer the defining characteristic of black people's lives in America. I do not believe we are 'oppressed'. Many blacks ( and others) are in their position in life because of choices they have made. In California, a person can essentially go to community college for free and get a degree. However, you can't make anyone become educated, get a job, try to better themselves. I hate that so many blacks claim victimhood and oppression in 2023. It has not been my lived experience nor that of my family. We are 60 yrs past Jim Crow. Sure, the examples you cite are valid and hopefully few and far between. there will always be bad actors. And I do believe those in the south may experience a bit more than say California- but the point of my article was about oppression.. No one is keeping any Black Man or Woman down.. Thank you and you should consider writing- I appreciate your perspectives and others would to :)
I respectfully disagree with your opinion on this matter. Racial inequality is still pervasive in many black people’s lives in today’s America. Here are a few examples for me having this point of view but certainly only offers a minimal amount of the mirage of racial discrimination against black Americans. Why did a black couple receive a lower valuation of their home in comparison to having a set of their white friends act as if it were their home and they got a much higher valuation. A young black gentleman was threatened with jail at a Minneapolis airport for so called stealing his own baggage that contained a ticket inside with his name on it. It wasn’t until a white woman stepped forward to tell the police officer it was indeed the gentleman’s baggage. No matter how much the black gentleman tried to inform the police officer that it was his baggage it didn’t matter. It was only until the white witness came forward to make the officer leave the black gentleman alone. I could go on and on about examples of racial discrimination against black people. So to say that racial discrimination in this country doesn’t exist is not reality.
Thank you for the comment :) As I indicated in the article, while anti-black racism still exists, it is no longer the defining characteristic of black people's lives in America. I do not believe we are 'oppressed'. Many blacks ( and others) are in their position in life because of choices they have made. In California, a person can essentially go to community college for free and get a degree. However, you can't make anyone become educated, get a job, try to better themselves. I hate that so many blacks claim victimhood and oppression in 2023. It has not been my lived experience nor that of my family. We are 60 yrs past Jim Crow. Sure, the examples you cite are valid and hopefully few and far between. there will always be bad actors. And I do believe those in the south may experience a bit more than say California- but the point of my article was about oppression.. No one is keeping any Black Man or Woman down.. Thank you and you should consider writing- I appreciate your perspectives and others would to :)
Is appealing to unreasonable people to do reasonable things a strategy?
07/21/23
Why are you doing this on social media?
Who is your audience?
Don't you have a leader that you can talk with?
07/21/23