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<blockquote data-quote="Ace_on_the_Turn" data-source="post: 2721038" data-attributes="member: 27417"><p>You are, of course, correct. But, here's the deal (and I'm going to catch crap for it, that doesn't make it any less true). Whites have had the "upper hand" for so long, it's not an even playing field. Institutional racism was the norm in this country for close to 200 years after its founding. You don't undo that in one generation. There is a company in OKC that has about 200 employees. Well paying jobs. As recent as a year ago they had one black employee. One. The owner is an older white man who was raised in the days of separate drinking fountains and sundown towns. For those that don't know, a sundown town was a town that had a sign on the edge of town that said "******, don't let the sun set on you in this town". We just had the report from Ferguson that blacks were systematically profiled for no other reason than the color of their skin. Institutional racism may not be alive and well, but it's damn sure still breathing. </p><p></p><p>Yes, black people can be racist, but the undeniable fact is, whites have much more power over blacks than vice versa. If you think the average black child has the same chance to "make it" as the average while child in this country, you are lying to yourself. Here's when affirmative action is invoked. Most whites see affirmative action as something close to immoral, if not evil. They resent it. You can't cure what's in someone's heart. You can force them to hire blacks, but not truly treat them as equals. Some years ago I worked with a black guy. Young dude, about 25. He had a college degree. His wife was a airline stewardess for AA. He made pretty good money, as did she. We had talked light-heartily about race relations many times. One night, we were talking and for some reason long forgotten the subject turn to race, and how blacks are treated. He said to me, with tears welling up in his eyes, man, you have no idea what's it like to be black. What's it's like to be pulled over for no reason other than you're a black dude in a nice care (he drove a new Mitsubishi 3000GT, like I said, this was some years ago) and be told by the cop, you must be a drug dealer to have this car. Or be sitting at a stop light and some rednecks in the car next to you call you a ****** as they pull away. Or have people assume you got your job because your black, and not because you earned it. </p><p></p><p>I'm not saying I have all the answerer, or even any of the answers, but I'm know there is a problem. And it's not even close to being truly fixed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ace_on_the_Turn, post: 2721038, member: 27417"] You are, of course, correct. But, here's the deal (and I'm going to catch crap for it, that doesn't make it any less true). Whites have had the "upper hand" for so long, it's not an even playing field. Institutional racism was the norm in this country for close to 200 years after its founding. You don't undo that in one generation. There is a company in OKC that has about 200 employees. Well paying jobs. As recent as a year ago they had one black employee. One. The owner is an older white man who was raised in the days of separate drinking fountains and sundown towns. For those that don't know, a sundown town was a town that had a sign on the edge of town that said "******, don't let the sun set on you in this town". We just had the report from Ferguson that blacks were systematically profiled for no other reason than the color of their skin. Institutional racism may not be alive and well, but it's damn sure still breathing. Yes, black people can be racist, but the undeniable fact is, whites have much more power over blacks than vice versa. If you think the average black child has the same chance to "make it" as the average while child in this country, you are lying to yourself. Here's when affirmative action is invoked. Most whites see affirmative action as something close to immoral, if not evil. They resent it. You can't cure what's in someone's heart. You can force them to hire blacks, but not truly treat them as equals. Some years ago I worked with a black guy. Young dude, about 25. He had a college degree. His wife was a airline stewardess for AA. He made pretty good money, as did she. We had talked light-heartily about race relations many times. One night, we were talking and for some reason long forgotten the subject turn to race, and how blacks are treated. He said to me, with tears welling up in his eyes, man, you have no idea what's it like to be black. What's it's like to be pulled over for no reason other than you're a black dude in a nice care (he drove a new Mitsubishi 3000GT, like I said, this was some years ago) and be told by the cop, you must be a drug dealer to have this car. Or be sitting at a stop light and some rednecks in the car next to you call you a ****** as they pull away. Or have people assume you got your job because your black, and not because you earned it. I'm not saying I have all the answerer, or even any of the answers, but I'm know there is a problem. And it's not even close to being truly fixed. [/QUOTE]
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