Gymfrog007 t1_ivpfdeq wrote on November 9, 2022 at 5:26 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in If we flip the State House, I will have hope for this state for the first time ever. by DoctorSteve

We can agree on some points. Extremist are not good, they're are bad people on both sides. I would disagree with you that Trump wants people to succeed. I would disagree on claims that Trump created a lot of jobs. When Trump took office, the US was going on 11 years of economic expansion. Under Obama's last 3 years (36 months) job growth averaged 227,000 a month. During Trumps first 36 he was averaging 191,000. So job growth went down (and then covid hit, so we can't really compare numbers after that) Under Obama average household income increased about $5000 in his last 2 years, under Trump average household income only grew about $1500 in his first 2 years.

Racism is worse than you imagine. I have several friends of different backgrounds (Black, middle eastern, hispanic)(most of who I have served in the army with) who tell me that they fear for their Iives of they are ever pulled over for any reason. I have seen racism first hand with vulgarities shouted at them. I have had a privileged upbringing, being a white male in suburban Philadelphia, who has two parents that were teachers. I used to think that racism didn't exist, because for the first 18-20 years of my life, I had never seen it.

[deleted] t1_ivpk47s wrote on November 9, 2022 at 5:56 PM

Well I think the root cause are stereotypes. When you see a thug looking black guy lots of people think criminal, when you see a Muslim with a beard lots of people think terrorist, when you see a reclusive white kid in school kids think school shooter. It’s a shame these labels have become a reality and the good people of these races and religion become victim. Unfortunately families have lost loved ones to these kind of situations. It’s hard to erase that.