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ZA44 t1_irwlsdk wrote

> New York City’s Racial Justice Commission, by contrast, promised “to examine the NYC Charter to identify barriers to power, access, and opportunity for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and all People of Color (BIPOC) in New York City and put forward ballot proposals aimed at removing those barriers and advancing racial equity.” It would also “focus on identifying and proposing structural changes in the NYC Charter that will advance racial justice and equity and begin to dismantle structural racism for all New Yorkers.”

Can we please just provide our citizens with a proper education and policies that create a steady stream of good paying jobs? That’ll fix most of the inequality issues this city has. Instead we’ll funnel more tax dollars into bureaucratic nonsense.

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Curiosities t1_is18rt8 wrote

>provide our citizens with a proper education and policies that create a steady stream of good paying jobs?

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How does that address this? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-29/job-applicants-with-black-names-still-less-likely-to-get-the-interview

Other studies show when names on resumes and applications are made to sound 'whiter' by Black and Asian applicants, or vaguer/use initials to not give away that the applicant is a woman, their interview numbers go up.

There are other examples, but "good paying jobs" only work if you're able to get interviewed for and hired for them.

Discrimination is real. Systemic racism is real. Here's an idea: give a good education and good paying jobs AND tackle inherent biases and documented discrimination.

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myassholealt t1_is6x4wi wrote

Lol of course your comment is downvoted in this sub. Stay predictable r/nyc.

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pluralofjackinthebox t1_iry8l9g wrote

Real estate is a big part of the picture too. NYC’s is the most segregated metro region in the US. If so many Black kids, Asian kids etc. weren’t all districted into the same schools, they wouldn’t be having such disparate experiences.

But to tackle that issue requires solving the housing crisis and NIMBYism, among other stumbling blocks…

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WickhamAkimbo t1_iryw2qa wrote

Throwing everyone in a classroom doesn't really help if you have a ton of disruptive students.

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Euphoric-Program t1_is08za9 wrote

The public school system in nyc is 70% minority. Even if you do all that, it wouldn’t make a difference. We don’t do zoned schools anymore, it’s open lottery

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MartyMohoJr t1_is0vrpl wrote

If its 70% non-white, wouldn't white kids be a minority too?

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Euphoric-Program t1_is0wg1m wrote

Whites are the minority in public school. And as we seen with the new lottery if you try to make them commute an hour to a bad school in queens because thats where they were placed randomly, they just enroll them in private school. Many white families with means end up moving to the suburbs. One thing even the most stark progressive won’t compromise on their childrens education if they can afford not to.

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