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Beetin t1_ixrjkag wrote

Thankfully we passed legislation in the 1960's that overnight just resolved all that past racism so that this generation can all participate in wealth accumulation in parity. You know, other than....

Higher 'credit risk' and lower credit scores, ability to secure capital lending to start small businesses, 'Black' names score worse than 'white' names in job applications, historically black segregated areas aren't desegregating much if at all, Zoning regulations in black segregated areas for 'bad house value' things like dumps, highways, industrial and manufacturing, shelters, etc are more likely to be lax, real estate agents still 'steer' black applicants towards lower value worse neighbourhoods, Blacks with equal income/wealth more likely than whites to be denied in person applications, more likely to receive a lower home evaluation during an inspection, homes in black neighbourhoods appreciate much slower, black college graduate start with about 1/7th of the wealth of a similar white college graduate, and less wealth than white dropouts, have on average about 30% more student loan debt, etc etc etc

But you know, thank god we immediately and quickly resolved all the built in racism in American infrastructure and cities almost overnight, and we should probably just all quietly agree not to be racist and the whole thing should finish equalizing around 2025. Or 2030. Maybe 2040. Definitely before 2100. What is that? Black ownership actually decreased this decade while every other race shot up and whites stayed the same? Well, 2200 without a doubt these issues will be a thing of the past.

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subzero112001 t1_ixu6sai wrote

Where are you getting the idea that someone thinks that the issue is resolved overnight? I’ve never heard of anyone making such a claim. Yet you keep making a point to bring it up sarcastically.

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IdlyCurious t1_ixufw8p wrote

> Where are you getting the idea that someone thinks that the issue is resolved overnight? I’ve never heard of anyone making such a claim. Yet you keep making a point to bring it up sarcastically.

I have, more than once, heard someone say "slavery ended more than hundred years ago" or "that was 30/40 years ago" (in regards to Civil Rights act) and therefore it was completely over and not a cause for today's economic disparity and that black people faced no more difficulty than white people and these were all just excuses.

Consider yourself lucky that you didn't grow up around anyone of that sort.

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subzero112001 t1_ixx5wxp wrote

Completely over as in “it’s not a law anymore”. Not completely over as in “racism no longer exists”. Racism will probably always exist given how stupid humans are.

As a non-white, I say the biggest issue holding back another non-white here in the US is our propensity for blaming our issues on others and failing to take responsibility for our own choices and actions.

The racism both of my non-white parents experienced along with their parents before them have basically nothing to do with how successful or unsuccessful I am today.

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Klesko t1_ixt9kw3 wrote

Wasn't immediate, took about 160 years and its not a zero for sure. But I cant think any of any other major country where it would be better for a black person to live than the USA.

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Moont1de t1_ixtb3bd wrote

How do you define “major country”?

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Klesko t1_ixtbege wrote

Any place not considered 3rd world with a population of greater than 50 million.

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Moont1de t1_ixtcbu8 wrote

How would you define not 3rd world?

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Petrochromis722 t1_ixtqzv1 wrote

I mean, you could always define it the way Mao did when he coined it. NATO = first world, Warsaw Pact = second world, everyone else = third world. There were some non-NATO us aligned actions that got lumped in the first world as well, Japan, South Korea, etc

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Moont1de t1_ixu5bye wrote

I’m asking that user specifically, or do you agree with their “major country” definition

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KiwasiGames t1_ixuagn2 wrote

Australia, Canada, NZ, UK, Germany...

The US has some pretty high income inequality for the developed world. While rich Americans are generally doing extremely well, its generally a bad place to be poor.

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