| I see what you mean about economic status being different than race. Yes, poor white are affected. However, their is a largely disproportionate amount of Blacks in poverty. Affirmative Action did take more than race into account as well. Firstly, people from split homes were also given special privileges, people who didn't have college educated parents, and their is a tramendous amount of preexisting support of economics is the only problem-- its a loan.
You're accusing me of white guilt. I'm going to accuse you both of holding closeted racist ideals. Its unjustified, I know, but neither of you care about justice so why hesitate?
Also, about the Jena 6, those black kids were tried as adults when a similar situation occurred when white kids jumped a black kid, and was not prosecuted equally.
Lastly, you wanted proof that Black people as a race of disenfranchised:
1/4 of Black Males under the age of 25 will have experienced some form of the correctional system
Of the 250,900 state prison inmates serving time for drug offenses in 2004, 133,100 (53.05%) were black (12% of the population), 50,100 (19.97%) were Hispanic, and 64,800 (25.83%) were white. (entirely inconsistent with the stats on who uses drugs, putting Whites at the top)
In fact, the incarceration rate for white men was 709 per 100,000, for black men 4,682 per 100,000 in '05
Look, Mr. PhD, I need you to look up a word, "contingent". Now, please try and understand that things like slavery, jim crowe, defacto segregation, the crack epidemic, and living in violent ghettos all have their effects on people. These problems are very real, and are very specifically affecting the Black race more seriously than anything else.
Also, Chancellor, all white people talk about being a "color blind" society. I don't want that, and I don't think most non-white people do either. How about a society who respects people for their differences, instead of ignoring them? |