What about poor whites in Appalachia compared to poor blacks in Chicago? All things being equal, who should I feel more empathy toward and what does that have to do with color? And actually, one could argue that poor blacks in Chicago have had more resources and opportunities.Matnum PI wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:42 pmIf it was chance, then tails would come up 50% of the time. The position of blacks and whites in america, economically, the judicial system, and otherwise, isn't chance. It's due to a stacked system. And a stacked system is not "luck".tech37 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:35 pm Well of course all starting blocks are not the same no matter what color you are referring to. That's called chance.
Should I expect someone in the 1%, no matter their color, to owe me something? No of course not, there's the luck of the draw and then what they did with it.
Perhaps we just call the movement Poor Lives Matter and forget the fabricated White Privilege nonsense.
This is no longer the 19th Century, it's 2020. We have elected a black POTUS, twice. Why is this happening now? Trump for one, Covid for two.