Current Events > Do you think racism is still a huge problem in america?

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No way. What could possibly give you that idea?
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Now. It's not an issue now and hasn't been for about 50 years.
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Yes, it is still ingrained in a lot of systems through legacy. You only need to look at poverty rates and education rates and prison sentence rates to see that African Americans are still proportionally often having things harder.

Depends who you ask. Conservatives don't see it as a problem because it doesn't affect them. Meanwhile people who aren't terrible know it's still a huge problem
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ArchiePeck posted...

Yes, it is still ingrained in a lot of systems through legacy. You only need to look at poverty rates and education rates and prison sentence rates to see that African Americans are still proportionally often having things harder.

I've no doubt that active systemic racism still exists against blacks in various sectors. But I also wonder how much of their stalled prosperity is from current, active racist discrimination and how much is from how far down they were pushed by historic racist discrimination.
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No. I dont believe that many people are racist.
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The statistics change depending on if you include people who mindlessly excuse other people as "being racist" as part of the problem.
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ArchiePeck posted...

Yes, it is still ingrained in a lot of systems through legacy. You only need to look at poverty rates and education rates and prison sentence rates to see that African Americans are still proportionally often having things harder.

per recent data, black enrollment in college exceeds every other race, and incomes in black households are rising faster.

"With almost 30% of the Black population under the age of 18, this population is not only young and influential, but also increasingly educated. High school graduation rates for Black students increased to over 70% in 2013, which outpaced the growth for all students in the
nation, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Educations National Center for Education Statistics. In fact, the percentage of Black high school graduates enrolled in college jumped significantly last year to 70.9% from 59.3% in 2013, exceeding the enrollment rate of Whites (67.3%), according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Thats the
highest percentage of Black enrollment since the Bureau began tracking this data. Overall, 68.4% of all 2014 high schoolgraduates were enrolled"

"Black households have seen their median income rise by 3.5% over the past three years from 2011-2013, as The Great Recession has waned. Real median household income increased more among African-American households (+$793) than among White households (+$433) and more than the total population, according to the U.S. Census.For the most recent year available (2012-2013), Black median household income increased 2.3%, which outpaced the income growth for any category, including total households, whose median income statistically did not change (+.3%). In fact, the percentage of African-Americans who
earned more than $50,000 per year increased from 30% in 2005 to 36%
in 2013, and those who earned more than $75,000 increased from 15% in 2005 to 20% in 2013. At every income level above $60,000 per household, Black income
growth outpaced that of non-Hispanic Whites. In the years from 2005-2013, the income bracket with the largest increase for Black households occurred in the number of households earning over $200,000, with an increase of 138%, compared to an increase of 74% for the total population. Growth in Black household income is projected to continue, as larger proportions of Blacks join the workforce for the first time or move up from entry-level jobs as they age. The significantly younger median age
of Blacks means that fewer have reached their career pinnacles and have more years of increasing income potential. In 2010, only 8.6% of Blacks were over the age of 65, compared to 13.8% of Whites and 12.7% of the total population."

Taken from the a 2015 Nielsen study which cites government data

There is no systemic racism like the liberals try to claim. However, it would be silly to pretend that there's no one whatsoever who's racist, and that's still a problem. A "huge" one though, no.
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There's different intensities to racism.

I consider it a big problem, only cause we're a developed society, so it shouldn't be an issue.

At the same time, some level of racism will always be natural, but ehhhh... there's way more important stuff to deal with.
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You can tell who the white people are ITT.
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They just arrested a man for the murder of a missing black woman pretty recently in the area. His own daughter apparently gave the information on his kkk affiliation.
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It's a problem but I think the media makes it out to be a bigger problem than it is.
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EndOfDiscOne posted...

It's a problem but I think the media makes it out to be a bigger problem than it is.

When doesn't media do that though?
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DarkTransient posted...

There is no systemic racism like the liberals try to claim. However, it would be silly to pretend that there's no one whatsoever who's racist, and that's still a problem. A "huge" one though, no.

well said, well said
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On paper? Not so much. Individuals? Yeah. Tons of racists of all colors and creeds.