Quote:So all these black leaders, historic and contemporary, are racist? I've only posted their words. Do you think these black people aren't smart enough to have a valid opinion of their own race? Are the educated blacks not real blacks? Sounds like you may be the racist. I believe they are perfectly capable of solving their own problems.
I never said they were racist. You're the racist here trying to blame black problems on their race. That they are less ambitious or lazy or irresponsible or violent because they are black. You''re the one claiming there's no racism goin on anymore. That our society, after two centuries of oppressing people of color with Jim Crow laws and redlining and school
segregation, somehow suddenly quit being racist in a matter of decades and that the playing field is even now despite all the stats showing otherwise. It's racists like you that are the problem as I already made clear. Get with the program, cuz our society is finally waking up to the reality of racial prejudice and white privelege goin on all around us every day.
Quote:If racism isn’t a factor in overall success, why does higher educational attainment increase a person’s income within her/his race, but not among different races?
"One reason why the income and wealth ratios are highest among white and Asian college graduates is that they are more likely than black or Hispanic college graduates to have graduate or professional degrees. Advanced degrees typically provide significantly higher earnings and are strongly associated with greater wealth accumulation." - https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/...ack-wealth
You'll note that the graphic only shows stats up to a bachelors degree.
Not even relevant to the question. White high school drop outs make more than black college graduates:
http://www.demos.org/blog/10/24/14/why-w...-graduates
Quote:If racism isn’t a factor, why do blacks with some college have about the same probability of employment as whites who have not completed high school?
"Together these two data points indicate that when black Americans lose their jobs, they stick to their job search for longer than white Americans, inflating the black unemployment rate relative to white's." - http://www.theatlantic.com/business/arch...gh/372667/
Not even relevant. We're talking probability of employment, not length of time spent unemployed after losing their job.
https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/yi...1403804069
Quote:If racism isn’t a factor in the justice system, why are prison populations dramatically inverse in proportion to the racial demographics of the U.S.?
"However, if black crime rates were the guide, it would seem that blacks are, if anything, underrepresented in prison populations. The table below presents FBI data on homicide offenders. Blacks exceed all other groups in murders committed in 2013. In prior years it was actually worse.
In 2007, the CDC broke out total homicide numbers and rates by age and race. The murder rate among blacks is similar to the rates in some of the most violent third-world nations (see below). No other racial or ethnic group comes close." - http://www.aim.org/special-report/black-...ite-guilt/
LOL! You're saying all the vast numbers of blacks imprisoned over whites is because they are all murderers? No..it's overall incarceration rate period.
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/articles/notequal.html
Quote:If racism isn’t a factor in education, why are school suspensions and expulsions significantly disproportionate between white and black students?
Being poor is the largest predictor of school suspensions, regardless of race.
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"Schools gave 156 black students out-of-school suspensions, representing 58 percent of students receiving the punishment. Black students represent around 20 percent of the student population. The black students also represent 66 percent of those suspended who qualify for free and reduced-price meals." - http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/educ...d24fc.html
Then you agree. Blacks are suspended from school way more often than whites are. Thanks for supporting that.
Quote:If racism isn’t a factor in employment opportunity, why is the economic advantage of graduating from an elite university less for blacks than whites, as recent research suggests?
"These racial differences suggest that a bachelor’s degree, even one from an elite institution, cannot fully counteract the importance of race in the labor market."
Same as #1.
"One reason why the income and wealth ratios are highest among white and Asian college graduates is that they are more likely than black or Hispanic college graduates to have graduate or professional degrees. Advanced degrees typically provide significantly higher earnings and are strongly associated with greater wealth accumulation." - https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/...ack-wealth
The cited source also admits to not comparing "the same degree from the same college." This affirmative action effect could also have some bearing.
Doesn't explain why whites with same degree from less prestigious colleges than blacks and hispanics graduating from prestigious universities get employed at about the same rate:
"The results show that although a credential from an elite university results in more employer responses for all candidates, black candidates from elite universities only do as well as white candidates from less selective universities. Moreover, race results in a double penalty: When employers respond to black candidates, it is for jobs with lower starting salaries and lower prestige than those of white peers. These racial differences suggest that a bachelor’s degree, even one from an elite institution, cannot fully counteract the importance of race in the labor market. Thus, both discrimination and differences in human capital contribute to racial economic inequality."
Quote:If racism isn’t a factor in who gets arrested, why are black boys viewed by police as older than their biological age (and older than same-age white boys) and less innocent?
According to this FBI table, the rate of murder offenders starts to diverge between white and black offenders at age 13.
Doesn't explain that attitude among the police. This has nothing to do with murder rates among black teens compared to white teens.
Quote:If racism isn’t a factor in whom employers seek to hire, why do women of color have the lowest wages at every level of educational attainment?
"Women of color are particularly more likely than white women to experience the dual responsibilities of providing for a family. Even as they represent a larger share of their families’ income, women of color, particularly African American women and Latinas, are far more likely to be single mothers or single heads of household than their white counterparts. In 2013, more than one-fifth—21.6 percent—of African American families were led by a single mother. Single mothers also led 14.5 percent of Hispanic households compared with only 7.4 percent of white households and 5.9 percent of Asian American households." - https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/...-wage-gap/
LOL! Being a single mother has nothing to do with having the lowest wages. They make the lowest wages regardless of whether they are single mothers or married mothers. That's called wage disparity.
Quote:If racism isn’t a factor in income distribution, why are black children from middle-class homes highly likely to fall below the social class of their birth?
"Even among white and black families with similar incomes, white families are much more likely to live in good neighborhoods — with high-quality schools, day-care options, parks, playgrounds and transportation options." - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/upshot....html?_r=0
No..middle class neighborhoods are good neighborhoods period whether you're white or black. And yet despite being from these equally good neighborhoods, black children are much more likely to drop to a lower income class.
Quote:If racism isn’t a factor in economic security, then during our recent economic disturbances Why Didn't Higher Education Protect Hispanic and Black Wealth?
Ha. I already cited that exact source for #1, and it answers this as well.
You didn't explain shit in #1. White high school drop outs make more than black and hispanic college graduates period. It has nothing to do with whites getting more advanced degrees.
Quote:If racism isn’t a factor in school funding, why does research reveal that "no matter how rich or poor the district in question, funding gaps existed solely based on the racial composition of the school”?
Philly Is The 4th Most Segregated Big City in the Country
Philadelphia is the Democratic stronghold of the state
What does that have to do with funding gaps based on school racial compositions? IOW, the more black the student body the less money it gets. Why is that?
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