Tim Wise: Race-Talk is a Language White Folks Need to Learn

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When you say we have Black and women owned businesses etc.. but still have white supremacy, I agree and think we still keep empowering those groups and projects that work and strip out the things that don't work in the system to the point where it is either just and fair or we have something to replace it that is.

The problem is, our version of market capitalism isn't built for "empowering," no matter a person's race. It's designed to be a zero-sum game, with people competing for jobs, spending dollars and markets. And without *dismantling* white supremacist systems, Black people who are thriving as entrepreneurs will still face barriers in lending, housing and health care.

Anarchy and chaos won't promote fairness and justice, it will just go back to rule of the jungle.

It's not like we have just the two choices of the current system and "anarchy and chaos." A person could argue there's plenty of anarchy and chaos in many parts of the country right now.

We got rid of redlining and we need to keep an eye on anything that comes up that tries to bring that back.

We may have gotten rid of redlining, but the problem is, the legacy of redlining -- purposefully disenfranchised neighborhoods, populations who struggle to build credit, the lack of inherited wealth among Black people -- is still with us. So then the question is, how do we correct the legacy of redlining?

And a lot of white people struggle with that part, because even thinking about a "correction" can feel unequal to white people -- like white people are going to lose something.

BALANCE not in seeing the wrong of white supremacy and injustice on one side and equality and justice on the other, but more like a FULL balanced approach to making EVERYTHING equal and just for all as was the core of the original concept, even if it only was meant for men...

The example of gender equality is another great example. White women were shut out of building wealth and independence in this nation for decades, and were granted those rights incrementally and after much debate and discussion. Women who weren't white faced even greater barriers. And even with all of the little nibbles around the edges granting women piecemeal rights, we're still fighting gender-based battles that are hundreds of years old. Reform is not the answer, and the system we have will not bring justice.