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Showing Original Post only (View all)Racism against black people, still significant, or not significant anymore? [View all]
Read the questions and please select the one that is closer to your opinion.
19 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
Racism against black people IS NOT significant and they DO NOT experience different treatment by police, government, employers and have the same income/wealth as whites with similar levels of education/skills | |
0 (0%) |
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Racism against black people is still significant and they DO experience different treatment by police, government, employers and DON'T have the same income/wealth as whites with similar levels of education/skills | |
19 (100%) |
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3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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Racism against black people, still significant, or not significant anymore? [View all]
CreekDog
Jul 2013
OP
I shouldn't have to ask, but this is a reminder to a handful of people here that racism is with us
CreekDog
Jul 2013
#4
White folks' breathless predictions of post-verdict idiotic behavior on the part of black people
Robb
Jul 2013
#9
the only discrimination that one cares about is one that harms a gun's right to exist anywhere
CreekDog
Jul 2013
#17
Well, there was some idiotic behavior, but wasn't it by those 'black bloc' punks that
MADem
Jul 2013
#68
It's much less institutionalized and much more personal and individual. But it is
kestrel91316
Jul 2013
#14
Any casual glance at the rates of unemployment, low wages and poverty in the US
Starry Messenger
Jul 2013
#20
Most likely a cave or a freeper troll just using the username to see more than the lurkers can see.
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#45
WOW! Not even one post and this poster has been on a jury. I did not even see that.
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#47
i don't think it's meaningless to tell the trolls that their games don't mean sh*t to us
CreekDog
Jul 2013
#35
well, they now removed their vote from this poll and removed their recommendation from the hidden OP
CreekDog
Jul 2013
#42
you don't think it's useful for DU to state unequivocally that racism remains a problem?
CreekDog
Jul 2013
#60