Some things never change. We're a self defeating bunch of nitwits

[heaven05]

93. Not all Progressives are

out of touch with this issue of racial parity. Yet, too many are. This DU forum proves both assertions. When economic and social parity is reached for all then we will still be left, as usual, with racial inequality and injustice that has plagued this society since George Washington and Thomas Jefferson owned and cohabitated with slaves.

Money won't solve that and gay marriage being okay with even a lot of the racists now won't solve racism based on SKIN COLOR. So what's to be done about racism? A POTUS that cares to address racism straight on will be a start. Legislation that starts to address schools system that are unequal and left to rot with federal funds drying up for "inner city" schools is a serious problem. The "suburbs" that have the money and tools to prepare a lot of the children of the privileged, get it from many sources. The segregated "inner city" ghettos don't, its as simple as that. Make sure when this "enlightened" progressive and liberal POTUS takes office and starts all these wonder work jobs that a lot are directed toward building new schools in the disadvantaged neighborhoods, providing the proper tools, computers and training classes for employment skills to be used when they graduate. It's fucking simple. Bernie also said it, so did HRC and O'malley, body cameras for the thugs policing the black community, police that live in those communities, policing those communities and other work in community police relations. All this has been known for a long time. Just like the reason for racism has been known for a long time. This society, capitalism that favors the few and the PTB that really run this society and the capitalist engine know how to use the tools on the left and right of the political system and will always keep someone disadvantaged and fighting for survival and we know who that usually ends up being. That fighting has always stopped true progress and that's the way the PTB wants it.

It's just the privileged got theirs and it comes down to really, they could give a damn less about the ghetto, the black race and the segregation and degradation systemic and institutionalized racism has created for POC.