2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "income equality is the solution to racism. Any minority of ANY type knows that simply not true." [View all]Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Legislation, regulation, a court that treats all fairly, police that protect rather than control are the solution to racism.
We can not legislate away hate, nor should we try in a free society, but we can create institutions, laws, and regulations that keep people from acting out of racist hate. Everyone must be equal under the law, and that does not exist in this country at this time.
We change the way we pay for education, because minority neighborhoods have less money to spend on education. They should be brought up to the standards set in your average, middle class neighborhood.
We create programs that invest in neighborhoods to bring in businesses like grocery stores, malls, and others. In California, many minority neighborhoods have few or no grocery stores. Those that exist sell food for higher prices than in middle-class and upper-class neighborhoods. Bringing businesses into neighborhoods brings jobs and helps fix the massive unemployment among blacks and Latinos.
$15 an hour does no good if there no jobs for the people in a neighborhood.