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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:05 PM Original message |
A $95,000 question: why are whites five times richer than blacks in the US? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sentence makes no sense whatsoever |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. what's YOUR theory? nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Afirmative action can only help income desparity not wealth. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. And a prosperous black family most likely does not come from a prosperous black family. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Another good point. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are you arguing against AA? |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. This was in response to some idiot co workers of mine who think that we |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Got it. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. White people got more benefit out of affirmative action |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Oh boy don't they forget. Whenever I hear my aunt talking against AA I just laugh. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. yep, white women, & particularly upper-class white women. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. Statistically true |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
63. Fantastic post. But I would disagree that white women are not classified as a minority group |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. That $100K is probably "the house"..(edited) |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Reading the article, it seems not: |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The numbers excluded housing equity. n/t |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Whites started out richer |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Whites have access to better education |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
43. The economic fallout of racism will long outlast racism itselt |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't know what they mean by "typical" |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Tell us how not having it would benefit "you" black and brown folk. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why are jews wealthier than other whites? |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
69. jews would not be white |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. Two things: Education and small business loans. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because the powers-that-be couldn't figure out a way to make them 10 times richer? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. old money |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. +10000 |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. yup... |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. BINGO!! The study bears this out, when a black person is rich most likely their family is not |
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Dems to Win (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. They never got their 40 acres and a mule. |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 02:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. I am still waiting for my 40 acres and that unruly donkey |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. This. And this is an excellent argument for long-overdue slavery reparations as well. n/t |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
22. Dupe. I'm sorry. :( |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. Obviously blacks are lazy and living on the dole of the government (ie: you and me)!! |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Yeah..according to one poster in this thread...more blacks are dependent on the government |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. White privilege, social access and mobility, an uneven playing field, white supremacy, etc. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. I wonder if that "typical" means average. |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Asians do well. Mexicans do well. South Americans do well. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Well, one of those communities was enslaved here for 200 years. |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Great points. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. I think that many immigrants groups (and certainly refugees) come here |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. That sort of underscores my point actually. |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Thanks for posting these. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I live in Atlanta - a city with a large well educated prosperous black community. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
61. Here too. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
67. Being from Atlanta is probably one of the greatest things that ever happened to me |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. Because racism is alive and well in the US - nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. Five times? |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. I call bullshit on the article. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Okay. If you say so. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. I'm sorry, I disagree. I don't think they "pulled it out their butts." |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. You can call bullshit all you want. It doesn't make the stats wrong. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
38. Because America is racist as hell? |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
40. the justice system is slanted to funnel young black men into the prison industrial complex |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. If the stat is true, I blame the unfair loan practices |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Yeap and one of the reasons for the CRA, I had a VERY similar experience using Country Wide and was. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. don't forget all of those payday loan places that run rampant in inner cities |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. I remember hearing about some blacks either being denied or charged higher rates |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. Big head start... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
51. I call bullshit on this story. It's nothing more than a wedge to keep everyone fighting |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. LOL. What a white thing to say. n/t |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. Serious answer? Read this article.. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
55. Poorly-funded black majority schools -- predatory lenders in inner cities (those payday loan places) |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. A few reasons |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. "some may even accuse me of racism her" |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. I grew up in a single parent household in a predominantly black, inner city community |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
65. Inherited wealth |
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