mv2005 wrote:
I understand the comment about wealth rippling down, but that's surely only applicable to very few, select white lineages. There's tens of thousands of white families where almost no wealth has been passed down. How are they any better off than their black counterparts?
Poverty is not limited to any race. I grew up extremely impoverished. My father died impoverished. Race wasn't a factor. Slavery neither caused nor mitigated our poverty. The great depression was a huge contributor to his lack of education which was the dominant factor in our poverty.
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I know next to nothing about black history in your country. Were they all brought from Africa in the day? If so, then would you not point out that in general they're doing better than their ancestors in Africa and that being brought to America as slaves left their descendants in a much better position? That's not me trying to be a smart arse either.Weak assed argument to rationalize something horrific.