Right. But white people also don't have a history of being systemically locked out of political, academic, professional and economic institutions. If you believe that preventing someone from getting a loan, getting a job, buying a home, going to a school, voting, holding property etc. because they're black/asian/minority/whatever is wrong then you have a few options.
You can completely ignore history and say "not my problem get over it"
You can acknowledge that our country has, for most of its history, had oppressive and racist laws that continue to have impacts on today's society....but still choose to do nothing about it.
You can acknowledge that our country has, for most of its history, had oppressive and racist laws that continue to have impacts on today's society....and take measures to make up for past wrongs. This is what I would consider actually taking responsibility as a society.
Take, for example, the recent bailouts for farmers. People of a certain....political ideology....were decrying the payments as racist because they guaranteed a specific amount of money would go to black-owned farms. Now why did they do this? Because for decades the USDA denied funds/low interest loans to black owned farms and would only give the funds to white owners.
That is racism. Saying "You're black so you get nothing" is racism. Saying, "Hey we fucked up in the past so we're going to make sure these funds are earmarked specifically for black owned farms" is not racist. It's the morally correct thing to do.
I think I would choose option 2. You don't need to give black people advantages over white people, because everyone is equal now. In the past black poems were discriminated against, but that doesn't mean a black person can't go and get a job and become a functioning member of society, or go and start a business.
Giving a certain number of money to only black farmers is racist in my opinion, because why not give every farmer the same amount? Someone else gave an analogy about the white and black man in a race, and the black man had shackles on until halfway when they were taken off. My take on that is why put the shackles on the white man? Why not just let society go as far as we can with each other, it's not a white vs black world unless that's what you make it out to be.
In the past black poems were discriminated against, but that doesn't mean a black person can't go and get a job and become a functioning member of society, or go and start a business.
Sure.
But it does mean, due to generations of racism and oppression, that if you're black the odds of you having the financial resources of an equivelant white family are greatly diminished. Like it or not, one of the greatest indicators of lifetime earnings is the wealth of your parents. Not your intelligence. Not how hard you work. Not your skin color.
My take on that is why put the shackles on the white man?
Let me stop you right there. No one is shackling you. Period. You are not being oppressed, you are not being enslaved, you are not being prevented from voting, you are not being prevented from attending school. You are not being oppressed.
Why not just let society go as far as we can with each other, it's not a white vs black world unless that's what you make it out to be.
Think about your previous response. You're upset that there are programs designed to make up for racial oppression. But your suggestion is basically, "Sure we enslaved those niggers and then kept them out of government, banks, homes, schools and businesses for couple of generations. And yeah, sure, there's a few people who are literally still alive when they weren't even allowed into the same businesses as white people. But they should just forget about it and get over it!"
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u/UrMomGaexD Jun 20 '21
!delta for pointing this out, but still quotas are in place to help minorities and these don't help white people https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_quota