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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Since racism is evident in every society we know of, and since humans are not perfectible, racism will always be alive and well (as will murder, abuse of children, theft, etc.). Progress can only be measured in degrees.
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Of course, and as I stated above, with the way the SCOTUS itself altered a main part of the Voting Rights Act, it allows states to regress to more racist policies. Voter ID laws, limited hours and days for voting, etc, all measures that predominantly will affect the voting abilities of poor and minority voters.
Also the US continues to disproportionately arrest and punish black people for drug crimes, which is another place where the US isn't really making progress.
The unemployment rate among black people in the US is double the unemployment rate of white people, and it's been shown repeatedly that all other things made equal, a "white-sounding" name will get a job offer before a "black-sounding" name will.
Black children are less likely to graduate high school than their white counterparts, and they are more likely to attend schools that are poorly funded and in poor upkeep.
Yes, racism will never be fully eradicated, but like other things (violence, assault, murder, various illnesses, etc) that will never fully be fixed, it doesn't mean we shouldn't discuss ways to limit the damage that these things inflict.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Who has done that?
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Plenty of people in the US. All over my facebook feed, in the conversations I hear from people at work, from my parents' friends, etc.
"Stop talking about race, we already had the Civil Rights movement. We have a black president!!"
I'm not claiming that it's being said by anyone in this thread, but in America at large, the concept that racism is a past issue--that racism ended with the end of slavery or with the Civil Rights movement--is a pretty popular talking point.