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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I'm saying it's both. People who blame blacks only need to recognize there are systemic biases at work. People who blame only the systemic biases need to recognizes black American culture has some serious problems that outsiders can't fix, and that most victims of black crime are other blacks. Addressing these issues in binary terms is just a way to make it easy to identify who to cast as the villains, to create an emotionally satisfying narrative. If people are really interested in solving these problems they need to recognize that they're complicated, and the solutions won't hew to political or ideological narratives.
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Exactly.
You'd think this would be obvious, but instead you're just accused of trying to minimize the struggles of black people. Has the word "manichaean" been excised from the collective consciousness?
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