The High Price of Stale Grievances

[SunsetBengal]

(06-08-2018, 07:33 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I got the central point, and I talked about my agreement with that.  I think it is important to understand that there is a very strong reason to discuss the injustices in the past in conjunction with present day. When we talk about people not using those to justify racist acts by black people, that's fine, but what we need to make sure doesn't happen is that we eradicate discussion of those atrocities and pretend they don't influence the inequalities faced by black people in modern times.

That's my main point in all of this. The socioeconomic impact and the way society acts are joined together because they come from the same origins. If we are going to make a point of taking a critical look at the societal actions, we need to make sure that conversation can take place while still recognizing the economic injustices and allowing ourselves to continue that discussion.

According to Brookings, minorities are fast rising in percentage of middle class America.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2018/02/27/the-middle-class-is-becoming-race-plural-just-like-the-rest-of-america/