Now, you might say “that’s class, not race.” Well, there’s intersectionality of oppression. But why are so many of the poor people black? If the government funds schools, and the government really cares about equity under the law, why are suburban schools so much better funded? If it’s about providing equal opportunity, why is city education so poorly funded compared to suburban education? I know that good teachers make all the difference in the world and that money doesn’t solve problems; but having financial differences at the very earliest levels of opportunity doesn’t sound very equitable to me. How do we break this cycle? And how is it not a result of the remaining effects of racism?

Now all that being said, I’m not saying racism doesn’t exist, My wife is black, and I know it still exists, but…… per the law, the playing field is level. In reality is it level, sometimes yes, sometimes no, for black people. And sometimes yes, sometimes no for white people.

You’re misunderstanding “white privilege.” “White privilege” does not mean that you automatically get whatever you want just because you’re white. Of course you still had to work hard to get where you are. But that hard work, that journey, is easier for the majority of white folks than it is for the majority of black folks. It took me 6 years to get a 4 year degree, and I worked my way through college, too. That doesn’t negate that fact that my whiteness made the whole process easier for me, despite the hard work, than it would a black person.

Meritocracy is a myth. There are white people who are successful solely because of inheritance. There are countless black people who have worked harder than any white person and not made it because of institutionalized racism. The idea that we’re all on an equal playing field and that those who work hard do well and those who don’t fail – that’s a myth. It’s simply not the way things are.

While I can agree that a culture of entitlement is problematic, who created that culture? You blame black leadership. I’m more inclined to start with white liberals.

Check out the post where I give a reading assignment, and read the article on white privilege.

What do you want white people to do, set up a 5% tithe to give blacks some of their ‘white privilege’? And I guess you want tall people to give 5% a year to the “short people capital fund” too? Seriously, what is your solution to these “injustices” other then to complain about it. Being 5′7″, my own personal solution to the “tall privilege” problem is to prove the statistics wrong.

Now is when blacks need to stand up and solve the problems history has dealt them, because “white people” have shed their blood to free them and have passed the laws that enable blacks get and keep jobs regardless of their race. Blacks need to take advantage of those opportunities, not just sit back and blame whites. White people living today had nothing to do with slavery, and many of their ancestors had nothing to do with slavery (except for perhaps dying to end it).

No one is saying that whites are “by nature” slaveowners. That would indeed be a bigoted statement. But in America our historical race problem is rooted in whites enslaving blacks.

However, there is no proof that racism on the parts of “whites” perpetuates black poverty.

All you need is to honestly look over the last couple hundred years of American history to know that the poor sociological state of blacks in America is rooted in acts of oppression by white people. Since civil rights legislation, things have begun to change, and the whole situation has gotten a lot more complicated. And there are many ways in which oppressed groups respond sinfully, especially to the welfare state created by white liberals for the purpose of maintaining power; I’m not denying that.

The fact that the condition of blacks in America is the result of centuries of white oppression doesn’t negate the moral responsibilities of black people. But the fact that whites remain either deliberately or unwittingly blind to their privilege and access to social capital is unacceptable.

I honestly don’t have time at the moment to reply, but I’ll get back to the rest of this stuff as soon as I can.

What is racist is for you to blame whites for black on black problems.

What’s a black-on-black problem?

Seriously, can you honestly say that many problems in the inner-city black communities in America are not the fault of whites? I don’t know how anyone can even dispute that. It was racism that created the poor inner cities, and it’s racism that perpetuates it.

Meritocracy is a myth. It’s simply not true that we’re all on a level playing field, and any poor, inner city black person who tries hard enough can get it. We’re heading, slowly, in that direction as a country, but we’re far from being there yet.