Post by Toasted Cheese on Apr 6, 2020 0:06:45 GMT
Net worth of what Gamey? There are many many more poor white people in the US than blacks. It is not a race thing, it is an establishment status quo issue, which includes all ethnicities\races.
I will add also, that the same point you bring up, could also apply to homosexuality. I don't know about the US, but federal laws in other western countries made it illegal to engage in homosexuality activity. The same could be said about giving reparations to gay people for being told they were wrong and treated like second class citizens in the eyes of the law. I'd say the US would have had state laws regarding homosexuality. Also for subjugating women for not giving them the vote. Time to move on Gamey.
There are all sorts of injustices in the past. Slavery is different in that it was enshrined in the Constitution while at the same time it was at odds with the Bill of Rights. Latinos and homosexuals may suffer discrimination, but we were never shackled and deprived of our freedom to leave.
Behind compared to whom? Is there another reason for this besides using slavery as a scapegoat? One only need look at Africa and its history and culture to see how the continent has developed. Africa has been exploited by whites, but also exploited by its own people.
The constitution has always been a source of contention regarding what it says and how things get administered. It is a buffer only to protect those that can use and manipulate it for their own self-serving means. It is man-made, so therefore very flawed and disingenuous.
Homosexuality operates on a different sphere, as that is a subtext within all races and creeds. It still operates as a subterfuge and does come wrapped up in a human rights package, due to others sense of attitude, ignorance, prejudice and bigotry and all based purely on sexual attraction.