1. "No clue but here's my response to the issue he raised....." In response to Reply # 0
It's not racism by itself but a systemic long established structure of issues that don't hold us back as much as they stop us reaching the places we should go.
Let's take NYC as a prime example: The real issue with that policy is not that it perpetuates a perception of black criminality that is patently false. For instance, imagine that you're applying for a finance position at a firm. You get stopped and frisked in front of the office. They're not hiring you after that and you know it. There's a stat that says the NYPD pulled over every black male in NYC.
Y'all have to stop this myth that we're all sitting on our asses complaining about the man holding us back. It's very insulting to all of us that bust our ass to make something of ourselves in this world. Miss me with this we are our worst enemy spiel. We're just like everyone else except with more baggage than other people due to years of mistreatment. That mistreatment wears on us over generations and manifests itself in the situation we have today. Finally, there's nothing we can do to get THEM to stop this BS.
Let's go over what they tell us to do while I'm on one:
Get a job Earn education Pull your pants up Stop listening to hip-hop Join the armed forces Speak the king's english
^^^ WE DO ALL THIS and racism is still there. SPOILER ALERT: THEY STILL HATE YOUR BLACK ASS. The issue isn't with us because our diaspora is deep filled full of icons in their respective fields. I feel sad for the generation coming up now and behind them.
I'll paraphrase Chris Rock's take on this issue as it relates to privilege: It's not that we're held back from stuff as much as we don't have the same cultural nuance that other people have when they go into these interviews. There's are incredibly messed up perceptions about that people grew up on that refuse to change.
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