Race, class and opportunity Pt.3

powell: Obama and inner city poverty

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[lordblazer]

Soy ou think minorities just pretend to play a role of victimhood? Or people who grew up in slums and still stuck in slums. =Yea they're just pretending, and not wanting to pull themselves up by their boot straps. No matter how physically impossible that is. On top of that you ignore tons of socio-economic issues at hand as if they're non-issues and up to the individual. I don't think you have an understanding of this world at all. Or atleast a hollistic view of it.

[ack44]

I'd say that that was quite a misunderstanding of the Japanese economic miracle.

[lordblazer]

@soulofshiver

you are the problem. you deny that this exist. and yes in reality it doesn't exist we are the same species, but you MUST RECOGNIZE that on an institutional level. there is oppression and stratification base on race. you want to ignore it, but when my mother was a child if a black man was to look at a white woman they would lynch him. plain and simple. These assholes are still alive,

[MultiSmartass1]

Powell wisely see interconnectedness between racialization and other varied aspects of society like health care, housing, employment and education.

US has never truly invested in citizenry: health care, housing, employment. People talk about the European nations and their free education and month long vacations as if they come from thin air. It come from taxation but more importantly, investment.

[walkwalkslow]

Yeah I'm an idiot. If only I had your natural wisdom & insight into humanity....

It's called Making Conscious Decisions. Allowing other people and Government to make life decisions for you is just another form of being controlled. The truth is, it is much easier to complain about one's situation than actually do something to change the situation one is in.

What I'm hearing is platitudinous bullshit that prevents the issues from being solved. Is it a business? A tactic? Pawn or person?

[soulofshiver]

This guy is at best a separatist and at worst a racist. Children need to be taught nothing about race other than the human race. Once you start splitting people down racial lines, prejudice will inevitably follow.

[ack44]

Exactly! Very well put. I don't think you can use it as an example for what the U.S. should do in the future, because it had to do more with how the culture is structured than how the government acted. That brand of capitalism just happened to work very well in Japan at that certain time.

[lordblazer]

he was more in lieu with a sociologist explanation. Which actually does hold up. The Japanese culture is based on group cohesion and ensuring that all parts of society compliment one another. Whereas in business, and economics. This tend to happens. Firms in the same industry don't necessarily compete. They get some of the market share and cooperate with their competitors. Everyone's is in everyone elses pockets thus easier to build up from there. though they have a lot of hidden poverty now.

[lordblazer]

well you have no understanding of what he was talking about or you just plain didn't listen. The issue itself is ignored, and there isn't any real useful discourse going on with the topic. Because right now Race matters a lot. If you were a minority you would notice it. Notice the societal view towards you because of your race. Why you don't get certain jobs or your credentials are put under more scrunity or why you are at higher risk than others if you make a mistake to lose a job.

[Dedgurlsingblu]

I've actually seen this documentary before. I still stick by my earlier post, however I want to point out I do not deny that changes need to be made on all of our parts and the system we've come to glorify, while it eats the majority of us alive.

[walkwalkslow]

I just finished watching a documentary called "Crips and Bloods: Made in America" and it covers before, leading up to, and after the LA riots, and the systematic problems, i.e. circular despair, that still exists 40-ish yrs later!

The people are begging for jobs but 9 times out of 10 they aren't "good enough" jobs, but you have to start somewhere is life! No matter your race. It partially govts fault and part ours. Abusing a support system in lieu of effort.

Watch that doc. It opened my eyes

[NiteAngel]

he said something about teaching kids about race. this new generation of kids are amazing when it comes to race. this guy is an ASS hole, just wants to start trouble justify his high paying job, he should be on the street in times sq selling hot chestnuts times sq. lol no hot Acorn