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Old 02-25-2012, 11:46 AM   #46
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Originally Posted by KinasePro View Post
I'm not saying whitey is the cause of the current inequalities, but the sentiment of "THIS IS 'MERICA, PULL YER SELF UP BY YER BOOT STRAPS' kind of misses the point. There's a lot of segregation and inequality that still exists in this country, and the cause of it is complex. Institutional discrimination definitely played a part.
I agree with everything you said. Now you need to explain to us why racial discrimination is an acceptable "solution" to this problem you are talking about.

Where racial discrimination exists, it should be eliminated by any means OTHER than more racial discrimination.
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