If you think it is being 'woke' to say there is systemic racism in America please produce your proof. My wife and I had the pleasure of raising two fine young men who just happened to be of African American descent. We had three minor racial incidents. Two were with black males and one with a white male. They were individuals and not indicative of any 'systemic' issue with those who shared the same skin color. In general we saw the opposite of racism! No doubt some will point to the number of incarcerated young black men and say it is racial. There may be some small amount that may be true but you 'woke' people need to take a long look at liberal policies. Unlike your 'wokeness' I can point to data that applies to ALL races to back that up. What are the two 'situations' that are most correlated with prison time? Lack of a high school diploma and being from a single parent family. Not surprisingly the highest correlation of any variable with no high school diploma is a single parent family! |
For decades liberals have been supporting the public school education lobby even though the results in the inner city are atrocious in general. Last time I looked even OKC public schools was losing 25% of their kids. In truth it is higher since they play a little game that doesn't count those that drop out early in their high school attendance. But even at 25% that is a huge number of kids. There is no excuse for that but it gets worse since many that do graduate from the poorer areas of the city have been poorly educated. They lack math and English skills that will help them get a decent job to flee the poverty. Conservatives have long wanted poor families to have the option where the 'money follows the child' to allow private school educations for the disadvantaged. Teachers unions and Democrat liberals have opposed it vehemently.
The even bigger issue goes straight to the heart of the liberal Democrat party. Medicaid's qualifying standards punish two parent families and if one wants to see the direct effect on the African American community go trace the number of single parent births from 1965 when LBJ began the program to today. This discriminatory policy against marriage has resulted in an incredibly high number of single parent births among the poor and especially the black community.
Generations of people---of all colors but disproportionately black---are trapped in a cycle of poverty that liberal policies created. It is not just disingenuous when Democrats try to use the systemic racism cover for the damage they have done to the black citizens of our country, it is an outright fraud!
The even bigger issue goes straight to the heart of the liberal Democrat party. Medicaid's qualifying standards punish two parent families and if one wants to see the direct effect on the African American community go trace the number of single parent births from 1965 when LBJ began the program to today. This discriminatory policy against marriage has resulted in an incredibly high number of single parent births among the poor and especially the black community.
Generations of people---of all colors but disproportionately black---are trapped in a cycle of poverty that liberal policies created. It is not just disingenuous when Democrats try to use the systemic racism cover for the damage they have done to the black citizens of our country, it is an outright fraud!