The reason it's still happening is a lot of people will more heaven and earth to deny discrimination exists, just read the comments here in any thread involving such. Though given that a court of law has found their actions racist, I suspect this thread may prove an exception.
I think the reason many people denyit is because many people have an incredibly unnuanced view off the world where everything and everyone is rigidly good or bad and there can be no shades of grey. Therefore if you did something a bit
> Seriously guys, we have *got* to start regulating Wall Street and investments more. And do something about wealth inequality.
People are biased. But so much of the wealth inequality is people's own fault. The 70% of black children who have only a single mom raising them destroys the possibility of wealth for the black community as a whole in the USA. That's gender related, but it happens because the black community in America has given up on fathers in the home. The inevitable result is widespread pover
"but it happens because the black community in America has given up on fathers in the home" Ever wonder *why* that might be? Did they get together and cast a vote? Many men behave badly, black, white, yellow what have you and there were no shortage of single parent homes when fathers, most of them white, were abandoning homes & families during famines, war & economic downturns.
"but it happens because the black community in America has given up on fathers in the home"
Actually you are both wrong. The reason lies closer to home. To get into public housing, candidates are ranked. If you are a single mother, you get priority. So social workers will advise young unmarried couples to not get married so the mother can get into public housing. Now, when the father stays over, it risks getting the entire family thrown out of their housing. So a seemingly innocent policy of giving priority to single mothers ends up with the unintended consequence causing black fathers to leave/be forced to live without their family. Its not everybody, but its effect is enough to show up in the statistics. This is why politics are bad, we've had this policy in most places in the US for over a half century. We've known its bad side effects for decades and yet we still won't change it.
Big Blue made a big boo-boo (Score:5, Insightful)
How is this crap still happening?
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The reason it's still happening is a lot of people will more heaven and earth to deny discrimination exists, just read the comments here in any thread involving such. Though given that a court of law has found their actions racist, I suspect this thread may prove an exception.
I think the reason many people denyit is because many people have an incredibly unnuanced view off the world where everything and everyone is rigidly good or bad and there can be no shades of grey. Therefore if you did something a bit
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> Seriously guys, we have *got* to start regulating Wall Street and investments more. And do something about wealth inequality.
People are biased. But so much of the wealth inequality is people's own fault. The 70% of black children who have only a single mom raising them destroys the possibility of wealth for the black community as a whole in the USA. That's gender related, but it happens because the black community in America has given up on fathers in the home. The inevitable result is widespread pover
Re:Big Blue made a big boo-boo (Score:2)
"but it happens because the black community in America has given up on fathers in the home"
Ever wonder *why* that might be? Did they get together and cast a vote?
Many men behave badly, black, white, yellow what have you and there were no shortage of single parent homes when fathers, most of them white, were abandoning homes & families during famines, war & economic downturns.
Re:Big Blue made a big boo-boo (Score:5, Insightful)
"but it happens because the black community in America has given up on fathers in the home"
Actually you are both wrong. The reason lies closer to home. To get into public housing, candidates are ranked. If you are a single mother, you get priority. So social workers will advise young unmarried couples to not get married so the mother can get into public housing. Now, when the father stays over, it risks getting the entire family thrown out of their housing. So a seemingly innocent policy of giving priority to single mothers ends up with the unintended consequence causing black fathers to leave/be forced to live without their family. Its not everybody, but its effect is enough to show up in the statistics. This is why politics are bad, we've had this policy in most places in the US for over a half century. We've known its bad side effects for decades and yet we still won't change it.