A) I assume you understand that what you are claiming is true specifically to America, not worldwide.
B) There have been numerous studies comparing apples to apples and the conclusions are nearly universal that blacks are treated worse. In one, resumes with identifiably “Black” names were shown to receive less calls than an identical resume with “white” sounding names.
C) While it’s not always possible to sort correlation from causation, it might be helpful to remember that not a full generation ago blacks couldn’t ride buses, attend schools, or use restrooms together with whites.
Both can be true. It’s undeniable that racism still exists but to chalk everything up to racism is doing a disservice to both white and black people. In NYC a school therapist can’t refer blacks for help beyond a quota even though the kids are suffering because the numbers have to look like they parallel the racial makeup of the school. This is per a relative who has worked in public schools in several boroughs.
Every interaction, even eluding black police officers who are criminally violent is assumed to be racially motivated. A higher percentage of Asians (avg IQ 110) than blacks (avg IQ 20 over 20 points lower) in PHD programs is assumed to be racially motivated. When Covid, gas stoves, climate change, and everything under the sun is painted in racial terms it delegitimizes genuine situations of racial discrimination and simply muddles the picture. Let me acknowledge that I look over my shoulder when walking in Bed-Stuy and work on changing the rampant crime and lawlessness problem instead of spouting some nonsense about how whites deserve to be made to feel uncomfortable to counteract their “whiteness”.
Acknowledge that black youths in the innner city are being shortchanged with the quotas in public schools. Allow quality of life crackdowns that help prevent senseless crime and homicides whose victims are 90% black.
Unless we are willing to confront hard truths instead of giving lip service and shouting racism and white privilege from the rooftops as if it will solve problems, we will continue the status quo which causes untold misery and harm to black people who deserve a better future.
