
Originally Posted by
The Deadlifting Dog
While I disagree with much of what you say...
This is what I disagree with the most.
I hardly think that the poor people of color think that the poor white people are responsible.
I am not a poor person of color but...
I think that most poor people of color (or poor whites for that matter) think the problem is with the society as a whole. The rich get richer.
I highly doubt that the ghetto black is blaming the trailer park white.
Even if you go up in income...
I do not think the lower middle class person of color is blaming the local white electrician.
I think people are smart enough to know the problem lies with the rich and powerful.
I interviewed on Wall Street.
I worked on Wall Street.
It was white as can be.
You didn't get hired unless you were white.
That is what is called systematic racism.
Have things changed. Sure. It has gotten better.
But I don't think a black person who didn't get hired was blaming the white janitor at the firm.
He would blame the men at the top.