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Blacks need welfare, affirmative action, gov't assistance, hiring quotas.
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I'm focusing on the word need. That word makes the statement INACCURATE. Whether or not it is racist depends on a lot more info that is not stated in the original post. What is the full context of the statement around this? What is the specific point that the speaker is trying to make?
If the overall point is "Blacks have needed welfare, affirmative action, gov't assistance, and hiring quotas to offset the socio-economic damage done by centuries of slave economy, followed by decades of segregation, denied or diminished employment and lack of access to quality public education" it would not be a racist statement. And by putting it in the past tense it would also now be a correct statement. Whether or not blacks as a group STILL need welfare, affirmative action, gov't assistance, and hiring quotas to offset the socio-economic damage is pretty much a matter of debate and probably will be for some time.
But if the overall point is "Blacks are not capable of succeeding without welfare, affirmative action, gov't assistance, and hiring quotas to offset the socio-economic damage....", that would be incorrect and possibly racist.. Just my opinion.
Possibly racist? Why only possibly?