U.S. Politics, more specifically the Democrat Party, have strong interest in keeping a very large majority of American black voters Democrat. That's what keeps a large number of elected leaders in power and to have a majority in Congress gives them almost complete license to benefit themselves, increase their personal power, prestige, and most importantly wealth.
They keep black people voting for them by convincing black people that they are disadvantaged, oppressed, abused, etc. because:
--White people are inherently racist (CRT) & Democrats will correct that.
--Slavery and Jim Crow laws are the reason black people can't succeed & Democrats will reverse that
--Systemic racism still exists and Democrats will ferret it out and eliminate it.
--White supremacists keep black people 'in their place.'
But what are the facts?
Black people were the fastest advancing economically demographic right up to LBJ's "Great Society" and subsequent initiatives that dismantled institutions that were helping black people the most, destroyed vital supportive neighborhoods and forced people into the projects where little community existed, welfare programs encouraged the break down of the black family, teen pregnancy/single parent homes, etc. that forced many more into abject poverty, etc.
Despite all that:
--The USA is home to the majority of wealthy black people in the world and that number exceeds those in the entire continent of Africa. 1 in 50 black families in the USA are millionaires.
--Black Americans with PhDs are first in the world--the African country with the most PhDs is fifteenth in the world that country is South Africa where probably most of the PhDs aren't black. Most African countries are way down on that list.
--The poverty rate in the USA is about 12% with black people being about 20% of that 12%. The poverty rate in Africa is 41% and is currently 55% of global poverty and is projected to rise to close to 90% by 2030.
--Black students graduating high school in the USA are pretty close to par with white students and far exceed graduation rates in Africa.
--Life expectancy for a black person in the USA 71yrs. In Africa 56 yrs.
Now tell me again how slavery and Jim Crow laws and inherent and/or systemic racism is holding black people back. Or is it political strategy that demands that skin color be the most important thing and will not allow us to treat skin color as of no more importance than eye color or hair color so that black people are allowed to compete on a level with everybody else?
Tell me again why today's black people are entitled to reparations when they have more opportunity and a better chance for freedom, opportunity, prosperity in the USA than anywhere else in the world?
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They keep black people voting for them by convincing black people that they are disadvantaged, oppressed, abused, etc. because:
--White people are inherently racist (CRT) & Democrats will correct that.
--Slavery and Jim Crow laws are the reason black people can't succeed & Democrats will reverse that
--Systemic racism still exists and Democrats will ferret it out and eliminate it.
--White supremacists keep black people 'in their place.'
But what are the facts?
Black people were the fastest advancing economically demographic right up to LBJ's "Great Society" and subsequent initiatives that dismantled institutions that were helping black people the most, destroyed vital supportive neighborhoods and forced people into the projects where little community existed, welfare programs encouraged the break down of the black family, teen pregnancy/single parent homes, etc. that forced many more into abject poverty, etc.
Despite all that:
--The USA is home to the majority of wealthy black people in the world and that number exceeds those in the entire continent of Africa. 1 in 50 black families in the USA are millionaires.
--Black Americans with PhDs are first in the world--the African country with the most PhDs is fifteenth in the world that country is South Africa where probably most of the PhDs aren't black. Most African countries are way down on that list.
--The poverty rate in the USA is about 12% with black people being about 20% of that 12%. The poverty rate in Africa is 41% and is currently 55% of global poverty and is projected to rise to close to 90% by 2030.
--Black students graduating high school in the USA are pretty close to par with white students and far exceed graduation rates in Africa.
--Life expectancy for a black person in the USA 71yrs. In Africa 56 yrs.
Now tell me again how slavery and Jim Crow laws and inherent and/or systemic racism is holding black people back. Or is it political strategy that demands that skin color be the most important thing and will not allow us to treat skin color as of no more importance than eye color or hair color so that black people are allowed to compete on a level with everybody else?
Tell me again why today's black people are entitled to reparations when they have more opportunity and a better chance for freedom, opportunity, prosperity in the USA than anywhere else in the world?
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