Quote (Ghot @ Jun 7 2020 05:55pm)
exactly.
Quote (Thor123422 @ Jun 7 2020 06:11pm)
On an individual level, yes, anybody can overcome their circumstances.
However, everybody cannot overcome their circumstances. There simply are not enough jobs or resources for everybody to be successful at once. That some people will fail is not a bug, it's a feature of competitive systems.
So not everybody will succeed, and certain groups are at a disadvantage in that competition. Those groups are ones that have been historically unable to build wealth due to systematic action by the government. Things like red-lining that prevented black people from acquiring home loans and building generational wealth. Things like drug laws that increased sentencing specifically for drugs used by minorities so that the breadwinners of the house would more often go to jail and result in poverty for the rest of the family. Uneven policing so innocent members of that group would sit in jail waiting for a trail and lose their jobs and all their savings even if they come out innocent.
Really the list goes on.
On an individual level it's possible for everybody to overcome their circumstances, but as a group not everybody can overcome them because the system is competitive and resources are limited.
why are you so against personal accountability? the fact that there are black lawyers, judges, business owners, bank presidents, etc, proves that institutional racism is a myth. if the system were stacked against blacks then none would be 'making it'. im sure youll say "oh, but theres not as many". so? that proves nothing, maybe just a disproportionate number arent even trying because theyve been misled to think that the system is stacked against them. this is america, the land of opportunity. there are opportunities to be had for those who work to find them or create them.
Quote (Thor123422 @ Jun 7 2020 06:11pm)
Those groups are ones that have been historically unable to build wealth due to systematic action by the government.
which actions of the government in the past 10-20 years have prevented blacks from attaining wealth?