This is too good to pass up. In this thread, I will be arguing with WFR not as myself, but as his chosen candidate Bernie Sanders using his official website.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/racial-justice/WaitingforRuffcorn wrote:
Redlining is the past. Incarceration rate has several other factors than race that need to be accounted for. Hiring rates among qualified candidates? Again that's something that has a ton of factors involved, and I do not think there has been a proper study. I don't believe for a second well qualified blacks are being passed over. Why do you?
Poverty rates? There are a ton of other factors involved in that including levels of education.
"Today, black men are sentenced to 19% more jail time for committing the exact same crime as white men, and African Americans are jailed at more than five times the rate of whites."
"Today redlining prevents businesses owned by people of color from getting loans, and predatory lending results in higher interest rates in low-income communities of color. More than 47% of African Americans are unbanked or underbanked and some 43% of Hispanic families are unbanked or underbanked, whereas 18% of whites are unbanked or underbanked. The massive disparities and discrimination in the availability of financial services must end."
"Systemic inequities have created innumerable disparities across racial groups from health outcomes, to health insurance rates, education outcomes, college debt rates, and police violence. Bernie is running for president because he believes we’re obligated to do more than just acknowledge the problem. He believes in implementing policies that aim to achieve substantive equality now—while the generations alive today can benefit. In a country that is genuinely free, neither one’s zip code nor the color of their skin would determine a child’s life outcome. Bernie believes our country is morally bound to close the racial wealth divide."
WaitingforRuffcorn wrote:
Why do you want it to be racism as the answer to all of these problems? Doesn't that seem too simply and frankly dangerous? It's saying don't bother to try because the system is out to get you. To me that's nihilism.
"Whether it is a broken criminal justice system, or massive disparities in the availability of financial services, or health disparities, or environmental disparities, or educational disparities, our job is to—and we will—create a nation in which all people are treated equally. That is what we must do, and that is what we will do."
"Systemic inequities have created innumerable disparities across racial groups from health outcomes, to health insurance rates, education outcomes, college debt rates, and police violence. Bernie is running for president because he believes we’re obligated to do more than just acknowledge the problem. He believes in implementing policies that aim to achieve substantive equality now—while the generations alive today can benefit."
WaitingforRuffcorn wrote:
Asians are out competing the white majority by excelling in academic pursuits. I bet if blacks had a similar scholastic performance they would be having similar academic outcomes. If you want to tell me that blacks can't do that because of racism, then I ask what laws do you want to change to fix that?
"Make sure every kid, regardless of race or class, receives a quality education."
"Guarantee a job to every American. A job guarantee will create good-paying jobs and will create work building much needed infrastructure and providing critical services to communities across the country."
Thanks for your vote!
Signed,
Bernie Sanders
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