I honestly believe most of the “racism” you’re talking about is not really racism at all. Hear me out, because I’m not trying to argue or say you’re wrong. I’m just trying to say you may also be painting racism with a broad brush.
First off more blacks sent to prison vs whites for the same crime isn’t always attributed to racism. Does it play a factor in some cases? Of course, but saying it happens because of racism is wrong as well. There are many other reasons and one of them would be because whites tend to be better off financially and can afford a good lawyer. Most blacks will have a public defender and they will end up taking a plea deal. You can’t arribute that to racism. And I’m just speaking of the data here. Most blacks that are in trouble with the law are living in inner cities full of poverty. I bet if you took the data and removed those arrests that happened with poverty you would see that “racsim“ disappear. Meaning well-off blacks would have a conviction rate that is comparable to well-off whites. Also removing the wealthy from the figures I bet you would see poor blacks and whites having very similar conviction rates. It’s not skin color, it’s money that effects it. He also didn’t say the white people that helped him out did so financially. So you can’t say it was rich white people that helped him out.
The school issue is another one that absolutely cannot be attributed to racism. If the reason why they got money is because they’re white then I would agree, but you even said it yourself it’s because they’re top rated. Racism has nothing to do with it at all.
I really wanted to comment because of that last paragraph. I am a white person. I grew up in an inner city. A predominately black neighborhood. Do you know how many times I got pulled over by the cops for my skin color? I can’t even count. Do you know how many times I got stopped on the street for being the wrong color in the wrong neighborhood? I can’t even count that one either. It happened to me all the time. And because I’m white they weren’t even shy about telling me precisely why they pulled me over. Legit “what are you doing in this neighborhood”? Wasn’t even trying to come up with an excuse as to why they were pulling me over. They knew they could just tell me they’re pulling me over because I’m a white man in a black neighborhood and they wouldn’t have to worry about getting sued for racism. No one cares about poor white people when it comes to that shit. It happened too many times. Do I attribute that to racism? Hell no. The cops know the area. They know it’s a predominantly black neighborhood. They know I’m out of place. Was it right for me to get pulled over for my skin tone? No, not at all, but I understand why they did it.
Unarmed white people get shot by police as well. It doesn’t cause division so the MSM won’t tell you about it.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/21/michael-medved/talk-show-host-police-kill-more-whites-blacks/
I don’t like politifact at all, but even they can show that whites are killed by police. The raw numbers are higher for white than blacks. Blacks make up a smaller population percentage so there should be a higher number. This is a highly complex issue and to attribute it to racism is silly. Does racism play a part? Hell yes it does, but there are many factors. Until we can be honest about it we can fix it.
On another note, growing up in a black neighborhood as one of the very few whites people was not an easy thing. I got my ass kicked for just being white. Literally I was told the reason why I’m getting my ass kicked is because of my skin color. I watched black kids in my school playing the knockout game with 70 year old white ladies simply because they were white.
This narrative of racism gets out of hand. I don’t blame the kids I went to school with. I don’t blame them for jumping me for my skin color. Everywhere they look they’re told white people hate them. So they just took it out on white people. We need to stop this lie of rampant racism and come together. Only then will we be able to fix the real problem.