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| Arbiter |
According to U.S. census data, the average black family income as a percentage of the average white family income increased from 51% to 56% from 1947 to 1964. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 marked the beginning of the modern era of civil rights, but it also marked an apparent decline in the rate at which black families closed the gap with white families. From 1964 to 1990, black families made additional progress to reach 63% of the average income of white families. However, this 7% increase over 36 years is a marked decline in the rate of relative improvement versus 6% in 17 years from 1947 to 1964.
More striking, however, is that since 1990 there has been effectively no progress at all! It is clear that there is very little, if any, progress being made in that regard. This poses several questions:
Is this indicative of some problem or flaw in our civil rights laws? Is there institutionalized discrimination still taking place on a significant scale, or does the gap remain for other reasons? In particular, how can we account for the apparent downward trend in the economic advancement of blacks, even as the prevalence of racism and discriminatory practices has ostensibly decreased?
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
Any thoughts? |
Poor role models promoted by mainstream culture would be the tip of the iceberg. I'm afraid the answer to your question isn't one that can be honestly and openly discussed with out reactionary responses morelikely than not loaded with unfair and inaccurate accusations that obfuscate the enitre discussion or any legitimate point being made. But here's a question, what do you have in mind? |
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| donnybrasco |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
According to U.S. census data, the average black family income as a percentage of the average white family income increased from 51% to 56% from 1947 to 1964...
From 1964 to 1990, black families made additional progress to reach 63% of the average income of white families. However, this 7% increase over 36 years is a marked decline in the rate of relative improvement versus 6% in 17 years from 1947 to 1964... |
The year 1964+36years would bring us to the year 2,000...not "1990". So that's a "7% increase in 26 years", not "36 years". So the "decline" (if it truly is one) is not as dramatic as you think.
Are you sure you're reading all of this correctly? Extrapolating Census data selectively can be very mis-leading, especially when it's not correlated properly with other relative data. |
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| Zild |
| Systematic racism is very much alive and well. This ties in with the abortion thread too because you can't legislate morality. At the end of the day it end up being just words on a piece of paper. |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
Systematic racism is very much alive and well. This ties in with the abortion thread too because you can't legislate morality. At the end of the day it end up being just words on a piece of paper. |
That's definitely one aspect of it. |
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| donnybrasco |
This is how bull information gets started on it's way to becoming "fact"!
Someone posts some out of context and even INACCURATE data...where they can't even get the percentages right despite BASIC math...and all of the sudden, it's proof once again of the GREAT "Racial Conspiracy" going on in America, and everyone jumps on board as fast as they can to show that they are sensitive to the plight of the nonexistent repressed, because they are "cool like that".
:rolleyes:
Talk about being blinded to see what you want to see.
Where is Trancer when you need him? He should be all over this mis-information in support of it...thus lending it by association the proper discredit that it deserves. |
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| colonelcrisp |
Even here in multicultural Canada, we have gone from 2008 to 1958.... Toronto District School Board has just approved "Black School" - a black focused school for inner city black high risk youth in a vain attempt to get them to get a Diploma instead of a prison sentance.
link
This will accomplish two things:
1: segregate the black students even further from the evil whitey kids
2: potentially supply them with a highschool diploma that wont be recognized by post secondary institutions as on par with a regular GED from an ontario public shcool.
Whats worse? The idea was thought up by a black education proffessor, supported mainly by the black community, and the idiots on the TDSB actually endorsed the idea. Even further, $860,000 of my tax money is going into this money pit. This whole project was concocted to combat the 40% dropout rate among black youth in toronto.... but i dont think its the "white man's" schoolin thats the problem, i think the large proponent of this is caused by parents that have a significant dis-interest in their childs education, moreover, parents that do not properly motivate their kids to A: attend school regularly, B: do well in shcool. Any parent that accepts their kids D+ average should be kicked in the head. |
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| guerra-monstru |
| Ah good thing we don't have too many blacks here. I am sure this is only a black thing in Canada and Gringoland. Supported by stupid white racists as well. Anyone that wants for schools to be segregated by color is a racist. |
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