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IdlyCurious t1_ixufw8p wrote

Reply to comment by subzero112001 in For most Americans, housing was a key component in personal wealth accumulation. However, racist housing policies eroded black wealth in pre-WWII American cities. Black families paid a 28% premium to buy a home on a majority white block, after which their homes lost 10% of their value. by smurfyjenkins

> Where are you getting the idea that someone thinks that the issue is resolved overnight? I’ve never heard of anyone making such a claim. Yet you keep making a point to bring it up sarcastically.

I have, more than once, heard someone say "slavery ended more than hundred years ago" or "that was 30/40 years ago" (in regards to Civil Rights act) and therefore it was completely over and not a cause for today's economic disparity and that black people faced no more difficulty than white people and these were all just excuses.

Consider yourself lucky that you didn't grow up around anyone of that sort.

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subzero112001 t1_ixx5wxp wrote

Completely over as in “it’s not a law anymore”. Not completely over as in “racism no longer exists”. Racism will probably always exist given how stupid humans are.

As a non-white, I say the biggest issue holding back another non-white here in the US is our propensity for blaming our issues on others and failing to take responsibility for our own choices and actions.

The racism both of my non-white parents experienced along with their parents before them have basically nothing to do with how successful or unsuccessful I am today.

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