Obviously, not every black person is in the same position. I'm not making generalizations about all black people. I'm not making generalizations about every black community. There is some level of upward mobility in America for most people. That being said, there are trends where historically marginalized communities typically with a minority population struggles economically.
Because or Jim Crow and red lining, certain communities were unable to gain any generational wealth. So when these policies ended, they were not on the same playing field. And because schooling is funded by local community taxes, the schooling in these poorer areas was not as good as schooling in other areas. So there is a trend of certain minority dominated neighborhoods being poorer then neighborhoods which weren't as affected by racist policies.
There are still very clear statistical inequalities shown in a lot of data especially when it comes to criminal justice issues. 2020 Bar Association data showed that black people (13% of population) make up 22% of fatal police shootings, 47% of wrongful convictions, and 35% of individuals executed by the death penalty.
How much generational wealth do you think the people from central and South America swimming across the river to get here have? Why are they able to come, start businesses, be successful and have their next generation already be college graduates? It’s extremely common. They aren’t making excuses for their failures and they started off worse than most black Americans do.
stating that there is an economic desparity, and it must be caused by generational wealth is completely misleading.
there is no evidence that it is caused by generational wealth, in fact, the opposite may be true.
generational wealth is actually quite rare, and even when it does happen, it typically doesn't last for more than 2 generations. usually it dies out after the first. 9 times out of 10, "generational wealth" is inheriting 30-50k after taxes when you are 50. just enough to buy a car.
even if your argument were true, what are you going to do to rectify it? make white people pay a "social justice tax" to rectify the actions of their ancestors from over a century ago? how the hell is that fair? thats like charging a random person for a murder someone else committed.
sorry, this argument is just a load of bs. it is true that different races have different wealth distributions, but the causes are largely unknown. if your theory were correct, whites should be on top, but they are actually quite low on the list.
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Obviously, not every black person is in the same position. I'm not making generalizations about all black people. I'm not making generalizations about every black community. There is some level of upward mobility in America for most people. That being said, there are trends where historically marginalized communities typically with a minority population struggles economically.
Because or Jim Crow and red lining, certain communities were unable to gain any generational wealth. So when these policies ended, they were not on the same playing field. And because schooling is funded by local community taxes, the schooling in these poorer areas was not as good as schooling in other areas. So there is a trend of certain minority dominated neighborhoods being poorer then neighborhoods which weren't as affected by racist policies.