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Uh; if we're gonna go there, when will us "Irish" get reparations for what happened to our ancestors before JFK was POTUS? I'm telling the truth but being sarcastic, too. No 1 owes me a damn thing cause of my heritage, I'm being serious.
At the same time Natives, blacks, Jews, Arabs and Asians get theirs.
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Republicans? Or Darwinian? Do lefties now somehow NOT believe in evolution and survival of the fittest?
I'm going to guess you never watched the movie, Idiocracy.
You know this is not Twitter don't you? All you do is grasp the first 150 characters of someones reply and then respond with 150 characters or less. One cannot have an intelligent conversation in 150 character or less exchanges. You employ that tactic to avoid really having an intelligent debate and have people see you for who you truly are. Subterfuge and obfuscation....that is what you are about. Your argument is not tenable in an exchange of more than 150 characters.
How is it that Hispanics (many who have immigrant parents who don't have English as their first language), still have higher proficiency in English (and math) than Blacks, given that both groups are largely part of the same K-12 public school system? The poor school system is definitely part of the equation, but family structure and environment likely play a very big role as well.
The overwhelming majority of Hispanics in many areas are peasants and come from the lowest social strata of South America and do not necessarily speak English. That they do better than Blacks suggests that there is some sort of partial Hispanic Privilege.
The white-black income gap pretty much explains the wealth gap.
The gap is explained by the fact that black people save and invest a tiny fraction of their incomes compared with others on average. The question: Why is that? Is it a mentality with roots in tropical Africa? ...fruit and berries for picking and no winter to plan for?
If your family owned a home, passed it on to you or used the equity to help you with a down payment - that's generational wealth. If your family home appreciated in value while similar homes in black neighborhoods didn't - that contributes to the wealth gap. It's the head start that is impacting things and accounts for the gap.
The average American derives their wealth from their home value, so your millionaire next door example isn't relevant to describe typical Americans.
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