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1) Without the false narrative being peddled by the radical leftists about how oppressed blacks are and how evil and "born racist" whites are, I never would have noticed. (I certainly wouldn't have counted!)
2) Obviously, there are plenty of blacks who can afford Gucci. (I myself would never pay $1000 or whatever they charge for a purse.)
3) Even if the percentage of affluent blacks who can afford Gucci is small (as is the percentage of whites), most blacks are middle class and could certainly buy one at MACY's or JCPenney.
4) There is a subset of blacks (subset!) who are impoverished high school dropouts hanging out on the corner doing drugs by day and engaging in gang warfare and other crime by night.
Conclusion: Blacks should not be presented as helpless, oppressed victims around whom the entire focus of political policy is centered. It's a lie, pushed by Democrats to obtain and maintain power.
1) Without the false narrative being peddled by the radical leftists about how oppressed blacks are and how evil and "born racist" whites are, I never would have noticed. (I certainly wouldn't have counted!)
2) Obviously, there are plenty of blacks who can afford Gucci. (I myself would never pay $1000 or whatever they charge for a purse.)
3) Even if the percentage of affluent blacks who can afford Gucci is small (as is the percentage of whites), most blacks are middle class and could certainly buy one at MACY's or JCPenney.
4) There is a subset of blacks (subset!) who are impoverished high school dropouts hanging out on the corner doing drugs by day and engaging in gang warfare and other crime by night.
Conclusion: Blacks should not be presented as helpless, oppressed victims around whom the entire focus of political policy is centered. It's a lie, pushed by Democrats to obtain and maintain power.
I think you have taken 1000's of posts on this forum across many threads and summed them up nicely. Progressives - aka most democrats these days - are the only ones highlighting race. Blacks are not held back by anyone but themselves and the left who is using them for power gain. It's disgusting what they are doing to blacks (and other POC; and to whites for that matter!) and to the country.
"The fact that Black (with a capital B) customers were forced to stand in line is yet another example of systemic white racism. In any case, the only reason that Black customers are allowed to purchase goods at Gucci is because of the Luxury Footwear Equity and Inclusion Act. Were it not for our progressive legislation, Gucci would not sell their products to Black customers, despite the fact that their money is just as green as everyone else's."
I'm not sure standing in line hoping to buy outrageously overpriced goods for the status symbol of carrying them is a measure of success and inclusion. Just the opposite. People who carry status symbols that aren't worth the money are desperate to announce they are included.
If they were standing in line, say, at the title company, or featured as a top 10% med school graduate, or a school board member, that's something to note as a measure of success.
Someone who is trying to throw money away on a Gucci item isn't all that much better off, psychologically, IMHO, than people standing in line to buy lotto tickets. Both are misplaced hope.
We could call them "The Black Fourteen"...except that infamous moniker is already taken...
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