Do you think that either Adolph or I am unaware of "structural racism"? But
> even that phrase - where does it get you? The racial wealth disparity, for
> example, exists because of generations of inheritance disparities - white
> people, even of modest means, were more likely 20, 40, 60 years ago to own
> houses and have savings than black people. (And go further back, black
> people were property.) But having made this point, what then? Do you join
> the philanthropists in promoting thrift campaigns and financial planning? Or
> do you work to make income less unequal, housing more affordable, and social
> supports more generous?
>
All of which is fine as far as it goes. But where does it leave us with regard to issues that are more inherently racial than the uneven distribution of wealth? Palestine, immigration, ongoing crimes against indigenous North Americans? There is, I think, a significant difference between being more screwed because of your ethnicity, and being screwed because of your ethnicity.
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."