How Twin Cities Became so Racially Divided
ARC GIS Redlining in Minneapolis
Racial Bias in the GI Bill
A Forgotten History of Government Bias
More Inconvenient History
Land and Roots of the Problem
For any White folk who are feeling superior and judgmental tonight, you may want to read the history above. I agree that many of the struggling folks need to change their choices and actions if they want to escape poverty. However many our families were given many benefits that were withheld from them.
It is okay to be proud of what our ancestors accomplished, but it is very wrong to look down on others who faced much hard challenges and failed.
Still looking for ideas on how to help them escape the trap we helped lead them into. Giving them money / reparations is NOT the answer. They need education, good jobs, stable families, etc. Thoughts?
History of Twin City Segregation
ARC GIS Redlining in Minneapolis
Racial Bias in the GI Bill
A Forgotten History of Government Bias
More Inconvenient History
Land and Roots of the Problem
For any White folk who are feeling superior and judgmental tonight, you may want to read the history above. I agree that many of the struggling folks need to change their choices and actions if they want to escape poverty. However many our families were given many benefits that were withheld from them.
It is okay to be proud of what our ancestors accomplished, but it is very wrong to look down on others who faced much hard challenges and failed.
Still looking for ideas on how to help them escape the trap we helped lead them into. Giving them money / reparations is NOT the answer. They need education, good jobs, stable families, etc. Thoughts?
History of Twin City Segregation
11 comments:
It goes back even further to when we stole the land from the people who already lived here. Then we stole people from their homes and sold them as slaves.
It's going to take a lot of work and a long time to correct the systemic issues in this country.
Moose
Oh Lord... I agree that they have had a harder time but come on...
No one is forcing them to:
- get divorced or never married
- join or tolerate gangs / crime in their neighborhoods
- have more kids than they can afford or are capable to raise well
- look down on and not strive for academic excellence and continuous learning
I am not sure who is worse for these unfortunate souls... The Conservatives who judge them harshly of the Liberals who make excuses for their failures.
I don't think you understand what systemic means.
Moose
I don't think you understand that people still have free will even in hard times.
The Black community in the USA has it a lot better than many groups around the world, and yet those families in more trying situations find away to stay married and raise their kids well.
"I don't think you understand that people still have free will even in hard times."
Did they have free will when they were redlined?
It's such a simple thing, to understand that the deck is stacked against them, but you persist in your ignorance that they have "free will".
Moose
When did red lining become illegal? And how did red lining lead to a pandemic of single parent households, broken homes, struggling children, etc.
We the people invested a HUGE amount of money to try to help these folks and something went terribly wrong.
If you keep making excuses for them they will not face reality. :-(
Their choices are a BIG part of the problem.
Okay, Karen.
Moose
Thank God for google...
So in your mind...
Red lining, low income and limited access to jobs caused the disintegration of the family structure in minority households?
And this just happened to coincide with the civil rights movement and the war on poverty?
Again...you don't understand the word 'systemic'.
Try again.
Moose
I understand the concept very well.
I just do not think this is an either or situation.
Systemic racism was MUCH Worse in the 1950's and yet there were far more stable Black families / households.
So the question then is what other causal factors are at play inside and outside the Black community?
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