Do you agree with Morgan Freeman on race?

[Juxtapose]

https://youtube.com/shorts/_jED96XcAC0?si=iyj09ewnp0dPVl6g

"Do you think race plays a role in wealth distribution?"

His answer to that was amazing! That is found in the second video.

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Here is also what he says about bootstraps: youtube.com/.../UgkxLNJ13zkEVfqDSHqRtgn2mdSCr07bBRio

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Why would somebody post an answer and then block me before even talking to me? Their opinion has been removed. Don't fucking do that people, if you want to disagree with me at least have the guts to let me respond. Don't be a coward.

[katiesmuff]

I listened to those videos and agree totally with what he had to say in both of them. The race thing what he thinks I've been saying for years. If it wasn't front page news all the time and the media quit talking about it much of it would soon disappear.

[Juxtapose]

You're right in my opinion 👍

If we stop referring to people that way, it disappears.

[Malwi93]

its in general an overblown issue

[Juxtapose]

@Malwi93 definitely 👍

[saraupstairs]

I agree with what Morgan said, but I bet there's a lot of angry white liberals that hate him for leaving the plantation.

[saraupstairs]

Thanks for the NHL

[DrPepper12]

Structural institutional racism is a huge factor. Only the privileged, historically ignorant and reality distorted would deny it.

[Juxtapose]

So you're going to sit here and tell a black man (Morgan Freeman) who is older than you that you know more about racism than he does? When he has lived it?

[Juxtapose]

It's time to live up to the "I had a dream" speech and put the racist bullshit aside.

[DrPepper12]

Racism is everywhere if you care to open your eyes and mind...

Categories of Racism:
#1 Education
#2. Employment and wealth
#3. Homeownership
#4. Food insecurity
#5. Healthcare
#6. Policing and surveillance
#7. The criminal justice system
#8. Environmental racism
#9. Digital inequity
#10. Immigration policy

Examples:
Systemic Racism in School and Childhood
1. 65% of black children live in a single-parent home, compared to 24% of white children - Kids Count Data Center

2. Black preschoolers are 3.6X more likely to be suspended than white preschoolers - US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights

3. Black students are 3.2X more likely to be suspended for infractions at school - US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights

4. Predominantly black school districts receive far less financial funding than white school districts - ED Build

5. Black students/children have less access to computers and the internet - National Center for Education Statistics

6. Black high school students are less likely to receive a high school diploma - National Center for Education Statistics

7. A higher percentage of black Americans with a GPA of 3.5 or higher attend community colleges vs top-tier selective institutions - Georgetown University

8. Only 46% of black college students finish a four-year degree within six years, compared to 72% of white college students - National Student Clearinghouse

9. Black college students are more likely to go into debt to pay for college - US Department of Education

[DrPepper12]

20. Black homebuyers are more likely to be denied an appointment with a real estate agent - US Department of Housing and Urban Development

21. Housing lenders have disproportionately steered Black Americans to subprime housing loans, even when they were qualified for prime loans. - Suffolk University Law Review

22. Only 43% of black householders own their home vs 72% of white householders - PEW Research Center

23. Comparable homes in black neighborhoods are worth 23% less compared to white neighborhoods - Brookings

Systemic Racism in the Justice System
24. Statistically, Black Americans receive harsher punishments for the same crimes. - University of Michigan Law Center

25. Black children in the criminal justice system are 18x more likely to be sentenced as adults compared to white children. - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2014

26. Prosecutors are 1.75x more likely to file charges on black American's that require mandatory minimums. - University of Michigan Law Center

27. Black drivers are 20% more likely to be pulled over than white drivers. - Nature Human Behaviour (Study by Stanford University)

28. Black Americans are searched more than white Americans - Stanford

29. Police statistically require less suspicion to search black drivers - Stanford, Threshold Test

[DrPepper12]

30. Black Americans represent 40% of the total prison population, despite representing 13% of the general population - United States Census 2010

31. Black Americans are 3.6x more likely to be arrested for marijuana usage, despite virtually equal usage rates - ACLU

32. Black Americans are twice as likely to be incarcerated while awaiting trial & pay money for bail - Bureau of Justice Statistics

33. Black Americans pay higher bail than white Americans convicted of the same crime - New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

34. Facial recognition software is more likely to generate false criminal positives for Black Americans - ACLU

35. As a result of increased felony incarceration, 7.4% of black American men are disenfranchised (unable to vote). - The Sentencing Project

Systemic Racism in Food & Diet
36. Black Americans, in urban and suburban areas, must travel further to find grocery stores and fresh food, making it more difficult to maintain a healthy diet. - US National Library of Medicine

37. Black Americans are over two times more likely to be 'Food Insecure', meaning they have limited or uncertain access to adequate food. - Family Community Health

38. Fast food chains target black neighborhoods contributing to increases in obesity rates - American Journal of Preventive Medicine

39. As a result of this diet, Black Americans are 50% more likely to be diagnosed with a stroke and 40% more likely to die from a stroke - US Department of Health and Human Services

[DrPepper12]

40. Black Americans are also 60% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes - Center for Disease Control

41. Black Americans are over twice as likely to die from diabetes - Center for Disease Control

Systemic Racism in Day-to-Day Life

42. Black Americans have far less access to local public parks. In Los Angeles, white Americans have 31.8 acres of local parkland per 1000 residents, whereas Black Americans have 1.7 acres of parkland per 1000 residents. - National Parks and Recreation Association
43. People with 'Black-American' names are 16% less likely to be approved for AirBNB rentals - American Economic Journal

44. Uber riders with 'African-American' sounding names are 3x more likely to have their ride canceled. - National Bureau of Economic Research

45. Black Americans on average wait longer for Uber and Lyft rides - National Bureau of Economic Research

46. People are less likely to stop for black Americans at a crosswalk - National institute for Transportation and Communities

Systemic Racism in Health
47. Black children are 2.2x more likely to be exposed to lead before being born largely in part to lead exposure in black American women. - US Library of Medicine

48. Black Americans are twice as likely to die in infancy - US Department of Health and Human Services

49. Black American mothers are less likely to receive prenatal care - US Department of Health and Human Services

50. Black Americans are less likely to survive a battle with cancer - US Department of Health and Human Services

51. Black Americans are less likely to receive immunizations for diseases like Hepatitis, Influenza, and Pneumonia - US Department of Health and Human Services

52. Black Americans are less likely to receive organ transplants - US Department of Health and Human Services

53. Black Americans are more likely to be exposed to harmful respiratory pollutants like diesel fumes - Science Daily (Study by Ohio State University)

[DrPepper12]

Black Americans are more likely to be exposed to harmful respiratory pollutants like diesel fumes - Science Daily (Study by Ohio State University)

54. Black Americans are 60% more likely to be diagnosed with asthma - CDC

55. Black American adults are 2.8x more likely to die of asthma - CDC

56. Black American children are 7.1x more likely to die of asthma - CDC

57. Black Americans are 50% more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure - US Department of Health and Human Services

58. Black Americans are 46% less likely to be offered employer-sponsored health insurance - Kaiser Family Foundation

59. Black Americans experience higher depression rates - National Institute of Health

60. Black Americans are less likely to receive mental health services - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

61. Black Americans are less likely to receive treatment for depression - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

62. Black Americans are twice as likely than whites to be diagnosed with schizophrenia. - American Psychological Association

63. Black American teenagers are more likely to attempt suicide. - US Department of Health and Human Services

64. On average, black Americans live shorter lives than white Americans. - CDC

[Juxtapose]

They're broke & don't have good role models. The system is not against them. If anything DEI and affirmative action favors them.

[DrPepper12]

I don't know more from personal experience but I may know more about racism in public policy, infrastructure, economics, religion, labor, military, etc. why would that be surprising for me a history teacher?

[DrPepper12]

You REALLY think that window dressing undoes multi generation imbedded disadvantages and barriers?

Ask yourself WHY THEYRE BROKE?

WHY ARE THEY LACKING ROLE MODELS?

[AviatorTom]

Yes, if we want to get rid of racism, let's stop talking about it... and fulfill MLKjr's Dream.

[Justneedtokno]

I agree to a certain degree the second video racism just doesn’t go away, but if you’re still adding fuel to it and it’s not even coming from us, then it exist. It also comes from learning overtime and acceptance.


It’s like the Booker T. Washington and WEB Dubois debate the talent attend versus the compromise. Whether you go back and pull somebody up with you because you do get help or Booker T. where I am just going to do this by myself. There’s no help that is nobody. Everybody needs someone to Linda hand and that’s where I’ll say no to.


as for the first video yes you cannot limit or put people in a box and that’s all they are for one month when every day you’re going to live in your skin

[Justneedtokno]

To the update when it comes down race, gender politics, any of this religion is a touchy subject, and you probably struck a nerve. I disagreed with some of your questions and responses, but it’s not enough to sit there and block you but it’s one of those things that you have to keep an open mind everybody doesn’t come from the same background everybody does not come from the same household, so they’re not gonna know and it’s a learning experience for everyone.

[PreferNot2Say]

Morgan Freeman nails it. Race doesn't play into wealth distribution in America. Before the civil rights act of 1964 was passed, wealth and family values were stronger in the black community than any other demographic.

This victimhood mentality does play a role. The great society destroyed the black community and we know which party is responsible for that. Well if you are educated on the facts, you know.

[Dargil]

Entirely. I was saying that before I heard it. We don't have Irish History Month, either.

[worldscolide]

He is absolutely right

[Sasahara]

Yeah I agree with him

[seeyounexttuesday]

100% You can blame obama for all of this.

[DrPepper12]

Why?

[seeyounexttuesday]

@DrPepper12 he is the most racially divisive president in our lifetime. He started this agitation among the races.

[DrPepper12]

Oh. I thought it was Lee Atwater and the "Southern Strategy"...

"You start out in 1954 by saying, “Nxxxxr, nxxxxr, nxxxxr.” By 1968 you can’t say “nxxxxr”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “Nxxxxr, nxxxxr.”

Ah yes, Christian comity and goodwill towards all...

[seeyounexttuesday]

@DrPepper12 Is this you trying to be intellectual? Did you go to the Kamala Harris school of word salad?

[Avicenna]

Absolutely