Recently I’ve seen articles promoting the idea that the reason why blacks have not progressed in society is because of systemic racism. Systemic racism exists to a degree, but of course, ending it is not the simple answer to the problem and probably zero chance of it happening in the next few generations without major positive efforts made by blacks within their own families to overcome it. The government allows a lot of discrimination & segregation to take place legally, but our society does as well.

Cultures everywhere segregate naturally & discriminate against outsiders in ways that are not necessarily bad. It’s perfectly natural for people to want to live among & socialize with only those of their same race, religion, sexuality, interests, etc, and that’s the way people all over the world have lived for centuries & still do. Go to any country anywhere & look for a melting pot — you won’t find it, except in America to some degree. That not an excuse to turn a blind eye to racism, but it explains a lot of our problems in trying to get whites & blacks together on some level, and although outlawing segregation & discrimination works, it won’t bring people together socially or societally at a deep level, as people identify & socialize with their own people regardless of government mandates, just as they do in the animal kingdom. Elephants & gazelles are not prey to each other, but they aren’t friends & don’t socialize.

Look at how many neighborhoods we have which are nearly 100% white, black, Italian, Hispanic, Asian, Arabic, Amish, Mormon, etc. Most of them are happy to be where they are unless they’re in a crime-riddled neighborhood, and no one is keeping them there. It’s been quite common for blacks & others to move to areas where they can live in peace away from the gunfire, drugs & despair.

What we’ve at least managed to do is make it unlawful to discriminate against people in many settings based on their race, gender, sexuality & religion, and that’s a good step to allow all members of our society to grow. But just because discrimination is decreed as unlawful doesn’t mean that people of different groups are going to suddenly start being tolerant or walking down the street holding hands with one another, much less socializing in diverse groups.

People are typically at their worst when they’re grouped together in some fashion, and also when they’re shunned from a group to which they want to belong. People individually are usually somewhat easy to deal with, but once they get into groups, they then want to elevate themselves above others who aren’t in the group to make themselves feel special. Many do so in order to get a leg up financially or socially by joining a country club, church, lodge or informal social group, and if you’ll notice, most of these groups are people of a single race, religion or background with little to no diversity, and they’re happy & usually not causing society any trouble in their socially-discriminatory ways. The law has recognized that private groups without Federal funding can discriminate legally with regard to religion, sex, race or social/political standing. If separation & discrimination is inherently bad in all forms, why does the government & our society allow it to flourish in this manner today?

Another way the government discriminates is against poor people by not providing governmental help to their communities. There are many poor communities that don’t have infrastructure as basic as public water & sewer.

You could look at it as a sign that the government wants people to lift themselves out of these impoverished communities by leaving them on their own to work it out. People are poor typically because of their own poor life choices, not because of bad luck or circumstances, Why help people who won’t try to help & better themselves? Every kid in America has access to the public school system & access to college & trade schools though student loans & grants, which will lead them out of poverty. Why aren’t the poor kids & their families availing themselves to these opportunities? Why help them if they choose not to?

Back to the thread — the only cure for black oppression is for blacks themselves to get a grip and start educating their own people & pushing advanced education to the forefront, as well as birth control & better parenting, which is really the crux of the problem. College graduates & people who are raised properly typically don’t kill people, deal drugs, or do any of the other various blue-collar crimes that make the black population as a whole a pariah to the whites. Very few blacks cause societal problems, but since a much larger percentage of them do vs whites, it’s a stereotypical problem for them all. It’s hard to believe that it’s been over 150 years since the Civil War ended and there’s still millions of blacks living in squalor and not lifting at least their offspring to a better place. Heck, go to West Virginia and look at the poor whites there who live the same way. Go to Mexico & you’ll see the same with Hispanics, and you’ll see cities which have the highest murder rates in the world. Go to Russia & you’ll see millions of white people subjugated & living a poor life under communism, just as you’ll see poor Chinese citizens in communist China. Ignorance knows no color or ethnic boundaries.