Again, race doesn't matter. If it mattered, blacks would be better off with Obama in office. My point was the system has always been corrupt and Hilary Clinton will be our next president. It's just a matter of what position and if lube will be involved at this point. Originally Posted by Naomi4uYou are exactly right on this point.
Racism is institutional and generational. It started with the so-called "Civil War", which was mainly a federal power grab by Lincoln to centralize power. Then Andrew Johnson fucked up Reconstruction by capitulating to the rich Southerners and didn't complete the program. This gave birth to Jim Crow laws and "separate but equal" policies. Then came "The Great Society" which started to tell people of color they weren't equal, and would never make it without government help. This created a culture of dependency, which even LBJ admitted was designed capture the African-American vote for the Democrats for generations.
We're now in a position where there is very little we can do. The culture is entrenched. It's going to take some very strong, very courageous African-American leaders to begin to change this. It's sad. But the only community that can change this culture is the one that has been victimized for generations. It's not fair. But it is the only way. No one is born violent. No one is born prejudiced. It is learned. The culture has to change.
And this culture is not exclusively African-American. It has spread among all racial and even class lines. It shows no signs of abating. The end result? Of course. A police state controlled by the elitist Establishment for "our protection". What a surprise.