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goodsam2 t1_j1vlzqt wrote

Whenever these articles come up I'm always thinking we are patting ourselves on the back and not thinking systemically about what is happening.

IMO I think it's more important that lower class disproportionately black Americans get into good housing with good schools than statues.

I think BLM's moment at least for now has come and gone (negative approval rating now vs March it was overwhelmingly positive) and we mostly renamed schools and tore down some statues and learned more about how we did/are segregating.

I think the race problem is always painted as worse in the south when I think the north has multiple marks they are dramatically worse.

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crankfurry t1_j1w5n3t wrote

If you look at data, the north is actually more segregated in schools and housing than the south.

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_j1wulxf wrote

Old line is south was segregated by law, but lived together, north was integrated by law, but lived apart. Contains truth.

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illixxxit t1_j1wxkow wrote

Connecticut’s schools, for example, are precisely as segregated as those in Georgia — 84% of Black students in mostly minority schools according to Connecticut Public Radio. New York and New Jersey rate in the top ten; Virginia does not.

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goodsam2 t1_j1xrtmw wrote

The other piece is the Pacific Northwest banned black people for awhile there or at least Oregon...

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