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monkeypox_69 t1_ixw0ipa wrote

Reply to comment by SueSudio in TIL, that by 1860, there were nearly 4 million people enslaved in the United States. by MookieV

Neither were you. Stop playing games.

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SueSudio t1_ixw60cs wrote

There's the root. You pretend there is no issue. People in my lifetime were denied home ownership opportunities to build wealth. The government had programs that gave developers incentives as long as they didn't sell homes to black people.

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monkeypox_69 t1_ixw77gp wrote

Well in the past it was black folks, now we're all getting screwed. This country ain't perfect, if you don't like it here you are free to leave. Let's see you go to a country without it's share of past and present social and racial problems.

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SueSudio t1_ixwk3en wrote

"If you don't like it leave." More often than not that's how these conversations end. So predictable and weak.

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monkeypox_69 t1_ixx04ev wrote

So don't leave, stop bitching.

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SueSudio t1_ixx5mvv wrote

You may not have noticed due to your seething anger, but I am not bitching, you are. I am stating that I believe measures need to be taken to even the scales due to lingering effects of systemic racism.

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