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cybermystpage
cybermystpage asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 2 weeks ago

What perpetuates these myths about racism in the United States? ?

Statistics show there is no "systematic racism" in the United States, and that terms like "privilege" are merely a crutch to be used for poor personal decisions, to excuse away good personal decisions by others.  Why then do so many people believe these myths?  Is it the media?  Is it Democrat politicians? 

Update:

With respect to those who believe poverty is caused by racism:

"The only measurable statistic with respect to poverty that does is not the outcome of personal choice is medical, which accounts for 4.4% of those in poverty.  Even then personal choices are related, as most medical issues are the result of poor diet and/or obesity.  A person in poverty in the vast majority of instances has made poor personal choices, usually from a collection of 6 to 8 easily identifiable mistakes"

Update 2:

With respect to "police brutality" and racism:

"There are 700,000 police officers in the United States involved in (on average) 2.8 million interactions with potential suspects each day.  This is more than one billion per year.  Yet the media is focused on the roughly 10 to 12 questionable deaths of unarmed blacks each years.  The media does a disservice by not being more forthcoming about the actual numbers with regard to policing."

Update 3:

With respect to "white privilege"

"On one hand you have Joe, 44 year old white male living in an abandoned trailer, strung out on meth for 3 years.  Is this "white privilege"? Then you have William, a 39 year old black male working as a neurosurgeon making 275,000 dollars a year and living in a gated community.  Is that "white privilege"?  This specifically spotlights the importance of personal decisions over false "victim status based on group membership" seen in the media" - Larry Elder

Update 4:

Oh Steve, it's cute how you focus on "systemic vs systematic" given the nature of the question, but both words have been used, and considering they describe a non-existent situation anyway, I think we can both agree that you get the point.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago
    Favourite answer

    The left, the media, the special interest groups who want special treatment and more funding for their causes.  It isn't just racism that is blown out of proportion, it is all who wish to feel like they belong and they believe, they should be given something for nothing.

  • Hoarseman
    Lv 5
    2 weeks ago

    If a police officer shoots a black suspect -- it's proof that police forces are  institutionally  racist. 

    And ,it is perfectly acceptable for a black person to think that all policemen are racists

    If one cannot see the hypocrisy in this , you can hardly call yourself "liberal" -- let alone rational.  

  • οικος
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Maybe it's all the white cops killing black suspects.

  • Mark big sky boat man
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    People like you who make up stuff to support their stupid ideas.

  • Mark
    Lv 6
    2 weeks ago

    Anybody who says that racism does not exist has never read yahoo comments.  Systemic racism, as in the government system is likely pretty low, but day to day racism is still alive and strong.

    As for decision making, when a culture develops in a racist society which depressed it for multiple generations, that is going to have some very negative effects on its development.  Anybody who thinks that a culture which was created through decades of racism is going to change in a few years is delusional.  Cultural damage will take decades to recover.  That was the purpose of desegregation.  

  • Not You
    Lv 6
    2 weeks ago

    I was going to argue with you, but apparently you have statistics. Not much I can do against statistics. Someday I hope to have a statistics.

  • Steve
    Lv 5
    2 weeks ago

    Provide your stats, and use the proper word - "systemic". 

  • Lord Of The Flies Pt.3
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Just all of these unwhite people are not smart enough to see through the fakeness of the race card. Not like us white people, right?

  • megalomaniac
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Please show us these "statistics" so we can review how they were arrived at.  Statistics can be very useful when done properly but all too often they aren't and are used for misleading and/or propaganda purposes.

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