"blacks weren't allowed to create generational wealth; therefore we must give them special treatment"
This is their favorite argument nowadays. You'll hear it repeated often at every historical black college.
Generational wealth is almost always squandered within 3 generations.
Most whites aren't even born into generational wealth.
Blacks have had the opportunity to build generational wealth for at least 75 years, but really going back further even with segregation.
Blacks have enjoyed favoritism for about 50 years now, and what have they done with it? A small minority have taken advantage of it and have built huge fortunes. Many others have built a comfortable life. But the majority have totally squandered it.
They've done nothing to improve themselves and increase their earning potential. They do the bare minimum to keep a low paying job at best buy or wherever. They never tried hard in school. They never looked for a trade to learn.
Then they blame whitey for their lack of success. It's absurd.
Does it matter how many opportunities you give someone when his or her IQ is under 90?
Both leftists and conservatives once believed that equality under the law would normalize outcomes across racial demographics. When this didn’t happen, leftists created a new excuse for black dysfunction: systemic oppression. Discrimination had to be at the heart of it all because the only other explanation - inherent racial differences - was verboten.
On some level, leftists know that affirmative action (aka positive discrimination) is required to normalize outcomes for non-whites. Leftists just refuse to admit the why.
Meanwhile, classical liberals and conservatives are genuinely confused because meritocracy is so self-evidently the correct way.
Then you have the race realists who also recognize that certain racial demos need favoritism to succeed, and that such favoritism is one way ticket to eventual societal collapse. We can’t have unqualified surgeons and pilots and engineers guiding our civilization.
In the end, identity politics and communism are natural bedfellows. If every meritocracy sees non-whites on the bottom of the totem pole, then it only makes sense that non-whites would embrace alternative standards for success.
When Black Lives Matter tells you that black liberation is inseparable from Marxism, they are telling you the truth. If you want to defeat communism, you are necessarily going to have to take various “unpopular” identity politics positions. There’s no escaping it.
But I would imagine there are certain jobs that can be done by someone with a lower IQ? Also not putting them in a position they can’t handle would be a good policy. That does zero favors
Also not outing them in a position they can’t handle would be a good policy. That does zero favors
Which is how we get to the notion that racism can be a positive thing. If we address reality and the IQ distribution of the various racial populations, we'd arrive at some societal messaging telling blacks that no they aren't going to be doctors and rocket scientists but they might find some success working with their hands as a mechanic and that they can succeed in life if they play to their strengths rather than their weaknesses. Put them on a path to success rather than allow them to wallow in failure as they try to live up to the standards of other races. No one likes to try something and fail, and when you set someone to a task at which they are destined to fail, their inevitable failure will breed resentment and bitterness, which is what we see festering in many American blacks.
we'd arrive at some societal messaging telling blacks
or we don't tell [insert item here] anything. Why would we have societal messaging targeting [insert item here].
There may very well be racial traits limiting what an individual can and cannot achieve, but I really think keeping the focus on race (just reversing the message) doesn't do anyone any favor.
"blacks weren't allowed to create generational wealth; therefore we must give them special treatment"
This is their favorite argument nowadays. You'll hear it repeated often at every historical black college.
Generational wealth is almost always squandered within 3 generations.
Most whites aren't even born into generational wealth.
Blacks have had the opportunity to build generational wealth for at least 75 years, but really going back further even with segregation.
Blacks have enjoyed favoritism for about 50 years now, and what have they done with it? A small minority have taken advantage of it and have built huge fortunes. Many others have built a comfortable life. But the majority have totally squandered it.
They've done nothing to improve themselves and increase their earning potential. They do the bare minimum to keep a low paying job at best buy or wherever. They never tried hard in school. They never looked for a trade to learn.
Then they blame whitey for their lack of success. It's absurd.
Does it matter how many opportunities you give someone when his or her IQ is under 90?
Both leftists and conservatives once believed that equality under the law would normalize outcomes across racial demographics. When this didn’t happen, leftists created a new excuse for black dysfunction: systemic oppression. Discrimination had to be at the heart of it all because the only other explanation - inherent racial differences - was verboten.
On some level, leftists know that affirmative action (aka positive discrimination) is required to normalize outcomes for non-whites. Leftists just refuse to admit the why.
Meanwhile, classical liberals and conservatives are genuinely confused because meritocracy is so self-evidently the correct way.
Then you have the race realists who also recognize that certain racial demos need favoritism to succeed, and that such favoritism is one way ticket to eventual societal collapse. We can’t have unqualified surgeons and pilots and engineers guiding our civilization.
In the end, identity politics and communism are natural bedfellows. If every meritocracy sees non-whites on the bottom of the totem pole, then it only makes sense that non-whites would embrace alternative standards for success.
When Black Lives Matter tells you that black liberation is inseparable from Marxism, they are telling you the truth. If you want to defeat communism, you are necessarily going to have to take various “unpopular” identity politics positions. There’s no escaping it.
But I would imagine there are certain jobs that can be done by someone with a lower IQ? Also not putting them in a position they can’t handle would be a good policy. That does zero favors
Which is how we get to the notion that racism can be a positive thing. If we address reality and the IQ distribution of the various racial populations, we'd arrive at some societal messaging telling blacks that no they aren't going to be doctors and rocket scientists but they might find some success working with their hands as a mechanic and that they can succeed in life if they play to their strengths rather than their weaknesses. Put them on a path to success rather than allow them to wallow in failure as they try to live up to the standards of other races. No one likes to try something and fail, and when you set someone to a task at which they are destined to fail, their inevitable failure will breed resentment and bitterness, which is what we see festering in many American blacks.
or we don't tell [insert item here] anything. Why would we have societal messaging targeting [insert item here].
There may very well be racial traits limiting what an individual can and cannot achieve, but I really think keeping the focus on race (just reversing the message) doesn't do anyone any favor.