Wealth inequality between Blacks and whites grows....PER CNN

[txtebow]

"The wealth gap between blacks and whites has nearly tripled over the past 25 years, due largely to inequality in home ownership, income, education and inheritances, according to a new study by Brandeis University.

That type of inequality can be a drag on economic growth for everyone, said Thomas Shapiro, director of the university's Institute on Assets and Social Policy, which conducted the research."
- See more at: http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/27/news....bOWrZ32X.dpuf

[txtebow]

This should be a concern for all of us; as this melting Pot of a country becomes more brown and black, the sheer numbers of African Americans who now have expanded generationally 3times + since the 1960's civil rights acts you'd assume that there'd be a proportional decrease in the wealth gap between Whites and Blacks....but unfortunately and despite Federal intervention to help remedy the disparity created by systemic discrimination prior to the 1960's African Americans have less wealth now comparative to their Euro-american counterparts than they did in 1984.......interesting and a point of inner turmoil for the PC crowd no doubt.......

"with Great freedoms comes GREAT RESPONSIBILITY"--Eleanor Roosevelt...........

[cutthemdown]

blacks get more opportunities now then 25 yrs ago. How is it they get worst?

[Pony Boy]

Maybe it's time to turn the hat around, pull the pants up above the ass, go to work and bring home a pay check.

[houghtam]

Huh, look at that, the income gap has grown between the rich and the poor, as well. And the middle class (i.e. you).

Obviously there's something wrong with you that you haven't been able to keep up with rich people. I don't think it's race, though...it's lack of education and place of origin.

[Rohirrim]

Originally Posted by Pony Boy

Maybe it's time to turn the hat around, pull the pants up above the ass, go to work and bring home a pay check.

[txtebow]

Originally Posted by Rohirrim

AGGHHH--MUR-RIK-AH!

We need more Archie Bunkers and less Antonio Cromarties...

[txtebow]

Originally Posted by houghtam

Huh, look at that, the income gap has grown between the rich and the poor, as well. And the middle class (i.e. you).

Obviously there's something wrong with you that you haven't been able to keep up with rich people. I don't think it's race, though...it's lack of education and place of origin.

Why don't you think it's race? Just curious.....The PC crowd readily accepts that NFL Teams are 70% AA and NBA teams 80% AA (a much too disproportionate(actually upside down) representation based on national population percentages)...but why do they accept it so readily without wanting to examine why the percentages are what they are....SCIENCE holds the true answers via the ability to measure performance and a growing ability to tie it to our genetic makeup. I bet your stomach just turned QUEEZY like everytime we watched Kyle Orton line up behind center while wearing a Broncos uniform....

[houghtam]

Originally Posted by txtebow

Why don't you think it's race? Just curious.....The PC crowd readily accepts that NFL Teams are 70% AA and NBA teams 80% AA (a much too disproportionate(actually upside down) representation based on national population percentages)...but why do they accept it so readily without wanting to examine why the percentages are what they are....SCIENCE holds the true answers via the ability to measure performance and a growing ability to tie it to our genetic makeup. I bet your stomach just turned QUEEZY like everytime we watched Kyle Orton line up behind center while wearing a Broncos uniform....

Yes, it turned queasy because I realized there are still people that think and talk like you. It's okay though, they used to be called Know-Nothings for one reason, now you're called that for a completely different one.

Additionally, people have been trying to use "science" to prove that minorities of one stripe or another are inferior for one reason or another for a long time. They've used the bible, too. It doesn't make any of it "true" or even "science", for that matter.

And yet here again is another instance on this board of conservatives making a statement with no backup. You can't just jump into an argument and go "Cuz! ...Science!"

[barryr]

And here the messiah in the WH was just going to change all of that. Sure.

[houghtam]

Originally Posted by barryr

And here the messiah in the WH was just going to change all of that. Sure.

You're so right. Can you venture a guess why Obama in the WH hasn't magically cured txtebow's racism? Hey if "pray away the gay" was a legitimate option for you guys, I guess I can live with "black away the white hoods".

So it's happened, everyone. Conservatives have added "my own racism" to the list of everything they blame Obama on.

What sad, tiny people you are.

[txtebow]

Originally Posted by houghtam

Yes, it turned queasy because I realized there are still people that think and talk like you. It's okay though, they used to be called Know-Nothings for one reason, now you're called that for a completely different one.

Additionally, people have been trying to use "science" to prove that minorities of one stripe or another are inferior for one reason or another for a long time. They've used the bible, too. It doesn't make any of it "true" or even "science", for that matter.

And yet here again is another instance on this board of conservatives making a statement with no backup. You can't just jump into an argument and go "Cuz! ...Science!"

Again....you state that this difference can't be associated to race. Why do you feel that way? I can go on and cite the Bell Curve, how this trend continues world wide not just in America, etc...but I've already made those arguments before..........

[txtebow]

Originally Posted by houghtam

You're so right. Can you venture a guess why Obama in the WH hasn't magically cured txtebow's racism? Hey if "pray away the gay" was a legitimate option for you guys, I guess I can live with "black away the white hoods".

So it's happened, everyone. Conservatives have added "my own racism" to the list of everything they blame Obama on.

What sad, tiny people you are.

To the blind PC Sociopath, my posts in this thread are racist.
To clear thinking, thoughtful and rational human beings my position in this thread is in fact reasonable.

[txtebow]

Better yet, why do you think that NFL , NBA teams and the USA national sprint team are made up predominately of a sub population that constitutes 13% of our nation's general population. Perhaps this will be a roundabout way of you coming to the same reasonable conclusion as I make in this thread...

[cutthemdown]

Originally Posted by houghtam

Huh, look at that, the income gap has grown between the rich and the poor, as well. And the middle class (i.e. you).

Obviously there's something wrong with you that you haven't been able to keep up with rich people. I don't think it's race, though...it's lack of education and place of origin.

So then the article is BS to single out black people right?

[txtebow]

Originally Posted by cutthemdown

So then the article is BS to single out black people right?

He doesn't understand hypocrisy.............

[cutthemdown]

Originally Posted by txtebow

He doesn't understand hypocrisy.............

to say the least.

[Requiem]

Not the avatar again!

[txtebow]

Originally Posted by Requiem

Not the avatar again!

Again? I just changed it tonight! Ive never posted this on the 'mane before...

[Pony Boy]

Originally Posted by txtebow

Better yet, why do you think that NFL , NBA teams and the USA national sprint team are made up predominately of a sub population that constitutes 13% of our nation's general population. Perhaps this will be a roundabout way of you coming to the same reasonable conclusion as I make in this thread...

Jimmy the Greek speaking the truth ...........

[Pony Boy]

Originally Posted by Rohirrim

I'll take Archie and you can keep this one, you and her a peas in a pod .....

[Blart]

[Blart]

"Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal" - Noam Chomsky

[Rohirrim]

In the last five years, we have seen the largest redistribution of wealth upwards in the history of mankind. Meanwhile, the Right Wing troglodytes blame the poor for their poverty.

[txtebow]

Originally Posted by Blart

"Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal" - Noam Chomsky

Explain to me how opportunity hasn't been provided since the early 1960's for African Americans......

Examples of programs that allow better access to loans for women and minorities:

http://www.sba.gov/content/minority-owned-businesses

Examples of the US setting aside a percentage of government contracts solely for women and minorities

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2012...r_minority.htm


"Obtaining 8(a) status has proven to be a fruitful route to contract success for minority contractors -- exploring this route could help other minority-owned firms access greater contracting opportunities."

The 8(a) status offers restricted competition for qualified firms. - See more at: http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2012....fGu7tjJf.dpuf



Why do you think there has been an explosion in Indian/ Asian ownership of gas stations, hotels, convenience stores etc over the last 40 years? Because they have been diligent in their pursuit of the extra opportunity that is afforded minorities in the United States...........that's why.