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“It is very recent and it is still felt today.
I have a leg up thanks to a home my parents purchased in the 80’s A black person my age does not have that advantage. I will IYH be able to leave more to my children thanks to that home.
It is an advantage that I have today, it doesn’t get more recent than that”
No one is saying that minorities have some disadvantages. My parents that immigrated to the USA had zero, they were subject to a lot of discrimination.
However, if you are going to rely on 45+ old data that suggests that there was some discrimination against minorities as a basis for systemic racism, then you would have to also have current data that. a) this still exists. b) there are other forms of racism.
The fact that your parents, for example, were able to purchase a house that a minority in the exact same financial situation had a slightly more difficult time obtaining, is a very subjective argument as to the condition of the black community.
You see, you actually have parents that purchased a home, statistically, from every 100 black babies born in the USA, 72 are from single mothers. Explain that on the banks. That puts the average black child at a huge disadvantage.