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Black Americans have a unique history, not unlike that of American Indians. Whites come from a stock of people willing to leave home, travel far away and start fresh. If you imagine that there are intrinsic differences between people you’ll see that whites have a distinct genetic advantage if those traits are genetic or a nurtured skill if those traits are environmental or both if they are mixed.
Blacks started as low as you can go, as slaves, randomly picked to leave home by force. By both genes and environment they’re at a distinct disadvantage. They continue to be treated as “other” by both their irascible foes and their supposed friends.
Bush had it right when he decried the “soft bigotry of low standards”. 7/10 black children are born outside of wedlock. The black family torn apart until the close of the Civil War went on to be terrorized by state governments and victimized by their inherent poverty and lack of education. They recovered toward the end of the 19th century and enjoyed a Renaissance of sorts up until the Great Depression. There was a time when black architects, doctors and lawyers were employed by whites because of their skill and merit.
The black family never recovered after WW2 and government policies both state and federal and both bigoted and ameliorative have exacerbated the situation. If we have any mercy we’d fight for school vouchers, adoption and welfare reform.
To pretend that whites as a group or class have suffered in America like blacks did is to ignore the reality of history.
You hit the nail on the head with your essay.