So society is "less racist" now because entire black towns aren't getting openly slaughtered anymore, is that what you're implying?
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yes? yes that's what i'm implying. We're still racist, but it's better to be a black person in today's society than it was 50 years ago.
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A society where an unarmed black person can be shot by a cop and see no justice? Where they're unjustly prisoner for minor drug offences?
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slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/25/rac this is a great writeup about race in the justice system!
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And it's pretty damn dismissive to tell people that they "have it better now".
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How is that dismissive? It's true. It doesn't mean that we should stop working to improve, there's still farther to go.
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Especially when those cops making arrests plant evidence, but that's a different discussion...
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Is it better to be a black person in today's society? I'd say yes, I do agree with you there...
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Has it gotten better? Slightly, but as I said before, it's adapted to the times over the last few decades.
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I know it's hard for you to understand as someone who doesn't have to deal with racism in this country...
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But most of the people here wouldn't tell you that there's a deep problem with this country if there wasn't.