Have you ever heard the James Baldwin quote about how the innocence constitutes the crime? America is literally set up..,
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In those neighborhoods! Why do we have shitty schools? Well, the property tax allocations. Why low prop tax in our areas?
Bc, for example, in Dallas, where I'm from, the two wealthiest white areas literally seceded from the city & other white wealth...
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Fled to the burbs! These issues don't take place specifically on the question of skin color but instead use other things as a proxy for race
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That's why you can't fix them with colorblindness alone.
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And you can bet your ass those neighborhoods back in the 40s had either racial covenants, or bombings/violence the police turned a blind....
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Eye towards to make sure no black ppl lived in those neighborhoods!
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