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<blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 4543292" data-attributes="member: 66082">To me a lot of people and businesses want to signal they are against trump with these kinds of displays of &quot;anti-racism&quot;.&nbsp; What they really mean is that they are anti trump.&nbsp; Outside of the removal of confederate statues and flags a lot of these displays really have nothing to do with black people.For most of the companies or individuals signaling their anti-racism, if it were suggested that say a few hundred black children would go to school with their children or that 10&#039;s of thousands of black families would live in their neighborhoods...… If it were suggested they start promoting or hiring more black employees, nearly all of these people and companies would balk.Black people see progress as integrated schools, neighborhoods they don&#039;t want integrated places so they can be around white people but to be around the resources that go to white people/neighborhoods, less mistreatment from police, getting business loans, and jobs and promotions based on our skill and education.&nbsp; Most black people that I know don&#039;t care about being buddy buddy with white people.Yet being buddy buddy or feeling good about black people is what a lot of white people seem to care about and think black people care about.&nbsp; It is irrelevant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="refineryworker05, post: 4543292, member: 66082"] To me a lot of people and businesses want to signal they are against trump with these kinds of displays of "anti-racism". What they really mean is that they are anti trump. Outside of the removal of confederate statues and flags a lot of these displays really have nothing to do with black people. For most of the companies or individuals signaling their anti-racism, if it were suggested that say a few hundred black children would go to school with their children or that 10's of thousands of black families would live in their neighborhoods...… If it were suggested they start promoting or hiring more black employees, nearly all of these people and companies would balk. Black people see progress as integrated schools, neighborhoods they don't want integrated places so they can be around white people but to be around the resources that go to white people/neighborhoods, less mistreatment from police, getting business loans, and jobs and promotions based on our skill and education. Most black people that I know don't care about being buddy buddy with white people. Yet being buddy buddy or feeling good about black people is what a lot of white people seem to care about and think black people care about. It is irrelevant. [/QUOTE]

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