Cero!

Well, yeah, you’re hitting on the the kinds of things I was thinking of when I said

between what I’ve stated and many other policies that families of color were still barred from, and many things I’m glossing over

I was focusing on one narrative that I could speak to well, because that’s specifically the policies that helped my family, and I know they were not available to people of color. There are hundreds of different narratives that have caused the class divide and the race divide in this country to be so closely associated.

But overall, I agree: If we didn’t spend so much money and resources trying to appease the greed of a few dozen people for whom everything would not be enough, then I think a lot of these problems would go away…

That said, I’m not sure how easy it is to talk about boosting up the working class without having a conversation about race. Enough people buy into, and fear, the welfare queen idea. You wouldn’t want to give them free money.

The thing is, saying that it’s doomism about everything America has ever done is really reductionist to the actual point being made:

Like, one part of the actual CRT discussion (not whatever Florida/Praeger U thinks CRT is) is pointing out that post WWII, many families were able to take advantage of the GI bill and the prolific creation of new housing projects to get a higher education, get a house out in the 'burbs, and pull themselves out of poverty.

But at the same time, many benefits of the GI bill were denied to vets of color, and red lining meant that many they could not buy houses in the cheap new housing developments. So many black families weren’t able to join the new middle class, and weren’t able to start accruing generation wealth, and between what I’ve stated and many other policies that families of color were still barred from, and many things I’m glossing over, are still poor now.

And, okay, cool, that happened. The US did a racist thing, and it has repercussions into today. But if you try and have a conversation about what to do about it, you get this response that… well I didn’t do that, that happened in the '40s-'50s, I wasn’t even alive, why should I care? You just hate America.

And they’re right, it’s not the fault of most people alive today. But people are still reaping the generational benefits of those policies, and people of color are not. Other families are still impacted by a lack of generational wealth. People alive today.

And there is a real conversation to be had about what to do next about it. Are there policies in place that disproportionate impact the poor, who are disproportionately people of color because of the policies above? Iunno. But not talking about it only benefits the people who have already benefitted.

So it really is a conversation about what to do next, but one with any historical context at all.

But instead you have this Praeger U response, which says that we shouldn’t teach children that anything bad ever happened in history. We weren’t racists because slaves wanted to be slaves. Therefore people of color who are poor today are just lazy (even if they did the same things your family did to get out of poverty), and we don’t need to talk about it.

Edit: removed an extra “the”

Well he is on the left banister. But it’s the banister in his right? Is this an allegory?

So, no. You’re just looking for someone to hear you scream. Cool.

Can you point out the wilful ignorance or deliberate belligerence? Not including the guy who called the stuff he didn’t like to read a “miasma of stupidity”

My guy, this was a respectful conversation. Where the hell did that come from? You’re allowed to disagree with @Xanthobilly, but you’re way out of line.

Well, some advice you didn’t ask for, and that I don’t always follow: it’s easier to start a conversation where it is, and direct people towards the productive conversation you want to have, than to start off by calling someone a villain for something they already said. You didn’t make your point easy to appreciate.

I will say you’ve given me some food for thought, though.

So, telling people to not try and be funny, even those you agree with, is definitely alienating your allies. I hear what you’re saying, but I have also seen parents losing their ever loving shit at PTA meetings… And to say that everyone must treat those ignorant displays with quiet respect, because CRT was mentioned… Seems a bit beyond the pale.

Okay, so, I am reading what you’re saying, and I don’t really know how one could make a joke that isn’t, by your understanding, part of the conservative agenda.

And if that’s what you think, I am curious why you’re looking at memes at all.

I think you’re alienating your allies here. This is clearly intended to be left leaning, and you’re lumping OP with Trump and facists.

So, you had an unnecessary surgery so everyone should shut up?