11-09-2015, 09:35 AM
(11-09-2015, 08:51 AM)martyup link Wrote:That's a nice catchy phrase, but what system are they protesting. What laws? What regulations? What policy of enforcement? Where is the system? Yes, there are still racists in America. But, I think we have done a pretty thorough job of weeding out racist systems.Â
Well, I mean, just a random example out of nowhere: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/us/mar...lacks.html
Or, weirdly, another one:
Quote:Despite the recent and large declines in blood-lead levels, young children of urban minority families are found to be at the greatest risk of lead poisoning. According to the most recent NHANES III-Phase 2 report, 8 percent of impoverished children are lead poisoned, compared to 1 percent of children from high-income families...Among all children, 11.2 percent of African-American children are poisoned compared with 2.3 percent of white children.
http://www.nrdc.org/health/kids/ocar/chap3.asp
