Reflections on the color of my skin

Post by camillomiller » Mon, Jun 08, 2020, 7:44 PM UTC

jpxw wrote: post #7

camillomiller wrote: post #2

Upvoted. I am honestly disappointed at how this board seems completely of out touch with what's going on in the US. And not a single official line from ycombinator as well, so far. I would also point out that, despite a quest for diversity that spans a few years, now, a quick glance at the people page of ycombinator shows an appalling truth: there is not one single black person listed. https://www.ycombinator.com/peo…

I come to HN to get away from political discussions, I’d rather it stayed like it is now.

We’re very sorry that the world outside is burning due to injustice and systemic inequality, and this might disrupt your nice little privileged bubble.

Post by ReticentVole » Tue, Jun 09, 2020, 3:54 AM UTC

david38 wrote: post #45

ReticentVole wrote: post #18

In New York city, the portion of Black people killed by police gunfire is perfectly aligned with the portion of Black people firing on police officers: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/analysis_and_plan... 52.6% of murders are carried out by African Americans: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-... 49% of Black children live in single-mother households, which is double the rate of H…

You just refuted your own argument. Blacks in Africa do better than blacks in America. What changed? Did their DNA change? Did they get smaller brains? They now live in an environment not conducive to their success. To clarify, let’s take color out of the picture. Let’s say we’re talking about some poor, southern white town. What do you often get? Generational poverty. If you were to talk to some, you might be turned…

No - Blacks in America very clearly do better than Blacks in Africa. Middle class income in Nigeria is about $7,000/year.

https://resource-recycling.com/e-scrap/wp-content/uploads/si...

I don't understand how you could misinterpret my post to such a degree.

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