this isn't very wholesome but I'd just like to say it: the media-fueled racial hellscape this country's currently enduring is horrendous and I really can't wait to emigrate... but if you haven't noticed — I acknowledge and *agree* that the ideas of extreme racial bias in policing, redlining, disproportionate police killings of non-white people, racial bias in employment, lack of generational wealth and the concept of reparations in general are all valid and important things to keep in mind when discussing race. race science is obviously bullshit and genuine racists are either vile or ridiculously ignorant people. I've literally had a full group of black kids at school constantly bully the everliving shit out of me and threaten to steal my money — something like this could easily turn one into a retard racist but I'm not because I'm not a ******* idiot. I know race wasn't a factor here. they probably all cliqued up as a result of their shared appearance and culture, but that was the extent of it. they were just awful, impressionable teenagers. **** those guys. I'm almost certainly the only person here with a family whose net worth is on-par with that of a black family — no college educations, sub-25k in total worth, no inheritances or trust funds or whatever, no easily-obtained cars, food stamps, welfare money lack of employment, and certainly never any skilled jobs — and I've literally lived in a majority-minority ghetto or two before. they are not nice places, and it is not due to the race of the residents. however you can discern where ghettos are and aren't based off of racial charts — if a neighborhood is more than 50% black, it's going to be a sketchy place for outsiders, to say the very least. this is literally just a fact and something valuable to keep in mind when searching for properties. if you disagree I implore you to do some research. it probably doesn't matter to you because you won't ever end up anywhere near one of these places as a result of your reasonable amount of familial wealth but for ****'s sake, just a little bit of research and accept it for what it is. but do you know what? white ghettos are awful too! they simply aren't as prevalent due to the generally higher wealth and expanded opportunities available to white people — I'm not ravist. **** you, **** you, **** you if you don't think I have license to be talking about any of this — I've grown up poor as shit. I LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME AND HAVE SPENT LONG PERIODS LIVING IN LITERAL HOTELS. I joke about considering myself a person-of-color due to my half-Mexican-ness, but I have experienced all of the same struggles with wealth that people of color do in this country, though certainly in a different way because I don't have hardworking parents. of course, everybody would take that *so much more seriously* if only I happened to have a browner Mexican mother, but I guess that's just life. the only reason I have any money saved up right now is due to government aid lolll. I'm a socialist and have many qualms with BLM as a result of that. the fundamental concept is fine but it has really been mangled and that just isn't worth getting into here... my views are a little nuanced because I'm not a ******* robot and have a good amount of lived experience to base them off of — if your views are such that they never, ever deviate from the accepted cultural orthodoxy then you've got to reevaluate them because they're lacking truth and character. figure at least *some* aspects of your opinions out for yourself by and don't dismiss the opinions of those with at least one hat in the ring. in summary, I'm not a ******* racist — I'm not even a Republican. think a little bit about what you're saying and please acknowledge that racial commentary and racial statistics are not indicative of a ******* racist