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Just as a Mercedes is a symbol of wealth, and an F-150 is a symbol of the working man. Doesn't make it so, just a symbol. Last edited by mistermo; 06-02-2020 at 05:01 PM. |
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It took until the FHA in 1968 to explicitly bar the practice of redlining, and it still informally goes on today, as much as the industry would like to admit otherwise. And that's just one slice of a whole cornucopia of restrictions on consumer credit, account access, the works. The Wells Fargo account scandal was just two years ago and included pushing borrowers into mortgages that were more expensive for their credit criteria than a nonminority applicant. Does the industry do a better job today than it has in the past? Yes. Does it still have a long way to go? Yes. It's a broad brush because the issue is as vast and sprawling as the financial system itself. |
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Not trying to trigger anyone, and I don't work in a bank but a 30 second google search for racism and banking, or redlining, lending stats for minority-owned businesses, discrimination among POC bank employees is all well documented and easily apparent. This can't be new information for anyone working in the industry unless they choose to look the other way. When we're able to move on beyond personal defensiveness and recognize inequality and racism is systemic rather than an evil personal character flaw, and we all have daily opportunities to push systems we live and work in to one direction or another is when change can happen.
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Resecting the cancer but not treating the lifestyle. Why should we hold accountable corporations which are legal persons in a mode of production in which racism is an ideology. Racism didn't exist in Greece or Persia or Mesoamerica. It's a construct which underpins a superstructure. Corporations are part of the problem; holding them accountable or expecting them to be more benevolent will not contribute in any structural way to defeating or moving past a time and place where racism exists and will continue to exist until the new mode of production supersedes the current one.
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did that large western corporation subscribe to any type of predatory practices?
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Only as an absolute number, not as a percentage of the population. Then it is completely reversed. If the population of both groups were the same then black people would in absolute terms, be dying from police in greater numbers. I believe that death from police is the 3rd leading cause of death amoung black men. Please excuse me if that stat is incorrect.
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In December everyone was talking about WW3 and N. Korea.
In January everyone was praying for Australia and donating to the wild fires. In February everyone was a Pandemic expert seemingly. In March everyone was into 'Social Distancing' to flatten the curve. In April everyone was 'hero' and "staying home and staying safe" was the thing. In May, that went out the window and large protests are now OK and encouraged by nearly every media outlet and large company. Covid isn't a thing anymore because there is a new thing. Point is, none of these were proactive, they were all reactive. If you have a cause you care about keep on fighting, but to constantly jump to the next big thing based on what other people are currently preaching and putting on a pedestal isn't really groundbreaking stuff here, it's Marketing 101. On to the next one, let's talk about disc brakes some more. Last edited by kppolich; 06-02-2020 at 09:08 PM. |
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I'll be happy when the bicycle industry "gets it" in regards to something that matters to the Country. These Men are here for you. Still.
In the last 96 hours... -A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer was shot in the back of the head while struggling with a rioter -An active shooter opened fire on law enforcement at a Las Vegas courthouse -4 St. Louis Police Officers were shot by an active shooter -A New York Police Officer was struck by a vehicle -3 Buffalo law enforcement officers were struck by a vehicle in front of the police station -3 Davenport law enforcement officers were ambushed and 1 was shot -132 officers were injured in Chicago during a riot -9 Pittsburg officers were injured by objects during a riot -Several officers in Rhode Island were injured during riots -An active shooter opened fire at the Oakland Police Department -2 officers were struck in the head with projectiles in Santa Ana -2 Richland officers were shot in Virginia -1 officer was struck in the head by a brick in Albany -4 Prince William County Police Officers sustained head injuries from projectiles -7 officers were injured in Sacramento -Several officers were shot at and injured in Lynchburg -Several Champaign Police Officers were injured -3 Oak Law Police Officers were injured -21 officers were injured in Salt Lake City -At least 50 Secret Service Agents were injured by Molotov cocktails in Washington -3 Denver Police Officers were ran over by a vehicle -33 New York Police Officers were injured during riots -6 Athens Police Officers injured during a protest -2 Capitol Police Officers were injured during a riot in Harrisburg -12 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officers were injured during riots -21 Minneapolis law enforcement officers injured in riots -1 Federal Protective Services Officer was shot and killed. |
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Good god, how about the tens of thousands of unprovoked, innocent protesters they're bombarding with tear gas, flash bangs, and "less lethal" (but still permanently maiming) rounds at point blank range. Riot police are bringing the riot.
Allowing vigilante white supremacist groups to run all over towns. Attacking medics, journalists, and those giving food and water to protesters. Assaulting women and children. Starting their own cruisers on fire, smashing windows, and planting weapons to blame civillians. These police are thugs. Last edited by jtbadge; 06-02-2020 at 10:22 PM. |
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Chapeaus are off to the moderators doing superb yeoman service managing these threads. Bravo!
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Nvrmnd. Not going to feed the trolls.
JTBADGE: +10000 Last edited by Clean39T; 06-02-2020 at 10:51 PM. |
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I think we need a cooling off period as some good points seemed to be originally made but it looks like it's devolved.
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