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> Does racism still exist? Sure, but not for black people more so than any other race.

Black people in the US make a third less income on average than white people. If this is not the result of racism (either ongoing or the lasting effects of past racism), then please tell me what causes that difference.

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Ezra Klein has a stat --- I'm trying to track it down, so this is a paraphrase --- that for any given level of income, a black family in America also lives on a block that is 30% less affluent on average than a white family with the same income level.

I don't agree with the GP about racism no longer being an issue. But if you're saying that racism is wholly responsible for the income gap, then what's your answer to exactly the same question applied to Asians vs white people (25% less income for white)?

The difference is entirely due to asians clustering in expensive coastal cities: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/29/the-a....

Adjusted for cost of living, asians and whites make the same household income, while african americans make dramatically less.

That's very interesting. TIL. Thank you.

Men are much more likely than women to commit suicide and be homeless, and many times more likely to be incarcerated. If this is not the result of sexism, please tell me what causes that difference.

One factor in high rates of male homelessness is more agency than women typically have. In other words, they choose to go be homeless as the lesser evil in some lousy situation. It is only one factor and that doesn't change the fact that sexism is actually an issue in such things.

It also doesn't change the fact that this is basically a straw man argument, not pertinent to the question of racism.

Gender and homelessness:

https://sandiegohomelesssurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2017/07/g...

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