If this were the case, and leftist-class oriented policy was to blame, then shouldn't we expect to see better metrics for black communities and nations where they don't exist? The fact is we do not. Poor metrics (by white, western standards) exist for black communities nearly everywhere they exist. No matter if we are comparing black communities in Europe and North America, or black nations in Africa where there are no evil whites to impose racism upon them... Everywhere we find black communities we find many common features.... I certainly do believe that leftist policies have hurt blacks retroactively. Much in the same way that not urging a child to eat well or reward them for studying hard will likely have negative effects on them. However, blaming left wing policies is a cognitive error because these problems persist in the absence of them.
That being said, I think the lefties/cultural marxists are the real racists. Why? Because they want to act like everyone is the same. This is an insult to the real diversity which does exist. It's an insult to the fact that blacks are different, and some of those differences are valuable, admirable, and unique to their people. They take a group of blacks, and if they don't act/perform identical to whites, then they say that there is something "wrong". Because "we're all the same", and if blacks don't act like whites, then it's because of "racism", or lack of encouragement, or some other social evil. Basically, they are told that if they don't act like white people, that's somehow a shortcoming, and that they need our "help". If they don't perform like whites in every observable metric, if they don't have white concepts of achievement and aspire to ideals which are virtuous to whites, then that means they are somehow deficient, and this is somehow society's fault. I have had many close friends that are black, and I can observe many positive traits, which are far more common amongst blacks for example I don't think anyone could deny that they are far more talented musically, as they have been behind pretty much ever major musical development since they joined white society. They are physically far more agile and quick, on average of course. If you look at the NBA, or the olympic medalist winners of track and field ever since blacks have begun participating in the olympics, this should be glaringly obvious. They also generally tend to have a much more cheerful demeanor much of the time, and don't let small problems preoccupy them. Of course this doesn't apply to all blacks. This is a generalization, which is appropriate when not talking about individuals, but large groups. The struggle for civil rights was about equal treatment under the law and that people should be treated as individuals rather than as representatives of groups, not an empirical claim that all groups of people are indistinguishable. These observations, and the many studies which validate them are observations about large groups, not individual men and women. The racial equality myth has long been apparent as such, and I think blacks have many redeeming unique qualities, which they have every right to be proud of and preserve, and I don't let PC doctrine get in the way of objectivity. I think the PC orthodoxy are the real racists, by claiming that "race doesn't exist" or that "we're all the same" which is insulting to people of various races. They are the real racists, by asserting that black people should act and perform as whites do in every observable metric, and if they do not then they are told that there is something "wrong" with them, and they need to be "fixed"...
That being said, I think the lefties/cultural marxists are the real racists. Why? Because they want to act like everyone is the same. This is an insult to the real diversity which does exist. It's an insult to the fact that blacks are different, and some of those differences are valuable, admirable, and unique to their people. They take a group of blacks, and if they don't act/perform identical to whites, then they say that there is something "wrong". Because "we're all the same", and if blacks don't act like whites, then it's because of "racism", or lack of encouragement, or some other social evil. Basically, they are told that if they don't act like white people, that's somehow a shortcoming, and that they need our "help". If they don't perform like whites in every observable metric, if they don't have white concepts of achievement and aspire to ideals which are virtuous to whites, then that means they are somehow deficient, and this is somehow society's fault. I have had many close friends that are black, and I can observe many positive traits, which are far more common amongst blacks for example I don't think anyone could deny that they are far more talented musically, as they have been behind pretty much ever major musical development since they joined white society. They are physically far more agile and quick, on average of course. If you look at the NBA, or the olympic medalist winners of track and field ever since blacks have begun participating in the olympics, this should be glaringly obvious. They also generally tend to have a much more cheerful demeanor much of the time, and don't let small problems preoccupy them. Of course this doesn't apply to all blacks. This is a generalization, which is appropriate when not talking about individuals, but large groups. The struggle for civil rights was about equal treatment under the law and that people should be treated as individuals rather than as representatives of groups, not an empirical claim that all groups of people are indistinguishable. These observations, and the many studies which validate them are observations about large groups, not individual men and women. The racial equality myth has long been apparent as such, and I think blacks have many redeeming unique qualities, which they have every right to be proud of and preserve, and I don't let PC doctrine get in the way of objectivity. I think the PC orthodoxy are the real racists, by claiming that "race doesn't exist" or that "we're all the same" which is insulting to people of various races. They are the real racists, by asserting that black people should act and perform as whites do in every observable metric, and if they do not then they are told that there is something "wrong" with them, and they need to be "fixed"...
