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Even though racial disparity is pretty rampant in the country, the fact it is more so in the Midwest is partly probably because of lack of diversity in certain areas of the country. Lack of diversity is workplace, school and society mean people who are more willing to help who they know land a good paying job, and give certain opportunity to, will only usually help their friends, close associate or relative. so certain opportunities are never open to minority that are not mixed within a certain group of people, resulting in less income and prosperity among those minority.

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Delmar, Jasmine, Cierra, Xavier Desiree Self determination vs social and cultural capital 

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Delmar, Jasmine, Cierra, Xavier Desiree Self determination vs social and cultural capital 

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Our group had an interesting dialogue regarding reality vs fallacy of black people living in the America chasing the American dream. The fallacy of the American dream seems to rest on the idea of hard work regardless of race. How often do we ignore our instincts in pursuit of the  American Dream?

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Questions: Do you think the "American Dream" ISN'T for black millennials? Why or Why not? What questions would you ask this author about her argument?

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Opinion | The American Dream Isn't for Black Millennials (Published 2019)

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What I learned from talking to more than 70 of my peers - and trying to buy a house.

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Group: Jasmine, Paige, Reese, Chris, Abenezer

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1) yes- because even with the progression made, there is still equal amount of discrimination. the american dream is a dead idea. the financial issues have become a burden on the millenniums. black are still being oppressed in so many ways.

2)   Question 1: What is the underlying reason of why you decided to wait so long to sell your home?

Question 2: What now do you think is you perception on the american dream?

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When speaking of the traditional American Dream with a home, a white picket fence, and being married Black millennials no longer seem to feel the need to follow that specific path anymore.
They are concentrated on efficiency - because getting married costs money, owning a home requires tax payments, and so on.
Values of millennials are different now, and the American Dream has become more refined in the modern day.
Millenials also have come to worry about their own concerns rather than others, as an example of individualism.

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1) I have never really thought of Minnesota as being a racist state because of the “Minnesota nice” and how liberal our state is. One of my first thoughts of how are state has racial inequalities is that we have a high Somalian refugee community. I don’t know how well our state government is doing by protecting them, giving them proper housing and good job opportunities. But I also feel like within Minneapolis the North is where the minorities live and the South is where the majority live. They don’t mix together. I think it is too hard for the minority to get into South Minneapolis because the housing is more expensive, the shops are higher end, corporate offices are located here. Then in the North it is like the state government has just forgotten about these people who need help from the local government.
2) I don’t think that the Blacks should move out of their community. It is like saying to the majority “you’ve won”. They shouldn’t have to find a city that better suits them, our cities should become more welcoming and give all socially classes the opportunity to strive. I think it is important for our nation to become diverse and by doing that cities need to have a good mixture of different cultures.
3) I don’t think businesses are doing their best to give everyone the same opportunities. For example, I don’t think there is a Whole Foods in North Minneapolis nor is there a high end salon. But there is Walmart, Pawn stores, and Goodwill. I don’t think businesses give minorities much opportunities to strive.

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MINNEAPOLIS - Some of the worst racial inequality in the nation can be found in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro area, according to Wall St. 24/7, which reviewed a range of economic and social data to identify the places where black Americans have the greatest chance of faring the worst.

While the Twin Cities has one of the lowest white poverty rates (6 percent) in the nation, it has one of the highest for black Americans (32 percent.)

"To determine the 15 worst cities for black Americans, 24/7 Wall St. created an index consisting of eight measures to assess race-based gaps in socioeconomic outcomes in each of the nation's metropolitan areas," the report states.

"Looking historically, these are cities where there is a tremendous amount of residential segregation," Camille M. Busette, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told Wall St. 24/7.

"People are not walking around, working together, going to school together, taking the same metro together, et cetera. So there isn't a lot of familiarity."

The Twin Cities ranked fourth-worst in the nation for black Americans. Only Racine, WI, Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI, and Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA ranked worst.

Here's the breakdown for the metro:
4. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN

Black population: 270,924 (7.8%)

Black median income: $31,653 (41.5% of white income)

Unemployment: 12.3% black; 3.9% white

Homeownership rate: 24.6% black; 75.8% white

Here's what the study had to say about the metro area:
"The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area is one of several Midwestern cities that enacted restrictive housing covenants and exclusionary zoning policies in the 20th century. These policies still impact residential patterns today. The city is highly segregated by race and has some of the largest disparities in poverty, income, and homeownership between black and white residents of any U.S. metro area."

"While the 6.0% white poverty rate in Minneapolis is far lower than the comparable 10.6% national figure, the 32.0% black poverty rate is above the 26.2% national figure. Additionally, the typical black household in the area earns $31,653 a year, just 41.5% of the white median household income of $76,208. Disparity in homeownership is even more stark. The 24.6% black homeownership rate in the Twin Cities metro area is less than a third of the 75.8% white homeownership rate."
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MINNEAPOLIS - Some of the worst racial inequality in the nation can be found in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro area, according to Wall St. 24/7, which reviewed a range of economic and social data to identify the places where black Americans have the greatest chance of faring the worst.

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I think it is a lot of things that play into what the article is stating.  I feel when it comes to home ownership and black families losing their homes 

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I think it is a lot of things that play into what the article is stating.  I feel when it comes to home ownership and black families losing their homes 

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Racial Disparity in the Twin Cities - Desiree 

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Racial Disparity in the Twin Cities - Desiree 

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I didn't realize there were racial disparities in the twin cities until I moved here. When I was apartment hunting and running errands during the day, I realized there were no black people out and about. I asked my sister about it and she said it's because black people can't afford to not be at work. This is why I got a lot of weird looks. The article says that the metro area is highly segregated by race, with blacks in the poorest areas and with black median income being 41 percent of white medium income.  Racial “housing covenants and exclusionary zoning policies” are also cited as part of the issue along with a large African refugee population that isn't expected to have immediate success. I don't think the more successful black population, if it exists in Minnesota, is doing anything to help the poorer black Americans. I also think that it's hard to move up in the world if you aren't focused on your goals, but it's hard to make it in America if you don't already have money.

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Redlining has been a huge issue in this country and especially around here in minneapolis. I have noticed first hand how people are "segregated" by their communities due to cheap cost of living or rent prices surging forcing people to move out and other people to move in. They are basically controlling the type of people living in each neighborhood. I also believe that Minneapolis is a safe place to live and can thrive but we as a whole as a community need to come together and support one another. Support I feel is one thing that is lacking for African Americans in this area. I have worked downtown for the last six years and if you asked me if businesses were treating everyone fairly for jobs and interviews I would honestly say no. I have seen and heard the way people act and talk and there is no support or help being given to the black community. In order to stop all this underlying racism towards the black community, it all needs to start with you and the people living in your neighborhood. Support, encouragement, and opportunities are the beginning steps in this urge for social justice and change for the black community.

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Based upon the criteria that 24/7 Wall Street used to make the 15 worst cities for black people, I believe I know why the disparities in income and homeownership are so large. For example, in Minnesota, we have a huge Somalian refugee population. Refugees are individuals that come from other countries seeking safety and shelter, often fleeing their home countries to do so. When they flee, they often bring nothing with them. This forces them to, in essence, start from scratch. Their first concern is feeding their families, not buying houses. Starting out, refugees will have a much harder time, financially than someone moving out of their parent’s house.

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Living in the twin cities for 38yrs I have learned and seen a lot when it comes to employment and I believe that there is a lot of things that play into unemployment and why I feel like it is harder for some to get jobs. One of the issues I feel plays a part in being able to find a good paying job is not because of the lack of education but because of the lack of resources we have, Growing up I have always been taught that a lot of times it doesn't matter what you know but it matters who you know. I have seen a lot of individuals that was well qualified for a job but someone else might have gotten the job because of his dad or mom or great aunt works there and although they don't have the skills they are willing to teach hands on. A lot of the poverty issues going on with people losing their housing I fell like because a lot of black people got into ownership with flexible rates not sure if that is the right term but wasn't aware and it was not fully explained that each year the could eventually end up paying more and more for their house. Not being aware of these issues the weren't expecting the cost to sky rocket leaving them unprepared and unable to afford what was theirs. I saw a comment with someone on the article stating to just move. but that isn't  going to fix anything its just going to blanket the issue until it becomes an even bigger issue because even if blacks were to relocate it would be another minority that would be affected with the same issues and problems

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I believe that the lack of diversity and inequity in the distribution of wealth play a role in racial disparity within the Midwest. I can definitely see for myself that, though we've gotten better at it, there is segregation in the Twin Cities. You can tell which neighborhoods are areas of poverty and so on. I lived right by the Lowry bridge, which separates North Minneapolis to NE Minneapolis. After crossing it, you can see the immediate difference between the two areas.
Black communities should NOT leave the Twin Cities. I believe that Black communities make up a lot of the Twin Cities. It's a problem that needs to be worked through and I believe there's a solution, but leaving the cities won't help get there.

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I believe one of the reasons for the racial disparities in the twin cities, has to do with the control of crime and poverty amongst a certain group of people. When there are a lack of jobs, and resources amongst a group of people but you have poverty this causes people to do things to survive which is not always legal. When you have crime this causes people to get wrapped in the prison system which then makes it harder for them to acquire employment and housing. Many minorities are not able to financially support and assist loved ones due to financial issues themselves, and housing restrictions (HUD, Section 8) and lack of ownership.

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I think the lack of opportunity and the lack of diversity has a lot to do with the racial disparities that take place in the Twin Cities. The Twin Cities is very segregated, you can clearly see which parts have more poverty than the other. There is also a lack of diversity in schools and workplaces. People are therefore ignorant or more willing to ignore what is happening outside of their bubble since it doesn’t impact them directly. There is also a lack of opportunity. Many people do not have the opportunity and the freedom to move as they please. They are subjected to only living in certain areas due to not having the financial freedom to move and find better opportunities for themselves and their families.

I don’t think Black people should move out of the Twin Cities because that is not going to fix the real issue at hand. Also, not everyone can just up and leave as they please.

I do not think businesses are trying to fix the issues listed in the article because if they were, I don’t think the Twin Cities would be so high up on the list. Businesses are not giving Black people the same job opportunities as everyone else.

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I Read a book not too long ago called "Evicted" by Mathew Desmond and it talks about homelessness and the problems that the city of Milwaukee faces and their own housing problems.
Milwaukee and the Twin Cities are not identical but they share enough I think that we can look at the problems of one to study the other

To make a long story short, redlining caused heavy segregation of the north and south ends of the city and the white side had its low income area and is getting better but the black end never recovered.
This happened a lot in America and Minnesota isn't innocent.

People moving is a short term solution to a long term problem and would make things much worse for the people who can't move.

I think business can only do what keeps them afloat and unfortunately being charitable is something only the few can do.

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I believe there are several factors regarding the homeownership. One being people not thinking owning a home is important, and a lack of trust. A lot  of people don’t think it is a priority to own a home anymore, this could be due to a lack of influential advisors or families members to steer them differently; some people like to avoid debt and do not want a home due to needing a loan to get one.The lack of trust is due to the adjustable rate loans people received from Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac along with many other businesses. This caused the housing collapse and a lot of families to loose their homes. From the rates of loans going up and down to just the fact of some people not knowing which loans are right or wrong for them  at this point. Many are reluctant to enter the housing market there are too many risks. No blacks should not leave the twin cities, because it will be leaving here today and somewhere else tomorrow. What should happen is resources should become available so that people of color are able to buy, and create a community suitable for them. The sameness issues will be present if blacks are forced out of their neighborhoods and have to relocate elsewhere. I do not think business are helping improve the current issues. If the issues prevented these businesses from getting money from people of color then you would see a change.

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I have been living in Minnesota for about 12 years now and it surprising to see how ceriatan areas will deliberately rise the price on apprentments/housing in order to gentrify certain neighborhoods. This leads to Redlining meaning black people can be denied of various service. Being raised at dale street I can see the the rasical disparity just by where I lived. I say this because Minnesota has location where you cant tell it was made to cater to white poeple. For an example Grand ave, lake calhoun are areas that better access to everything Compared to east 7th street or frog Town. I don't think moving is a good idea for black communites beacuse they are one of  the key communites to bring change to Minnesota.
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What are some things the Southern Baptist Convention can do to be more inclusive of black Christians?
Should they dissolve entirely, due to their past affiliations?
What do you think of Tisby's stance?

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In a new book, a black evangelical challenges his white counterparts to take full responsibility for their complicity in racism, and to commit to changing America.

Jeffrey McWhorter / AP

The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby Zondervan

Many conservative Christian denominations have spent the past several years reckoning with their legacy of white supremacy. The darkest parts of American history are full of Christian characters, including scores of pastors and theologians. A number of still-existing denominations, among them the Southern Baptist Convention, were first formed to defend slavery*. Some well-respected Christian scholars dedicated their lives to rationalizing racial hierarchies with the Bible. And terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan claimed an explicitly Protestant identity, with some pastors openly supporting their cause.

To reconcile this past, contemporary pastors have gathered at annual conventions to pass numerous resolutions opposing racism, albeit with occasional stumbles. A flagship Southern Baptist seminary published a report in late 2018 detailing its own long history of support for slavery and Jim Crow policies. "We knew, and we could not fail to know, that slavery and deep racism were in the story," wrote R. Albert Mohler Jr., the seminary's president. "We comforted ourselves that we could know this, but since these events were so far behind us, we could move on without awkward and embarrassing investigations and conversations." The denomination's first apology for its slavery-promoting past came in 1995.

Repenting for the sins of forefathers is much easier than recognizing the racism embedded in religious institutions and cultures today, however. In The Color of Compromise, the writer Jemar Tisby challenges the notion that white supremacy is merely a legacy, and not a present reality, in the church. "Christian complicity with racism in the 21st century looks different than complicity with racism in the past," he argues. "It looks like Christians responding to black lives matter with the phrase all lives matter. It looks like Christians consistently supporting a president whose racism has been on display for decades." Perhaps, he writes, "Christian complicity in racism has not changed much after all." While Tisby is nominally writing for the church at large, he is specifically focused on its conservatives-"Bible-believing" Christians who come out of traditional theological backgrounds similar to his own.

A broad range of conservative Christian leaders, such as Mohler, apparently yearn to repent for their racist inheritance. Their failures-in the eyes of Tisby, who is part of an emerging generation of activists in the church-illustrate how people who think in Bible verses and call one another "brother" and "sister" sometimes misunderstand the issue of racism. This book is partly an attempt to clarify what racism actually means. But ultimately, the writer's goal is larger. Tisby calls on his fellow Christians to take full responsibility for their complicity in white supremacy, and to commit to changing America.

While Tisby's take on this topic is not exactly new, it is timely: The racial divide within American Christianity has been exacerbated under Donald Trump. According to the Public Religion Research Institute, white evangelical Protestants have consistently favored the president since he was elected, with roughly 72 percent of them expressing support in the fall of 2018.

By contrast, three-quarters of black Protestants said they viewed him unfavorably in the same poll. Black Christians expressed despair when the president was elected, both because of his racist rhetoric and past and because they felt ignored and even antagonized by their white peers. Evidence suggests that some have left majority-white churches. And yet, prominent white Christian leaders have celebrated Trump's presidency: One Texas church, First Baptist Church of Dallas, composed and premiered an original "Make America Great Again" hymn in the summer of 2017.

Tisby has spent years working to start conversations among white Christians about racism. He runs a blog about the black Christian experience and hosts a podcast, Pass the Mic, on the same subject. His writing has been published widely in popular outlets, and he speaks frequently on racial reconciliation at churches and universities. More recently, however, Tisby has leaned on history to help him in his work against racism. After earning his seminary degree, he enrolled in a Ph.D. program in history at the University of Mississippi, focusing on race, religion, and social movements in the 20th century. In The Color of Compromise, he seems to see history primarily as a tool of persuasion and advocacy. "Paradoxically, although this is a book about the past," he writes, "it is really about the future of the American church."

Tisby's historical frame is helpful in another way: It offers white conservative Christians language for talking about racism in a way they can accept and understand. Tisby invites these readers to walk with him through America's past, crafting a narrative that feels safely apolitical and can be understood with scholarly remove. As Tisby gets closer to the present, however, he shows that the sins of the past may not be so different from those of today.

Instead of simply chronicling the horrors of racism, Tisby shows white Christians' indifference toward it. In the lead-up to the Civil War, Tisby writes, the influential theologian James Henley Thornwell framed slavery as a "political" issue that fell beyond Christianity's moral ambit. In Thornwell's worldview, the church could "merely assert what the Bible teaches," according to Tisby, and "must remain silent on that which the Bible is silent."

This worldview shows up throughout The Color of Compromise. As the civil-rights movement began taking shape in the 1950s and '60s, "people of faith may not have given their full support to the most extreme racists," Tisby says, "but neither did they oppose racists outright or openly disagree with racist objectives." Six decades later, closer to the present tense, Black Lives Matter activists protested police violence toward African Americans. "Many white Christians viewed the killings ... as isolated events," Tisby writes. "They could not understand why black people and other keen observers had such strong reactions."

Because many traditions teach that salvation is personal and individualized, Tisby argues, some Christians often frame racism as a matter of individual sin rather than systemic bias. This can engender blindness or skepticism toward theories of structural racism, which help explain the vast gaps between white and black Americans in wealth, educational outcomes, and rates of incarceration. "Many white Christians wrongly assume that racism only includes overt acts, such as calling someone the 'n-word' or expressly excluding black people from groups or organizations," Tisby writes. In his view, this is wildly insufficient: "Being complicit [in racism] only requires a muted response in the face of injustice or uncritical support of the status quo."

Tisby calls on "Bible-believing Christians" to educate themselves about racism, develop interracial relationships, and commit to supporting activism against racism. He encourages churches to distribute reparations from their collections, to declare a "year of Jubilee" for black members, or to fund black-led church plants. Perhaps most challengingly, he calls for firm resolve on race-related issues that some consider strictly personal or politically inflammatory: Take down Confederate monuments. Don't send kids to schools that have become segregated through zoning codes or high tuition. Oppose police violence toward people of color. And don't support a president who has "obvious racist tendencies."

As Tisby himself acknowledges, these recommendations might seem painfully obvious to some, especially his activist peers. But Tisby's ideal readers may be the people who are ready to pick up a book about Christianity and racism and be challenged by what they read. Step-by-step instructions for reducing racism are useful only if they reach people who don't already agree with Tisby's ideas.

In the final anecdote included in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's report, the authors detail a 1961 visit to the seminary by Martin Luther King Jr. Hundreds of students crowded into the campus chapel to hear him speak; a group of them later called on the city's mayor to desegregate its restaurants. Members of white churches around the South were appalled. White southerners wrote letters to protest King's appearance and voted to withhold funds from the institution. Eventually, the school's president, Duke McCall, apologized for King's visit.

The authors of the 2018 report describe McCall as a "moderate" who wanted to maintain the "honorable middle ground" on civil rights and segregation. This is where the seminary report ends-without extending the analysis to the current day. Then, as now, white Christians were willing to consider issues of racism, but wanted to do so with the comfortable backing of consensus. Then, as now, activists in the church were sidelined: Tisby writes that he and his peers are often called divisive, offensive, radical, misguided, and more.

Fifty-five years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and 154 years after the end of slavery, it is true that racial dynamics are different in America, and within the American church. Still, the patterns of history, and the tug of moderation, remain the same. That's where this book offers value: Tisby is the rare writer on race who could have impact in rooms where progressive consensus cannot be assumed.
*A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that the Presbyterian Church in America was first formed to defend slavery. We regret the error.

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Closing the Gulf Between Black and White Christians

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In a new book, a black evangelical challenges his white counterparts to take full responsibility for their complicity in racism, and to commit to changing America. The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby Zondervan Many conservative Christian denominations have spent the past several years reckoning with their legacy of white supremacy.

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1)      The first and foremost thing that can be done is stop separating the churches. Robinson described in his book how the group of “mainstream” has separate blacks within the group, and a group of them entails the blacks who attend separate churches then whites. Stop forcing Catholicism on Baptists and focus on the higher being that everyone serves.

2)      No I just think some changes need to be made, entirely to the whole organization and ‘white churches” as a whole.

3)      Tisby seems like he is for equality of all people, but then it goes back to your history, are you the things you preach? Or are you just using your platform to speak on history. Some people let their history portray their futures, but they have no intellect about the opposing team.

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1) I think one of the main things that needs to be done is that the churches need to be more inviting to black people. They need to get out more in the community and say hey we want Christianity to become more diverse, our ancestors screwed up, but we want to change that and make you feel more welcomed here. I think just talking about the elephant in the room is the best way to start. I don’t think that all Christians are racists and I feel bad that they get a bad rap. But I do think they can try harder to bring their communities together by inviting more minorities to their church.
2)No I don’t think that they should disappear completely. But I do think they need to try to bring that churches together as one.
3) I think Tisby is doing the right thing. He has acknowledged that the past pastors and the churches were wrong and he is trying to change that. I do think that more people should follow in his foot steps and bring the communities together all over the south.

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1.)For starters, I believe that the southern churches are on the right path in both acknowledging and accepting their history and relationship with racial issues in America. It is not enough to know your history but to accept and realize it is apart of who you are, whether that be an individual or a society. With that being said I do believe there is a problem facing all churches in the America. From people I’ve talked to in my lived experience it seems that many people, especially people from my generation (people born in the late 80’s early 90’s), are turning away from churches and religion in general. I think part of the problem is a disconnect between the churches and the people. If churches want people to feel welcomed and have that same sense of community that churches once advertised they need to reevaluate and reinvent themselves. How do churches impact people’s lives today? What is the purpose of church and religion in the 21st century? What does in mean to be a church in the 21st century? While I don’t think these questions will solve the issues I do think part of the solution starts from within the church.

2.) I don’t think the churches should dissolve but I do believe change must be made. What that change looks like I don’t exactly know but something must change.

3.) Overall I think Tisby believes in equality for all; The only thing I don’t agree with necessarily is the methodology in achieving this goal, mostly the ‘year of jubilee’ for black congregation members. Part of the reason racism persists today is because we as a people and a nation can’t even agree upon what is racism, but I think a way for people to have common ground and understand the perspectives of others is to have open dialogue with opposing view points. To this point I think it’s great that Tisby is challenging people and their beliefs while openly promoting conversations about race.

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For Toby’s stance, I don’t agree to that. A whole church of diverse congregation needs not to declare “year of jubilee” for black members or fund black led church plants. It still sounds racist. If that is done only for the black members or black Christians in the church, what would be for people of Asian, middle eastern and European descents that are also members of the church?

Furthermore, it is the right or choice of people to support or vote whoever they want to regardless of race, marital status, sex, nationality, religion or send their kids to which ever school they wish to send their kids once they can afford, feel safe and satisfied. You cannot restrict people of what to do since it is not forbidden by law. Don’t you know that there are still some black people that support Trump? I have seen a lot of them.

What I recommend to Tisby and the church is that, the church should get involve into giving everyone’s the opportunity to perform irrespective of race, sex, political affiliation and they should get into the Bible discussion and get away from politics in the Church. They should stand neutral as a church in politics and individually as a politician at home and places recommended for politics. Politics should not be preached in the church and Tisby as a person should stand up as he’s doing but for all people that are humiliated and not just blacks.

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The first thing that needs to happen is the church should look at all the members as a whole and treat them as brothers and sisters in Christ. Also the church needs to gain the trust of the community back showing they are walking and talking what they will be preaching. Tisby seems to want all to be treated equal but this starts with society as a whole, church is one stepping stone people worship one day of the week but at the end of the day they go home and if they are harboring in racial or ill feelings towards others church is not going to help just my opinion.

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Something that the Southern Baptist Convention can do to be more inclusive to Black Christians would be to practice acceptance and gain more insight.
II don't think they should dissolve entirely, but rather they should improve from their past affiliations.
I believe Tisby's on the right track, but much like what everyone is saying, the funding of Black church plants - though empowering - still feels like it's excluding.

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Some things they can do? Recognize that jesus was a black man (bye bye white Jesus), realize that most of everything that occurred in the bible was in Africa, White Members of the congregation can delve deeper into their issues with black people (mostly rooted in unfounded stereotypes and that one friend they heard was robbed by a black person), actually talk to black people, acknowledge and apologize  the church history and renounce it.
2. Honestly,  I think so. I feel like church is a waste of time anyway and a racist church isn't worth the it. Why make strides when a house of worship shouldn't be racist to begin with.
Tisby's stance is to try to enlighten white Christians who wonder why there is so much racism in this world. He first makes the reader aware of the systemic inequalities of black people and then tries to have the reader analyze their own personal biases as well as making them aware of how they can further perpetuate the cycle of racism whether intentionally or unintentionally

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The churches can open up to black Christians. Discontinue the segregation that continues to exist, specifically within the domination of religion. I also think the inclusion of the experiences Black Americans face can be of topic discussed in the church. Black people deserve to be prayed for! They deserve to be honored as the Children of God, just as the white folks do. Stop demonizing Black Christians for the issue of race.
I do not think that they should dissolve entirely, as long as it can adapt to be mmore inclusive as stated above. Embrace one another as stated within the literature of Religion.
I believe Tisby has an empowering hope for equality. I wholeheartedly support his desire to educate and support for Black America. His ideal is respectful since religion is not going anywhere, I believe that his mission is much needed in this time and the topic needs to be discussed

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I personally am pretty anti church. I think it's the one place that takes something that should be private (your relationship with God) and makes it public. But for the sake of the argument, the Southern Baptist Convention could just invite black people to church if they wanted to be more inclusive. They don't need to dissolve entirely. They need to acknowledge their racist past and admit that systematic racism does exist. And I'd like to say that I don't understand why Christians support Trump but when you think about it, it makes sense. The church is the main form of the Patriarchy, where men stand on a pedestal and tell other men and women how to live. The Republican party holds onto traditional Christian values that include male leadership... I'm really biased. Honestly, I don't understand why people still go to church. Especially women, we have rights now. But I wholeheartedly agree with Tisby's stance that the church should acknowledge systematic racism and stop supporting a President with obvious racist tendencies.

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1) I have never been in a church but most seem oddly segregated. I don't think its just white churches that should be inclusive to black people but also black churches should be welcoming to white people

2) I don't think churches should dissolve but i do believe that they have a great power they choose to withhold around many political issues. Doing nothing and being complacent in many cases is just as bad as doing the act yourself.

3) I don't agree with reparations because its too difficult to get it done and get it done right. Back when the civil rights act was passed then it would have been cleaner but now too much time has passed to make it realistic.

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The church can stop condoning the separation of colored folks and white folks in different churches. This can be helped through the teaching of diversification to young children within white baptist families, to ensure a better racial environment in the future.      As far as dissolving the church goes, i feel as though the young people and children being brought up within the church may be its only hope. The older and more experienced members or pastors that have a history of racism do not have much potential to change in my opinion. While it may be beneficial to show that change is possible within such institutions, the kind of historical racism that follows behind the baptist church is pretty much unforgivable. I don't think it really even deserves a chance at reform.

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I personally find it very difficult to be part of a religion that support slavery and racism. They knew better many years ago, but they refuse to do the right thing, so the apology doesn't mean much. they knew there practices does not match their believe.

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1. Is there anything Black boys can do to narrow the gap between the white man in accumulating wealth?
2. What are the causes or reasons that black boys coming from a wealthy family will not be wealthy, but rather poor?

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Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys (Published 2018)

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A study of 20 million children shows the fragility of the American Dream.

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I think the responsibility doesn't entirely fall on black men/boys to narrow the gap because of the systemic issues present that take away black men's ability to be on the same playing field.
2. Generational wealth is a big factor. The article points to marriage and how black men and women are less likely to be married and being single and being a single parent means less income and in my opinion pushing some further into poverty.

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1. Besides the old saying "You have to work twice as hard because you're black" I don't think black boys can do much besides that.
2.Fatherhood, focusing on passing down wealth, and getting rid of bureaucracy in the corporate world I think would fix many problems that are affecting everyone especially black boys.

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I don't feel as though there is many things Black men can do to even the gap between them and white men. This system is not designed for black men to prosper and this is just an example of that. The tests we take along with other things were designed by white people for white people. Of course the focus should be on passing down generational wealth and knowledge but we need to create a system
tailored to us to truly "prosper"

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1. I don't believe there is anything that black boys can do to narrow the gap. The only thing that they can do is work for what they want and that still might not get them to where they want to be.
2. This article talked about many different  obs that black men face. Such as fatherhood.

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1) I don’t think there is a whole lot a black man can do to narrow the gap of income between a black man and a white man. I think the system in place is one that allows for white men to succeed over black men. I also think that those who hire are looking for a certain image they want for their company and are scared that if a black man with long dreads comes in for an interview, the image of their company will change and maybe they’re worried they lose clients or will get new clientele they didn’t want.
2) A big cause is in my opinion is that a lot of black people aren’t married. If they have a single family income with children, well that could be the reason as to why they are struggling with paying the bills.

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1. I do not believe there is anything else black men can do to narrow the gap between white men and wealth accumulation. Society has to accept and be willing to give men of color the same opportunity they give everyone else. This is one of the reasons black owned businesses are important to be able to provide employment opportunities to other people of color 2. I believe one of the big reasons for the lack of wealth is due to the lack of fathers involved. No one to teach the importance of passing things down and a role model of what being a successful black man is all about instead of the rappers and people on tv

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1.Aside from working hard and getting an education there isn't much a black man can do to close the wage gap.  The study showed that even with an education black man were still at a disadvantage and aren't guaranteed to earn more.
2. I think one of, if not the biggest, reason is summed up in this quote from the reading."“It’s not just being black but being male that has been hyper-stereotyped in this negative way, in which we’ve made black men scary, intimidating, with a propensity toward violence,” said Noelle Hurd, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia. " This idea that black man are dangerous or, as Hillary Clinton labeled them, "super predators", still persists within society today and until that ideology dies out black men will always be at a disadvantage.

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I believe awareness to this matter is the first important thing when trying to attempt to close this gap. Being knowledgeable and aware can enable motivation for change.

One of the reasons could be that test scores do not accurately measure the abilities of Black children. Growing up Black in America also heavily differs from growing up White in America, and I feel that even though the child is living in a good environment with stable financial living, Black boys are still looked at more critically.

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I think the black boys need to work harder than ever before if they want to break this barrier. What I see today is just not the issue of race but also cultural diversity. When a typical black man or African American becomes rich, they spend their money on too much luxurious things like cars, jewelries, clothing and not thinking on investing into the generation after them. With all the millionaire celebrities in Hollywood, how many black businesses you can point at? Not a lot. If rich black folks were investing into businesses and hiring black folks to manage those businesses, I think the gap will be narrowed. But, when black boys are born unto wealthy family, a lot of them just sit and enjoy the wealth and don't work beyond that to pass it on. At the end, they turn to becoming poor again. On the other hand, a lot of rich white folks spend time with passing on their riches to their kids. Instead of putting too much jewelries on themselves, they invest into businesses that go from generation to generation from one kid to another. And those people hire people of their race to manage them. So, narrowing the gap between the white and black is a tough one.

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The majority of the article create a correlation between a strong family unit and wealth gap. It shows that families who have a strong family foundation like when both parent are together and married, their children tend to fair better in life, same as whether they grew up in wealth or not, majority of the families who has a less stronger unit are black families more than white families, this is not to take away from the fact that racism and having good network, amd generational wealth also has a play in this. This are also something that white families have better advantage

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I feel like there is a lot that Black boys can do to narrow the gap between themselves and White Boys. I feel like a lot of the resolution rests on giving these young boys something to look forward to. Teaching them how to save and also showing them other things that they can do with money other than spend on a lot of unecessary items, and also teaching them how to build and not just get by. When we give young Black boys an outlet and show them more than just how to survive than we will see them taking control of their future and wanting more.

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1. What can doctors do to better serve women of color.
2. How can doctors recognize and avoid allowing their implicit bias to affect their decision making in medicine.
How training doctors in implicit bias could save the lives of black mothers
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/how-training-doctors-implicit-bias-could-save-lives-black-mothers-n873036

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1) I think that doctors need to remember the oath that they took when they became doctors. They need to remember that black women are real people who have real health concerns. The doctors need to push the stereotypes and their bias opinions aside.
2) I think more mandatory training needs to happen. I also think that there should be an anonymous survey given to the patients so they can share their experience with the hospital staff. Then maybe those can be given to the HR department for review.

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1) The first thing the doctors can do to serve women of color is put aside their bias. Second they need to recognize women of color are the same as any other woman we are human we have pain and we do require medical assistance a time times. Once these things are done the visit should be the same no matter what color the person is.
2) Doctors can avoid allowing their implicit bias to affect their decision making in medicine by first listening to the patient and their concerns. With the patient the doctor has to figure out a plan of care based on that patient, not everyone is the same and neither is every situation. When administering drugs and treatments, they should put themselves in the patients shoes. Secondly think of the patient as a person in need of help and do your job based on the oath you took to begin with

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1) To better serve women of color, Doctors can start by recognizing their biases. Being aware about the problem is a start to change. They can move on to countering their biases and being more accepting to all their patients.
2) Doctors can recognize and avoid their implicit biases through training, just like how the police department and such do. But also educating themselves and getting to know people of different cultures and ethnicities themselves.
Training on implicit bias can show doctors that women of color are no different than any other woman.

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1) -Treat them equally- why do I have to feel at a hospital that I was short ended on medical information that has to do with my health- the unjust is so real here- because unfortunately- that doctor would of just sat down with a white women and explained all possible avenues that could later affect her.
2)-Recognize the fact that there is an underlying biases. And that not everyone thinks the same as on does. So if one feels neglected because of their skin that NEEDS to be recognized, and addressed.

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I think it is possible to close the gap of wealth between black and white males, but it would take a lot of effort. The fear and criminalization of  black men needs to be eliminated if we are to make any progress. Black men have to stop bailing on the responsibility to their families. The cycle has to end. Black males need to stop idolizing rappers and gangsters. There are successful black men who are neither that should be viewed as role models. Traditional family values need to be prioritized over the bachelor lifestyle. Black men need to respect black women. We deal with a lot of the same stuff and then some as women and we need black men to be a solid rock instead of a rolling stone.

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Doctors need to realize that black women are people too. It's just common courtesy and decency to treat every patient with the best care. I don't see why a doctor would ever be short with a patient when discussing health risks postpartum. That is unacceptable. There definitely needs to be training on implicit bias so doctors can be aware of it and stop themselves from acting on it.

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Honestly I think that nothing will fix this issue unless more Black men and women become doctors themselves. These numbers have been known for awhile, the reasons for black women have the highest mortality rate by far in the country have been pondered. I think someone who can relate and understand on a level past reading an article is needed for this situation

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1.I think doctors need to let of their bias. But that still might help. We need to have more doctors or more people of color that works at the hospitals. Doctors need to realize that women of color are people as well and that change needs to start with themselves.

2.I think doctors need to listen to their patients. If a patient cannot breathe the doctors should listen to them. The patient knows what’s wrong with themselves. Training should also happen for doctors so they can understand that everyone is not the same and every person has a different belief, value, and religion. Doctors should also learn about different culture as well.

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As someone mentioned above, the path that doctors take to treat and care for all patients equally needs to be recognized and possibly re-evaluated to ensure that doctors are following through. While they are under oath, some of them still remain within their biases and somehow that slips past the eyes of those in power enough to change such things. Setting aside this bias is an obvious first choice, but so many people are unwilling to let go of their pre-selected beliefs and biases, therefor I believe a system of checks and balances within the medical community would benefit everyone affected greatly. Things like surveillance, or HR reps that are specifically in charge of racial equality, could be some options to get ahead of this issue. Ethical training on ethnics should also be implemented to all new coming doctors as well as long standing doctors that are well trained in all other aspects.

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1. Hospitals can require cultural competence as A requirement for doctors and nurses so they can better serve patients. Furthermore, policies can be created to uphold these clinics and hospitals to uphold equal treatment towards the people they serve.
Doctors can specifically learn of personal biases, become cognizant, and dedicate to overcome such prejudices.
2. Doctors are most likely unaware of their biases that direct their practices due to the society we live in. Systematic and institutional racism is so common and alive that there is no need for such professionals to have to look at his or her actions. However, doctors need to educate themselves on such matters. They also need to reconsider the oath they take in helping people heal. Those doctors that are exposed to such treatment need to speak out and advocate for the patients that need the support, especially black women.

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I think doctors and other health workers should get more and frequent training on how to treat patient especially those of special need. They should not treat people base on color, race, sex but rather look at everyone as a human and a patient. Some people go to those hospitals and clinics with frustration and no hope. It is duty of the health workers to give those people hope. Segregating them will  make them feel more sick and don't want to seek medical attention in the future. Hospitals need to hire professionals of diverse culture so as to keep patients more confident.

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1. Do you think Black men are targeted more when it comes to being falsely accused of rape and if so, what can the justice system do to better represent people of color.
2. Do you think women should get a charge for lying?
3. Does the government owe people wrongly accused of crimes a form of payment. To assist them in getting their lives back on track? If so how much and for how long?

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26 Years Later, Justice for Men Imprisoned for a Bogus Rape (Published 2018)

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Gregory Counts and VanDyke Perry were found guilty of a rape that the woman now says “never happened.”

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I do believe that black men are more likely to be falsely accused of rape. I have a cousin who is in jail right now for being falsely accused. He was involved in illegal drug activity as well and must have angered the wrong people because a woman accused him of raping her in a van that matched the description of my aunt's vehicle which he frequently borrowed. The justice system is not fair towards people of color. White men are convicted of rape and get slaps on the wrist all of the time and white people are more frequent drug users. The justice system needs to stop discriminating against people of color. Period. Women should be charged for lying about being raped. It makes it harder for actual victims to come forward in a system where your rapist could walk free even if convicted. And in cases like these the woman should serve just as many years as the falsely accused. The falsely accused should receive some kind of compensation. They shouldn't have to remain labeled as a sex offender. And the amount of money compensated should depend on how long they spent in jail or how long they were out of work due to false accusations.

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1) I do think Black men are targeted more when it comes to being accused of rape, and it's probably more common that they get harsher punishments than say, when a White man is accused of rape. The justice system can do better by being less bias.
2) I do think women should get charged for lying. Them falsely accusing someone causes that person to lose many years of their life.
3) I feel like the government should definitely be responsible for helping the people who were wrongly accused. I feel like they are owed a lot and the least the government should do is help them get back on their feet.

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1. Yes, many cases show that African American men are wrongfully accused of rape just as stated in the article. Not only rape, but many other crimes as well. The justice system needs to follow law and investigation protocol to avoid wrongful convictions. Many of the cases of the wrongfully accused, have been proven through DNA matches; however, as sstated n the article, these facts are many times dismissed in the case. There is an idea within the nation that Black men are rapists, which was even highlighted in the old film, The Birth of a Nation. In this film, it featured a black man that raped white women. Since this film, and before the film I'm sure, this stereotype has continued. Some other things that could be done is implementing policies or laws that protect the rights of those accused,   even though they exist already. There needs to be compensation when such policies are not honored.
2. Yes, I believe women should have to endure a consequence if they lie, not only about the case, but as well as wrongfully accusing or identifying the wrong man. She should have to serve the time he is faced with.
3. Yes, the government should compensate these people with more than just financial support. First, I think that their criminal record should be erased. Those men in this case should not have to carry the crime of sexual offenders! And if they are found not guilty, the record should be sealed from ANYBODY having the ability to come across. Also, yes, a lump sum of money should be paid to the defendant, as well as an annual payment for difficulties and challenges they will endure.

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1) I do black men are more targeted police have a stereotype of black men and i feel like they are trained differently on handling black men
2) i do think women should be charged for false accusing men. You see a lot things in the news about how they report a rape that never happened.
3) yes i think the government should pay him. The guy was sent to jail at a young age. He has no work experience he has no money

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Anyone found of intentionally making false accusation should be charge and reprimanded, because their accusation can literally ruin an innocent person life, it is unfair that anyone can just choose to mess somebody life up because they had grief with them. The justice system has definitely used as a weapon when it concern African American. Cases involving African American are usually not be judge fairly and not investigated thoroughly due to prosecutors desire to get a conviction.

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1. Do you think you are classified as not racist in the black eye because you have an extension to black life?

2.  Do you feel the concept of this video relates to the title? Why or why not?

3. Do you think the stereotypes of “blacks” and “whites” are true in this video?

4.  Can we as nation come together to support other communities that don’t look like us? Why or why not?

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I do think “black” men are targeted more and falsely accused more frequently when compared to other ethnic groups and I believe part of the reason is because people tend not to believe “black” males because of some preconceived notion they hold, i.e. “black” men are savages, they’re dangerous or violent or black males are all criminals. In some cases some men are guilty until proven innocent, instead of innocent until proven guilty. A way to combat this problem could be to erase the stigma surrounding black men and present them in the same light we do “white” criminals; By this I mean stop using the worst picture you can find of someone when reporting their story when a “black” male is involved; Or something to the same effect.

I definitely think the accusers should suffer some sort of repercussions if their accusation is proven false. If not what’s stopping them from of making more false claims?  People get in trouble for lying all the time, so what makes this any different?

I don’t know what form a monetary payment would take, but I do think it’s partially the governments responsibility to assist these people because part of the reason these people were in jail in the first place is because of the government. One of thee most impactful things they could do right now is erase their criminal record if they were falsely accused. It’s complete bs to have to be forcibly labeled a sex offender over some bs that never happened.

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1) Black men are targeted more than white men. People have these stereotypes that black men are big, violent, uneducated people. So people tend to not believe what they have to say when they say they didn't do the crime.
2) I believe the woman should be charged with false reporting, using police resources, and wasting the courts time. She should also have to pay a fine for what she did that goes to helping these men rebuild their lives that she destroyed.
3)I don't think there is a price tag you can make for someone who has been a wrongly accused individuals. But the government does owe them enough money to get a house and get their family out of debt for lawyer fees.

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1) I definitely believe that black men get targeted for false accusations. The movie Marshall(2017) was based on a true story of a black man accused of rape and the lengths they had to go through to clear his name. The case that involved Brock Turner was particularly upsetting. All the evidence was pointing to him being guilty and even the judge said he was guilty but he got off with a slap on the wrist because the judge "didn't want to ruin a young mans life".

2.) Charing someone for false reports is something that should be taken seriously. There is a thin line that comes with strict laws, we don't want to scare victims from coming forward.

3) The legal system plays a big part in destroying some peoples lives, if they are proven innocent it would be the right thing to help rebuild something they tore down.

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1) No i'm not racist in the eyes of this song. This song points out a critical point. The white representative doesn't hate black people, but he dislikes black culture. Saying how if they just acted "White" then things would be better.

2) Yes, the title fits very well. "Im not racist, but..." is a phrase thats said by people who may not hold hate towards other races but still sees them as lesser.

3) The people portrayed in the video are the two most vocal groups and the most interesting to put against one another. Not every white person likes Trump and not every black person sells drugs. But we all can relate to something that one side has said.

4) As long as our Neighbors and the people around us all feel the same , then we have no reason to change. We pool together with people who share similar ideas. To spread new ideas we all need to move out of our personal bubbles and talk with a bunch of people. In a perfect world everyone would talk with everyone, a more realistic approach would be for everyone to branch out every once in a while

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Lareese Davis

Post your two- three songs: title and artist. Feel free to post a video as well. 
My three songs are 1) Don't touch my hair by Solange 2) Need freedom (feat. Jussie Smollet) 3) They don't give a f#@$ about us  by Tupac 

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Lareese Davis

Post your two- three songs: title and artist. Feel free to post a video as well. 
My three songs are 1) Don't touch my hair by Solange 2) Need freedom (feat. Jussie Smollet) 3) They don't give a f#@$ about us  by Tupac 

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FRIENDS - J. Cole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd8cZHK2IEw

I'm Not Racist - Joyner Lucas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43gm3CJePn0

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ATM - J.cole
https://youtu.be/vUTI4bPdlgE

Neighbors - J.Cole
https://youtu.be/Qnjqn0vk-eU

The Story of O.J. - JAY-Z
https://youtu.be/RM7lw0Ovzq0

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Changes by Tupac
https://youtu.be/eXvBjCO19QY

Glory by Common and John Legend
https://youtu.be/HUZOKvYcx_o

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1. JAY Z, Kanye West - Otis ft. Otis Redding -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoEKWtgJQAU

2. Kendrick Lamar - Alright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48u_uWMHY

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Jasmine King
Flash and the furious five- The Message
Nas-If I Ruled The World
Beyonce- Freedom

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A Looking in View
-Alice in Chains

The Last of my Kind
-Alice in Chains

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Im not very fluent with pop music and the likes, but I believe these are both popular and racially relevant songs:

Killing in the Name of - Rage Against the Machine

Toxicity - System of a Down

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Sorry i did 4 songs
1. Joyner Lucas I'm Sorry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjKbw1Cqpt0
2.Joyner Lucas Just Like You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VuuTeZq2uM
3.Ludacris ft.Mary J.Blige Run Away love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISvMS6s41vY
4.Nas I Can https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvVfgvHucRY

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1) Meek Mill: Whats Free
2) J.Cole: No Role Modelz
3) Nas: If i ruled the world

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1) I’m not racist per what this song is saying.
2) I understand why it is called “I’m not racist”. It seems like the White point of view from this song says they don’t have hate for someone based on the color of their skin, they just can’t understand the black culture or the struggles a black person goes through so they do have some resentment towards. (This isn’t for all White people. Some are very understanding of other cultures, while others are just nasty racists who do have hatred)
3) Yes I do think these stereotypes are spot on.
4) I think as a country we are becoming more understanding with the different cultures especially with people who are 40 and younger. It seems like the baby boomers are the generation that was raised with hatred and racism in the household. So they harder time changing there ways.

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My three songs are
1. NWA- F*ck the Police
2. Sam Cooke- A Change is gonna come.
3. The game FT. Various artists-Dont Shoot.

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It is no secret that Black men in America are criminalized by the justice system, and in turn seen as naturally violent by many law enforcement officers, and people of ignorance all over the country. This image of inherent violence is and was created by the discrimination of many generations past, and is something that continues to wreak havoc on the lives of young Black men today. In turn i think it is safe to say that Black men are far more easily a target for false accusations of all types, and for this instance, rape. We can see a clear difference between the treatment of white and black men who are accused of the same crimes. White men seem to get the benefit of the doubt, especially if they are denying their accusations to be true. On the other hand Black men seem to get the short end of the stick, and regardless of their level of guilt, seem to face terrible charges and easier blame no matter what.
I think it goes without saying that false accusations made by women that jeopardize the life of anyone, including men, is a crime punishable by jail or something of equal disdain. For people that fall on the other side of these false accusations, and are jailed under false prosecution, there should be at the very least a monetary compensation of massive value. Not only do the charges of the false crime affect any potential future success, but the stress and pressure of having to deal with such a concept is something that has to take a huge toll on anyone being targeted. All of this together makes for a drastic impact on anyones life, and if implied by that hand of our government, it should be corrected to the fullest extent possible.

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My four songs are:
Where is the Love? - Black Eyed Peas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc

This is America - Childish Gambino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY

Pray for Me - The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR7Ev14vUh8

What Would You Do? - City High
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LahcSFleKm8&has_verified=1

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I think black people would assume that I'm not racist because I am black. Black people hear me speak and probably think I'm an "oreo" or "not really black" which is kind of racist.
I think the concept relates to the title. Americans fear what they don't know which looks a lot like hate that is used to cover up this vulnerability. The majority fears the minority, the immigrant, the gay, the transgender, etc.
I think the stereotypes are true in this video. White people will assume black people are lazy thugs who don't want to contribute to society. There's this ongoing stigma that black people, especially men are dangerous. Black people assume white people want to see them locked up and don't want to see from their point of view.
I think it's possible for the nation to come together but it would mean people would have to step out of their comfort zones which is a very hard thing to do. I used to think America was a place that celebrated our differences as a whole, but there are many who want to cling to what they know and to people who look and act like they do.

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1.I don’t think I’m classified as racist based off of the song. That being said, I think anyone can be racist. Prejudice, ignorance, discrimination aren’t qualities reserved for a specific group of people.

2.Yes I do. I think what the video does well is highlight how each point of view comes from a lack of understanding and not necessarily a place of hate. It’s clear there’s a disconnect between the two points of view.

3. These are some of the most common stereotypes you’ll hear so in that respect I do think they are true . When the white fellow was saying “I’m not racist, my cousins boyfriend is black”, I could immediately think of a few people i’ve meet that have used this same exact line.

4.I think we are capable of supporting each other but whether that actually happens is another story. I think we are slowly moving to a point where the majority of the nation supports other communities that don’t look like them. However,  there are still people alive now who lived through the early years of segregation, who lived during the time where black people didn’t have rights and were treated like property. These same people are passing down their believes and ideologies to their children, continuing the cycle of hate. Until these ideas die out of the nation’s conscious I think it’ll be hard for us to fully support one another.

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1) No. The kind of friends you have doesn't determine your true prejudice and thoughts against a certain race. I believe that having Black friends does not give you a pass to disrespect their race, culture and lifestyles. I wouldn't want someone to do so if it were about my race, so I'd find it unjust for someone to do so about Black people.

2) Yes. Though the title explicitly says, "I'm not Racist" but definitely shows racism, it relates to the fact that people use that term to alleviate that they actually are indeed racist.

3) "Black people love fried chicken." *and so does the majority of every other culture, JUST SAYING.
The stereotypes maybe apply to a lot of people, but they aren't limited to other races too.
The stereotypes from the video do happen and can be true, but then we heavily concentrate on those factors and miss the history of why these things happen.

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False Reality - Dizzy Wright
This is America - Childish Gambino
Show Me Something - J. Cole

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My songs:
1. Freedom - Beyonce
2. Powerful - Alicia Keys / Jussie Smollett
3. Spiritual - Jay Z
4. Changes - 2 Pac

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Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Beyonce - Freedom
Kelly Rowland - Crown

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2. The concept of this video relate to the title because, the title is trying to explain things from white people perspective, saying that white people don't think their racist but they just dislike the things they see on the media that has being used to represent black people.
3. The stereotype in this video are absolutely not true, first not all black people behave the way media has represent them, and some white people are enlighten by mixing with black people.
4. We as a nation can come together by not negatively representing minority and also by talking to one another and learning from each other and not believing everything we see in the media.

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Micheal Jackson
They don't care about us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1pqi8vjTLY

Nas
I know I can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvVfgvHucRY

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1. Why do you think Black Presidential candidates are afraid of speaking out about reparations?
2. Why are Black people conditioned to vote Democrat?
3. Is not voting if issues are not addressed a viable solution?
4. What do we need, as people, to be able to hold politicians accountable?

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#ADOS was started by the brain trust of Howard graduate and host of the Breaking Brown political show, Yvette Carnell, and UCLA alumnus and attorney, Antonio Moore who hosts the weekly radio show Tonetalks. ADOS-which stands for American Descendants of Slavery-seeks to reclaim/restore the critical national character of the African American identity and experience, one grounded in our group's unique lineage, and which is central to our continuing struggle for social and economic justice in the United States.

In his book, American Slavery, American Freedom, the historian Edmund Morgan concludes that slavery was not a contradiction of American freedom, but rather that slavery was the institution that made white freedom possible. In other words, slavery was not a mistake so much as a precondition for a societal hierarchy which requires descendants of slaves to remain a bottom caste and be made to suffer the necessary failures of a brutal economic system. This was followed by a Jim Crow-era that saw #ADOS become actual contagions that lead to a destruction of wealth; through federally-supported, discriminatory practices like redlining, black presence literally made wealth disappear in communities, all while American whites-and more recently, immigrants- enjoy advantage in a land of apparently equal opportunity that was in fact manufactured on the back of black failure.

According to Yale historian David Blight, "by 1860, there were more millionaires (slaveholders all) living in the lower Mississippi Valley than anywhere else in the United States. In the same year, the nearly 4 million American slaves were worth some $3.5 billion, making them the largest single financial asset in the entire U.S. economy, worth more than all manufacturing and railroads combined."

Codified by government and exploited by private actors, the creation of an #ADOS underclass served as the financial engine of a nation that never recognized the debt it owed to the group as a result. As such, the #ADOS movement is underpinned by the demand for reparative justice in making the group whole, and as a necessary component in fulfilling the promise of opportunity from which, by design, ADOS have been historically excluded and denied.

The truth of ADOS life is seen nowhere more clearly than the racial wealth gap in this country:

Closing the racial wealth gap requires a New Deal for Black America. President Trump's assertion during the 2016 Presidential campaign that Black Americans "have nothing to lose" was met with defiance by those on the Left, but the data supported the statement. From over all wealth levels, to home ownership, to student debt levels and beyond African Americans across this nation are suffering. According to a study from Brookings, half of Black Americans who are born poor stay poor. Most Black kids who are born into middle class families are downwardly mobile. And as Duke University economist Dr. William "Sandy" Darity, and co-founder of the ADOS movement, Antonio Moore, along with other researchers observed in their study What We Get Wrong About Closing the Racial Wealth Gap, the concentration of ADOS at the bottom economically is a consequence of lack of wealth transfers and multi-generational oppression, not individual agency or cultural patterns:

#ADOS #AmericanDOS sets out to shift the dialogue around the identity of what it is to be African American in an effort to move the discussion from melanin, and properly center the discussion around lineage.

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ADOS was started by the brain trust of Howard graduate and host of the Breaking Brown political show, Yvette Carnell, and UCLA alumnus and attorney, Antonio Moore who hosts the weekly radio show Tonetalks.

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I think Black Presidential candidates don't speak up about reparations for a number of different reasons.  I feel they believe that although they might gain the attention of the percentage of Black voters that do vote they would loose the attention of other races that vote.  Bringing up reparations before they are in office could cause a lot of issues and will leave other voters to thinking that they are only out to help the Black community and that will cause them to loose votes and to not get elected.
2. i think Black people have been conditioned to vote democrat because even with the messed up system that we have it seems like the Democratic way that has attempted or acted like they were for helping those who were lower and middle class people and families which majority of Black people and families fall in that category.
3.Not voting is not a viable solution if certain issues are not addressed.  Not voting only continues the cycle of your issues not being addressed or put into place to be changed.  It also limits your voice and when you don't vote you are only hurting yourself because they are gonna get votes regardless and someone is still gonna win with or without your vote.
4. We as a people can't hold anyone responsible if we don't hold ourselves accountable first, meaning we need to educate ourselves on how the political system is run. If we try to address issues and we are not educated on the process or even how it is put in place or run we will get shut down but if we educate ourselves then we will be able to address any issues and will be heard.

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Lareese Davis

1. I believe presidential candidates are afraid to speak out about reparations because they could be at risk to not get voted in office. This is a topic that alot of whites are not comfortable talking about they believe that they are not responsible for the hardship blacks endured. This is a touchy situation for most whites because it will require acknowledgement of wrong doing and they will have some form of guilt. So maybe to keep the peace this is just one of those avoid at all cost situations
2. Alot  of people of color are poor and many unemployed, receiving food stamps cash and things of that nature so they vote for the party that is going to help them in their current circumstances. As a child I was told the republicans don’t care about nobody but the rich and to not vote them in.
3. Not voting is not a viable solution you could be that one person that didn’t vote that allowed the opponent in. If issues are not being addressed then you need to find out whom your local senate representative is express your concerns.
4. As a people we need to hold theses politicians responsible by voicing our opinions and letting them know they will lose the black vote if they continue to undermind us. Then let them know that they are going to do the things that were promised for our community then we need to go to city hall and wait till they pass bills and things and voice our opinions.

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1) I believe that really any candidate running for any office tries to avoid this topic. Their goal is to win the election, which means getting the most votes. The most votes are white people, so they try to speak to them more than the minorities.
2) Blacks are more prone to voting democrat because democrats speak more about their issues they face everyday. They’re more progressive and believe in change. They talk about needing healthcare, raising the minimum wage, making college affordable, etc. These are all topics that blacks are drawn to because it impacts them directly.
3) I don’t think not voting is the right answer. Just because the two candidates that are running don’t talk about the exact problems you face or are passionate about, doeesn’t mean one of the candidates doesn’t represent something else you have common grounds on. If you really dislike one of the candidates but can tolerate the other, why would you not vote?
4) I think we need to start voting in people who aren’t rich 80 year old white men who only address white people problems. We need to start voting in young fresh minds that get the real problems people face everydaY in this country.

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JASMINE KING RESPONSE    1. Because the majority of the population in the U.S. is white so to talk about making the playing field even would either get them impeached or labeled racist. 

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JASMINE KING RESPONSE    1. Because the majority of the population in the U.S. is white so to talk about making the playing field even would either get them impeached or labeled racist. 

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2. Because of the switch that happened 1960's and the belief that neither party truly cares about us but Democratic acknowledges us.
3. I'm not sure because of tactics used to erase our vote, switch it, and keep us from voting. I'm not sure if voting really has an impact.
4. I think learning about politicians past actions helps. I think taking what a politician says  at face value helps  as well. I think it's important to learn about the impact they have on the communities they service  shouldn't be overlooked just because he says he respects black people and does nice things for photo ops.

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I think black politicians in the past have feared speaking about reparations because they fear the backlash that would come from other politicians and fear that they will be discredited because they are only there to help black people. That was the issue with Obama. I think reparations are being talked about more openly in the democratic party now and will be a major topic during the 2020 election. Black people are conditioned to vote for Democrats because they are the party for the people. They run on improving the lives of the Americans and making more progressive movements. Not voting is not the best solution but I can see why someone would not vote if their issues aren't being addressed. We just need to hold politicians accountable for their actions. We just need to do it. If we see they are practicing unjust methods, the people need to protest.

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I can see where your coming from when you say that the midwest is a little less open to other cultures and races than the other parts of the country. I am from a small town in North Dakota and there were all mostly white population or Native American population if you lived near the reservations. I also grew up around people who were very racist and not accepting to other communities and cultures. I believe here in minneapolis things are 10x better when it comes to racism but it is still noticeable. Makes me wonder what we need to do as our midwest communities to eliminate the racism that is prevelant in the midwest.

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I am always in favor of destroying old ways and beginning completely a new from the ground up. Most of our systems no matter what they may be have been established and used for decades and not changed. We need a complete restructure of everything we do as the American people. I grew up in a church but no longer affiliate myself with any religion but growing up it was clearly predominately white christians that attended those churches. I believe if one can just change their ways and integrate those southern baptists churches and it works then do it. But i am for starting all over.

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1. I do not think that any politicians want to talk about the topic . Politicians are trying to win votes and many votes come from white people.
2. i believe that many black people vote for democrats because the democrat party tries to relate to issues that black people have going on. The democrat party acknowledge us.
3.Not voting is not a solution to me each votes count. One vote can make a difference