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generational racial discrimination and parenting styles, some comments

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generational racial discrimination and parenting styles, some comments

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The systemic discrimination under the GI Bill, the VA Housing Bills, and Red-Lining from the 1940s-'70s must be highly, highly impactive of why POC adolescents and their parents/home-lives vary dramatically from their White counterparts (on average). Part of me wonders if the "Authoritarian Style" that is more common in areas with lower income as well as with immigrant and Black-American communities is a result of "teaching to survive" within their individual family units. Had housing and opportunities not been so blatantly discriminatory (and had there been some conception of antiracism or the like), one wonders if there would be any "ghetto communities" or if we would have any stereotypes whatsoever about POC living in "more dangerous communities" or "having a worse home-life" than more economically wealthy and White counterparts. Since there also appears to be far less correlation with familial genetic influence on children from their parents, one can only conclude that systemic racism is at the heart of our inequalities in education, quality of life, and even impacting psychological well-being. Nothing about growing up is "on a level playing field"; many of the conditions that we see are deeply rooted in a history of dumb, uncritical prejudice at best, and outright White supremacy at its very worst. All of this helps to create fragmentation, resentment, and anger with adolescents and their families, their school life, and even within their local communities. Worrying about money, your healthcare, your work-home balance, & etc. is a greatly unfair condition for our disadvantaged communities. Is it any wonder that marriage satisfaction, emotional satisfaction, and economic satisfaction is lower within these communities? However, it is unsurprising that the material affects the mental. Knowing all of this, it seems imperative for families and adolescents to know that outside, historic forces are very much at play in their day-to-day frustrations. If they could know this, perhaps a greater change could be made. - Kyle L Chronley

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The systematic oppression that is present in this country effects adolescents, both white and students of color, by barring them from community, experiences and general feelings of safety. Real estate is now heavily influenced  school district performance, redlining almost guarantees that the schools in "low-income" areas will be underperforming. These schools may not have money allocated for experiences such as school trips or events, eliminating the feeling of school community and making it difficult for students and families to communicate with faculty and staff. Underperforming schools also make it difficult for students to move on to post-secondary education or opportunities. According to Nieto and Bode's Affirming Diversity, teachers in low-income areas and schools are more likely to have less experience working with students or in the classroom prior to becoming a teacher, meaning they are likely to be uneducated in certain aspects of adolescent, especially where diversity is concerned. Students who have teachers that don't understand their struggles are less likely to connect with their teachers, more likely to act out and if the teacher cannot deal with that, then discipline is likely to be unnecessarily severe, which further impacts the students school performance and their relationship with teachers and staff, in general.

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The domino effect of systematic oppression

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The domino effect of systematic oppression

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When taking a hard look at what the impact of systematic oppression is the result, in my mind, (and I can say this because I used to live there) places like Compton. It's families in poverty having to live in unsafe neighborhoods with the children and adolescents having to go to school in those unsafe neighborhoods. Those neighborhoods aren't unsafe because of the ethnicity of the people living there but the poverty they live in which creates crime. Gangs are more prevalent in low-income neighborhoods, which aren't the cause of all the crime, but they definitely are the biggest contributors to violence. The most talked of violence is drive by shootings and a lot of the time gangs don't even shoot the person they were looking to kill. This is how small children, young teens, and generally the innocent die in the streets, which is the emotional impact on families. Drugs are definitely more noticed in these same neighborhoods and impact families too, but the drug problem is so big now that it's hard to say that it's simply the impact of systematic oppression when it's spilled over into being an issue in wealthier neighborhoods too with a lot of mothers doing meth so that they don't feel the need to sleep so they get more done. It's just more noticeable in low-income neighborhoods because you're more likely to see someone cracked out walking around like a zombie.

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Parenting styles and being wealthy v. rich

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Parenting styles and being wealthy v. rich

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Systemic oppression is integrated into every part of our society. From the medical field to housing and education, these impacts are continuing to shape the way adolescents and their families deal with these inequalities. After watching these videos it reminded me of the discussion of being wealthy vs. being rich. Being wealthy means having generational wealth and giving your children a head start, compared to being rich where the money could be gone at any moment. Similar to the video on the GI bill and mortgages, this has created an environment where communities of color have a severe disadvantage. This can have an emotional impact on families because children don’t have as many resources compared to communities that are considered more safe or wealthy. This means that these adolescents are more likely to attend schools that are not in wealthier areas and don’t have as much support as schools in higher-income areas. It can also have an emotional impact because these parents parenting style may differ from their children’s friends parents. If a student who lives in a “low-income” area has friends who are from more privileged communities, the child from the “low-income” area may feel like their parents parenting style is too authoritarian or it may be dismissive. In the chapter 4 reading, the author states that an authoritarian style of parenting may actually be somewhat beneficial for families living in unsafe neighborhoods. However, this can cause contention in these families household and have an emotional impact on the entire family. - Diana Jarrah

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Systematic oppression is almost like a cage that affects every adolescents no matter the color their skin. The reason I think of it as a cage is because people who live in low-income area are already given a disadvantage because of either economic hardships or violence based on that area. It would be difficult for a kid to grow and learn in a dangerous environment and if they want to get out of those areas, they would have to push themselves harder but its not easy when the education system gives up on them since they live in such poverty neighborhood. those of color have to also prove themselves more than those who are privilege just to show that they are capable almost as a "am I good enough" sense. But it also affect those of who don't live in low income areas because it is expected of them to be better and any type failure wouldn't be tolerated. this can cause mental problems for the youth because they will have the mindset of "I cant fail" and anything that is seen as a mistake can affected them mentally and maybe physically. families are affected especially those of low-income because they see their kids facing these issues, and most parents(immigrants) feel like they cant help or feel useless that they cant help or give advise. For the students all they can do is try to withstand and push through because a lot is riding on there shoulders, to make a better life for themselves and their families.

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The Crumbled Foundations of  the American Dream: Denial, Oppression, and Disillusionment

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The Crumbled Foundations of  the American Dream: Denial, Oppression, and Disillusionment

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The GI Bill and urban environments may have seemed promising and economically glamorous after World War II; however, this pursuit of happiness was denied to non-white citizens making these benefits forms of systematic oppression. Moreover, the American Dream was really the White American Dream, and if others wanted to fulfill ambitions, they were denied by walls and belittling red lines. Based on the evidence given by the videos, it is important to explain how the GI Bill and FHA laws negatively impact Black citizens, and more importantly, these oppressive factors negatively impact families. First, the GI Bill accommodates Jim Crow laws which prevented WWII veterans from getting their benefits, and ultimately impacted their socioeconomic status which, in the long-term, has caused adolescents to feel neglected. Second, the FHA exploits non-white citizens by redlining them which alienates youth and causes them to commit  delinquent behaviors. Due to the denying factors of the GI Bill, Congressional leaders prevented Black veterans from living in a safe community; thus, the home environments they can be placed in can cause teens to not feel protected with their parents. Likewise, the affects of red lining cause family economic pressure, and as a result, can lead to adolescents becoming involved with violence and high levels of stress because the FHA prevents these families from being socially and economically capable of succeeding. Due to the oppression of Black veterans caused by Congress leaders and the oppression of red-lining, non-white adolescents may not feel safe in their home environment, and they may have tensions with their parents. Not only has America failed to fulfill these promises for Black citizens and veterans along with other non-white cultures, but Congress leaders and housing organizations have caused harm on adolescent development.
- Chase Kurtz

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Systematic oppression affects children in innumerable ways, and the affects of generations past are still be felt today. Redlining is perhaps one of the most impactful ways systemic oppression has affected people. By zoning based off race and thus affecting the affluence of areas by pushing out people of color, children of color are affected the most. the area a child is raised in has enormous affects, and can hinder their academic performance, perhaps leading them to a life of crime or other unsavory ways of life. additionally, as children reach adolescence, they begin to become aware of inequality and dual standards set for minorities and the majority. awareness of injustice has numerous affects on children's outlook on life and may lead to any number of reactions or adaption of risky behaviors. The GI Bill today is largely viewed as a means of attaining a degree for those who cant afford college and have a desire to travel the world. clearly, that has not always been the case and there the affects of this past practice can still be felt. thought the practice is no longer in effect, the damage has been done, sidelining many prospective veterans, and stealing potential away from millions of people of color.
-seth

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Systematic oppression has created this cycle in the lives of non-white cultures. It has created life as we know it now. The irony behind all this is that the stereotypes that non-white cultures fall under began because of that same systematic oppression. Communities being pushed away and forced to work under difficult conditions sets back not only the adult experiencing it but their children as well. Watching your family struggle to live a life of medium quality while seeing others (white mainly) live a life of good quality with no real struggle can be traumatizing to some. Being forced to live somewhere with a lack of resources, the desperation of wanting more plus not understanding the injustice behind all this can push people to lie, cheat and steal. And so, the statement that claims these areas are dangerous is almost infuriating because we're only taking into consideration the actions taken by the people being oppressed but not what pushed them to this limit. This negative idea about non-white cultures and their community is created. This idea takes away their resources and opportunities to grow, throwing them into impossible situations where they begin making mistakes that continue to feed the systematic oppression thus creating this never ending cycle.
-Julia Felix

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Redlining and Strain in the Family System

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Redlining and Strain in the Family System

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Redlining, an economic practice of designating neighborhoods with minority families as less financially viable, has created a trickle-down effect of discrimination, which has impacted the family structure of those families discriminated against. As a result of redlining, families of color were routinely discriminated against, and given drastically fewer mortgages and economic opportunities; this limited their ability to choose where they lived and gain financial success where they did. Additionally, afraid to lose the economic advantage, white neighborhoods and the white neighbors within them also discriminated against these families living in their areas. Overall, this has created a situation where minority (and particularly highlighted in the video, Black) families were given drastically fewer economic advantages. With fewer economic advantages, and situated in neighborhoods with less wealth (and consequently, possibly, fewer resources), these families and their systems undergo far more outside strain economically, which can impact the dynamic of the family itself. The textbook discusses the family systems theory, where the relationships of the family change most dramatically at times when family circumstances change. Lacking economic stability might create a family system with great amounts of turbulence. Concerns about income, both to meet basic needs and also for an adolescent’s desire to match the lifestyle of their peers, could create anxiety amongst family members, and thus for the system as a whole. This could manifest in tension within the system, which could contribute to: animosity within the marriage, animosity between siblings, and animosity between parents and children. All of these would create a strained family system, and efforts to alleviate stress within the system could result in unhealthy behaviors or rigidity of roles, which could constrain an adolescents’ development. Animosity within the marriage could result in divorce, which could add additional financial and emotional strain as well. Children in households with marital conflict often experience emotional insecurity, which can then manifest into behavior problems, which may then impact the child’s relationship with their parent; the textbook indicates that parenting is a two-way street of behaviors, and behavior problems often provoke a more authoritarian style of parenting. This could weaken the child's relationship with their parents, only furthering the strain in the family system.
- Annie Cauffman

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Systematic oppression has pushed communities into areas which are not always the best and well-resourced can hurt adolescences. Usually, adolescences who are white and are living in a nice area that they don’t quite realize the difference between their neighborhood and those who aren’t as fortunate as them; they live closed off just like these tactics that were talked about in the video, redlining as an example.
And as for non-white teens,  they may start to play into these stereotype that are thought about them. If they grew up with this oppression and may think that nothing is wrong with the system, this can add to the problem. They start to think it’s their fault, they start to think less of themselves when in reality it is not them but in fact, the system.

For communities in which are being hidden it doesn’t just put pressure on the students/teens but the parents as well. Usually, areas in which are low funded, have low resources, or tend to be neglected—oppressed—have underperforming schools; Parents want what is best for their teens and would do what they can to have them have the best education. Sometimes meaning that they will buy a home in a different area a much more expensive area, that they may not be able to afford just so their teens on have an equal chance. Many, if they have resources, they commute to other schools in other areas which connects to that economic hardship of the parents.

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Systemic oppression is often overlooked when we discuss adolescents’ experiences because “that’s the reality.” Whether the child was born into poverty or is of a certain race, these attributions affect their upbringing and understanding of themselves.
A significant form of systemic oppression is through the segregation of BIPOC people through red-lining and the GI Bill. These laws were meant to keep the poor, marginalized communities separate from middle or affluent suburbs. Therefore, adolescents of low-income neighborhoods often lack the same quality of education because schools are funded through property tax. As a result, some adolescents don’t get or struggle to pursue higher education. Thus, the adolescent finds themselves and their family in a constant cycle of poverty.
Income insecurity often leads to stressful conversations in families and creates strains in the unit. Since the adolescent years are some of the most financially stressful years for families, adolescents are more conscious of money because of financial insecurity amongst peers. As a result, some adolescents turn to get a part-time job or quick cash activities with grave consequences. The adolescent’s focus on making money can cause tension in minority families that see education as a way out of poverty, not a part-time job. Thus, authoritarian parenting in this situation can cause stress between the child and parent. While the parent may tell their child to “go to college and get a career,” the impact of systemic oppression on the adolescent is overlooked.
- Stephanie Rivera

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Systematic Oppression and Family Patterns 

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As the class video explains, there have been numerous tools used to expand racism beyond "opinion" and be able to legally practice it to undermine people of color and bar them from advantageous opportunities. Just by only offering mortgages to white families or families that lives an "appropriate" distance away from black neighbors creates an economic reward to those who uphold racial practices. It also creates the economic disparity and pressures that were discussed in class. Without the the stability of having a house, marginalized people are at a disadvantage to seek opportunities in occupations and/or education. This creates stress and anxiety on various levels for parents, and creates unstable environments for their children. The legal ability to practice racism creates patterns of forcing families into poverty and even dangerous environments, a systematic practice whose legacy is till visible in the racial disparity of wealth and poverty in this country.
-Cynthia Esparza

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Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous - Ryan East

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Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous - Ryan East

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"Always see it on T.V.
Or read in the magazines
Celebrities want sympathy
All they do is piss and moan
Inside the Rolling Stone
Talkin' about how hard life can be." (Good Charlotte 2002) These are the opening lyrics to Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous by Good Charlotte; this song always stuck out to me ever since I first heard it. The song pokes fun at the "issues and struggles" rich people claim, but use their wealth as a secret authority power. Even though, wealthy people may pose as a victim history shows where the true victims are.
History shows those that live in poverty are those who society has chosen to push aside. During the Red-Lining in the 1940s, we saw how blatant this segregation became. What stood out to me was the lengths the government went to justify this systematic racism. They allowed business to "restrict and exclude" who they didn't deem the right fit. The government also made sure the GI Bill-- a military grant-- was "deliberately designed to accommodate Jim Crow's Laws"; States were allowed to choose where to administer the funds. This creates an economic gap where we see the true victims; those that are the oppressed. But there is some hope I found.
The one constant variable that is common with the change that is happening, is the families. For generations, there was very little to no change with how society interacted with each other. But in the last 100 years, our society has come farther than the previous 1000. There's no question this history of systematic oppression has impacted families, and studies show that ethnic families have different parenting styles than non-ethnic families. I found quite ironic the most popular parenting style for white families was authoritative; go with what you know right? However, my big takeaway was ethnic families are no less demanding than white parents. This can be due to the fact they want better for their children because their experience was extremely difficult.  And because of this drive and motivation for their children, the child in return becomes more successful, and their child becomes more successful, and so on. There's still a lot more ground to cover to bridge this gap, but knowing the history of the Red-Lining and the GI Bill inequities is important because we can track the systematic oppression of ethnic families. As educators, we have to be aware that there may be a lot more going on in a child's life than if they got their reading done, and we have to provide an equitable opportunity for every student to succeed!

Ryan East

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me, this video covered the tip of a very large situation that oppresses minorities and impoverished. When I look at this video, I see all the obstacles put up to keep certain classes of people in their place, but then I also think of the perspectives of the other side, or the people who argue that those obstacles aren't really as bad. To me the real issue at hand is this idea that we don't have to remove those obstacles. The main argument being, isn't it so inspiring, to see people fight to get from the absolute bottom, and rise to the top. This is such a dangerous, and toxic mind set. It encourages the oppressive beliefs set in the past, by saying, there’s no reason to remove those obstacles, because they ultimately help you become a better person, teaching you lessons about life as you fought to get to the top. The reality is, it only divides us further. It makes families who are forced to use government aid to be perceived as lazy and taking advantage of the system. It encourages this idea to students that if they don't try like hell, they aren't trying at all. Ultimately, by keeping the obstacles , we promote this idea that people who struggle and fail to get passed these impossible odds have no one to blame but themselves, and on the rarity that there is success we regard it as inspiring. We've essentially romanticized oppression.

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Right now some people will argue systematic oppression no longer exists. These people often say that after voting rights were given and segregation became illegal things finally became equal. Redlining and voter suppression are both systems that clearly demonstrate that systematic oppression is persisting. Redlining was a illegal form of segregation where people of color were denied loans and were not allowed to buy certain homes. This has left a lasting impact on demographics of cities and public resources. Voter suppression is voters being physically threatened but it also is policy that makes it very difficult to vote. Both of which still happen to this day.

It is damaging to be taught things are fair or even when they are clearly not. Kids of color are not given the room to process racism that has effected them and their families. Meanwhile there white peers will often be blissfully unaware of their classmates' struggles. This hurts both of them because they are not given the tools or environment to engage critically with the world.

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It is so upsetting to continue to see systematic oppression existing during these times. Systematic oppression should have been fixed and ended by now. It has dramatically impacted people of all ages. Right now, systematic oppression affects adolescents by creating a false idea of their future and inequality. Having adolescents living in poverty communities leads them to believe they can not get a better life because they are of a certain race. Systematic oppression has created this idea based on the race a person is; they will live in poor or affluent communities. Also, depending on where they live, adolescents do not have the same access to education as the prosperous communities, which significantly affects them. They will not have the same experiences as other adolescents, higher level classes, and the equal opportunity to get into college.  To demonstrate, if the school they are attending does not have much funding, that will lead them to do fewer activities like not playing as many sports as others. Moreover, they will not get exposed to more challenging high school classes, which present more information and concepts, compared to more affluent high schools, which makes them less educated. When it comes to applying to colleges, they will not stand out from students attending richer high schools where they can access honor/ap classes, which stops them from getting accepted. Plus, adolescents develop a negative attitude. They see that they cannot receive better schooling because they are people of color, which makes them feel discriminated against. When it comes to families, systematic oppression emotionally impacts them by creating trauma on them. Systematic oppression makes families face poverty, hunger, housing problems, healthcare issues, and conflict getting employed. It is a cycle of never ending distress and hopelessness that these families who face systematic oppression can not advance in life with all the problems that this type of oppression imposes on them.
-Melanie Gamez

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I think everyone in this class agrees that this racial discrimination has never disappeared. It is still a very real injustice that has shifted and morphed through time, appearing in one aspect or another in our society. Swept under one rug or another. The GI bill blatantly targeted only white Vets, propagating Jim Crow laws and keeping this social injustice 'alive.' These statistics they quantified for various neighborhoods allowed for an unprecedented level of systematic oppression by 'putting a number' to and dehumanizing the zones that were deemed bad. These 'bad' zones then were not provided the resources that they needed to improve and succeed as a community. This created a feedback loop that kept the struggling neighborhoods struggling, and pushed the affluent neighborhoods further ahead. Since they were doing so well, they were then rewarded with more resources while there were those who were still struggling. Children who grow up in these poor communities will not have the same opportunities provided to those from the more affluent ones, which will manifest much harder challenges. The individuals living there will have to work much harder to accomplish the same goals a child from the affluent community is pursuing. There is a psychological impact in the children in these positions. Everything in their lives is telling them that they need to struggle to simply live. They are not provided equitable opportunities and that will guide many of their choices throughout their lives.

I think providing more resources to communities that are already succeeding doesn't make sense. Especially when there are struggling communities that could benefit from those resources. Put as an example, you have a fence in your yard that has some pristine areas and some worn sections. Do you spend all your allotted resources on the already nice sections, letting the worn areas fall further into disrepair? Or do you fix the sections that are falling apart first?

-Sean Agler

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Redlining, the GI Bill, and the Cycle of Poverty

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Redlining, the GI Bill, and the Cycle of Poverty

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Practices like redlining are dangerous because they justify racism through public policies and laws. Racism therefore goes beyond the personal opinions and feelings of a racist person; it’s embedded and realized in our society through these systemic practices that specifically target people and communities of color. The video explains that even a single Black or Jewish person in a neighborhood would cause the entire block to be redlined. This demonstrates how threatened people felt by people simply living their lives. Housing is a social justice problem because policies like redlining strategically target BIPOC, disadvantage them, and bar them from housing and resources in certain areas.  This places immense stress on the family unit. Parents are overworked and education in these areas does not tend to be as developed, again due to lack of resources. The problem feeds itself and it grows and worsens with time. People are forced into the cycle of poverty.

This problem becomes deeper when we consider the predatory nature of the US military. To this day, the military preys on the poor and disadvantaged as expendable war forces. They convince them that joining the military will give them a pathway out of poverty through the benefits provided by the GI Bill: access to a college education, housing, and job training. The GI Bill video explains that the federal government gave the funding to the states and entrusted them with allocating the funds to the veterans directly. Often, it was only white veterans that received benefits. This further emphasizes the difficulties people face when trying to escape poverty and the poor living situations the government forces them into. These people risk their lives for a chance at a better life for themselves and their families, but they are denied the benefits they rightfully earned.

-Jocelyne Nuñez

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If one to analyze every aspect of this country, it would not take to long to see that WASPS were given head starts to build their wealths while everyone else wasn't just experiencing the lack of a head-start, but rather an active detriment that would cause damage which itself would multiply over time in the same way the WASPS were benefitting from it all.  This all comes back to racist practices like slavery, and later on redlining.  Though both of these have been disconintued, the effects have been long-lasting and kept minorities from accumulating anywhere near as much wealth/inheritance as their white counterparts.  This has had extremely harmful effects on their psyche, self-worth, and identity.  Even if they may not feel it directly, the implications of those racist policies and system still affect everyone today