r/politics • u/Antinatalista Foreign • Dec 13 '17

Black voters just saved America from Roy Moore

https://thinkprogress.org/back-vote-alabama-jones-8da18c1d8d7a/
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u/GunnieGraves Dec 13 '17

Yeah it’s not so much that they need policies that benefit them as policies that don’t target them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

Por que no los dos?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17 edited Dec 13 '17

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u/mamertus Dec 13 '17

Equality usually is you paying the same amount of dollars in taxes as Bill Gates.

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u/friesncheese Dec 13 '17

One could argue equality is a slightly more complex issue than a flat tax rate.

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u/FreeCashFlow Dec 13 '17

So policies designed to correct and compensate for past wrongs are never good?

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u/sargsauce Dec 13 '17

Truth. Though there's also the aspect of policies that exclude them. Was listening to a story a while ago about the difference between income and wealth and how a lot of policies that came out after desegregation benefited those with wealth (i.e. property ownership, investments) which is kind of a backhanded way of targeting blacks.

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u/Gelgamek_Vagina Dec 13 '17

It's not so much that they need police that benefit them as police that don't target them.

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u/undercooked_lasagna Dec 13 '17

What bad policies specifically target black people?

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u/GunnieGraves Dec 13 '17

For an older policy, look at sentencing guidelines for cocaine vs crack.

For a more current example, voters required to have a valid id, followed by closing of DMV offices in predominantly black areas.

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u/undercooked_lasagna Dec 13 '17

It is a stretch to say any of those things specifically target black people.

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u/darealystninja Dec 13 '17

They happened in areas that majority of black people live there?

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u/undercooked_lasagna Dec 13 '17

Ok then high property taxes in affluent areas are specifically targeting white people and are racist.

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u/Xaxxon Dec 13 '17

the two are pretty much the same right now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

Well, not quite. We need both. Equality and fairness aren't always the same thing.