Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Biden's answer on 'repairing the legacy of slavery' and 'inequality in schools and race' [View all]bigtree
(85,999 posts)...but for the decades I've been fighting negative perceptions about my family and communities I've lived in, often just to get to equal treatment.
And yes, those fights extended to treatment of my children in schools, access to resources and opportunities, as well as incidents of discipline which I felt was targeted and excessive. What are we really to learn from what he said? What kind of guidance is that for the nation? It's pablum, and damned offensive. 2019, ya'll, with the former, two-term Democratic VP speaking about a people literally under siege, along with all of the remedies our nation committed to their safety and well-being. But, hey, send a social worker into their home because the schools lacking resources are burdened by their 'problem' kids.
But, aside from how I feel personally, I think Biden gave a pat answer he's used before to deflect all of what the question entailed right back onto those families he was suggesting needed help raising their kids.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden