Reply #23: People who think this is JUST economics are missing the point. [View All]

[David__77]

Oppression of Black people is a special form of oppression that has an economic form, but it's built into the culture, the state, all the main institutions in society. You cannot just say "we're colorblind now, let's help the poor regardless of race." That's fine and good, but doesn't go far enough. Black people as a group in this country are entitled morally to restitution. White people who don't acknowledge and fight white chauvinism - which is the only form of racial bigotry in this country that is backed up by institutional power - don't deserve respect by Black people, or anyone else for that matter.