(08-16-2022, 12:06 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(08-16-2022, 11:47 AM)Talented Kalamari Wrote: Nobody wants to live in a high crime neighborhood. Also, saying that black kids need only black teachers is extremely racist.

Good thing that's not what I said.  
I said that it's desirable (but not needed) that a black kid has at least one black teacher during their elementary school years.  Reading comprehension is very low around here.

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(08-16-2022, 11:41 AM)NewJagsCity Wrote: I'm not 'working against racism'.  For me, as a 1st generation immigrant, it's about helping families who came to this country wanting to build better lives for themselves; who want a hand up and not a handout.  Not complaining about how this country hates them, while at the same time spitting in the face of all the opportunities it provides them, but happy to take whatever that same country will give them for free. Race has nothing to do with it.  If these people were lazy grifters who were mishandling the property or terrorizing the neighborhood, then I would  look for other tenants.  And if that ever happens, I will.

I understand what you are saying.  You are doing your best to simply ignore race in your dealings.  Which is certainly better than working against disadvantaged races. But what do you think other landlords and realtors are doing? Do you think all of them are being as race blind as you? Of course not.  So add it up.  If some rental housing is owned by racist landlords, and some rental housing is owned by non-racist landlords, what kind of society does that add up to?  A slightly less racist, but still racist society.  We need anti-racists to combat the racists if we want the sum of it to go to zero.  That doesn't have to be you, but it could be you.

I hear you. But some of that 'steering' of people to poorer areas might just be a function of how much they are able to pay. It might look racist, but it's really economics. I wouldn't necessarily brand a landlord a racist just because he wants to maximize his profit. Now, if there are two potential tenants, each with equal ability to rent a particular property, with an equally sound credit rating and good tenant record, and the landlord chooses the non-minority arbitrarily, then that could be racism.

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