Read on Twitter
(1/ _) Seems like someone left the lid to garbage can open over at
#SafeSeattle again. They don't even attempt to address the lack of representation in positions of power, the disproportionate prison population, lower employment figures... but don't worry, I will. https://twitter.com/spekulation/status/1329873275871064069
#SafeSeattle again. They don't even attempt to address the lack of representation in positions of power, the disproportionate prison population, lower employment figures... but don't worry, I will. https://twitter.com/spekulation/status/1329873275871064069
(2/_) The employment-population ratio for Black Americans has historically tended to fall quite a bit lower than for whites or Latinos. Just as Black employment has historically been lower than for whites, the unemployment rate among Black Americans been higher.
(3/_) The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 54% of employed Asians worked in management, professional, and related occupations — the highest-paying major occupational category — compared with 41% of employed whites, 31% employed Blacks, and 22% of employed Hispanics.
(4/_) While the 116th Congress, which came into session after the 2018 midterm elections, was the most diverse ever, only 57 of the current 535 voting members of Congress are Black.
(5/_) In 2018, the average Black worker earned just 62% of what the average white worker made.
(6/_) Similarly, overall income for Black Americans was about 42% lower than for whites in 2018.
(7/_) The aggregate wealth white households have held has historically far outstripped that held by the Black community. And while it has increased for white people since the 1980s, it's remained stagnant for Black people.
(8/_) A key part of the "American Dream" is leaving your children in a better economic position than you were in, but that dream is less attainable for Black Americans.
(9/_) When they tried to get financing from banks, Black mortgage applicants were more likely to be denied loans than aspiring homeowners of other races.
(10/_) Black prisoners are overrepresented in the US prison population compared to their share of the total US population. (And suggesting "ThEy'Re MoRe ViOlEnT" IS RACIST AF.)
(11/_) Roughly half of those fatally shot by police are white, but Black Americans are fatally shot at a disproportionate rate compared to their representation in the US population.
(12/_) See, all Americans inherit a legacy stained by slavery... but black Americans also inherit the ACTUAL SUFFERING, which did not end when slavery was abolished. It went on, through the legal strictures of Jim Crow & rampant private discrimination, which still continues.
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In short, #WhiteLivesMatter is a pile of hot, hot garbage... and #SafeSeattle is rolling around in it like we all knew they would.
In short, #WhiteLivesMatter is a pile of hot, hot garbage... and #SafeSeattle is rolling around in it like we all knew they would.
