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The aim of this article is to dispel the myth that race is a source of any significant disadvantage in the United States.  The greatest disadvantage in the United States is inadequate opportunities for time and money, and beginning in a low income household.  An individual’s access to money typically determines their opportunities to make money or position themselves to make money.  Personal development also typically depends on the level of household income a person is born into.  After self deception all human problems are a product of inadequate opportunities for people to have time and money.  The human constant is that all people want to do what they want to do in all settings.  To do, requires know-how, money, and time, and know-how can typically be obtained through time and money. Race is the greatest divider of the underclasses and this division is one of the greatest obstructions to class goals.

I’m of the opinion that a person who is black and born into money benefits from all the advantages of white people born into money.  A person born poor and white faces as many obstacles as a person of any other race born poor.  The questions I intend to answer to validate this opinion are as follows: are black people discriminated against in education because of race?  Are black people discriminated against in employment because of race?  Are black people treated unfairly by law enforcement or in criminal justice proceedings because of race?  Are black people denied housing opportunities because of race?  Are black people denied access to service, public services or private services because of race?  

The word systemic is thrown around by people who push racial division for their own gain.  Then it is repeated by their followers who often don’t know what the word means or how to qualify that something represents a systemic problem.  The United States has a history of systemic racial discrimination which provides examples of what systemic racism looks like.  Today we have pre-Civil Rights Act rhetoric being used in a post Civil Rights Act nation.  The words sound as good as they did then, but you’re pointing to problems that have not existed for a long time     

When we say there is a systemic problem it means there are elements within the political, economic, and social systems that are producing or facilitating a problem.  When it is legal for a school public or private to deny a person admission based on race this is a systemic problem.  When a person is denied an opportunity for employment, either outright or only considered for certain jobs based on race this is a systemic problem.  When a person cannot purchase a house or rent housing in certain neighborhoods based on race this is a systemic problem.  When a person is denied adequate legal representation or being judged based on race by a racially biased jury or judge this is a systemic problem.  When a person is attacked or harassed based on race and the perpetrators are not prosecuted this is a systemic problem.  When a business owner can refuse to sell goods or services to people based on race this is a systemic problem.  All of these things have occurred in the United States but are no longer occurring.  Not only is it illegal to discriminate based on race, it is also socially not accepted, outside of far left groups it isn’t socially acceptable.  

Yes I meant far left groups are acceptant of racism, so long as it is directed against white people.  The more anti-racist the leftist is, the more racist they actually become.  They believe first that racism is a serious problem.  By serious problem I mean that it limits opportunities as described above, and that it is prevalent.  They perceive all the world’s problems as being caused by racial oppression, and therefore white people are responsible for all the world’s problems.  It’s okay for POC to be racist against the race responsible for all the problems, and who apparently contribute nothing to the world.  The world view is inherently racist, because it prioritizes the idea that problems are rooted in racism, and the white race is responsible for racism.  If you do not accept the dogma, you’re racist, even if they cannot overcome the objections to their claims.         

The very premise of white privilege, the claim that being white in the United States is an inherent advantage is the promotion of racism.    It’s the promotion of racism because it conditions people to see people of another race as advantaged.  More than twice as many white people are living in poverty as there are black people living in poverty.  Do you believe that a white person born into a household in the bottom 20% of the income distribution is advantaged over a POC born into the 60 to 80% portion of the income distribution?   It’s the same as the promotion of a stereotype that all black people are criminals.  Despite being the same thing white privilege is afforded mainstream promotion by the left and the assumption that a black person is a criminal is abhorred racism by the left.  

I wouldn’t make the argument that being white is a disadvantage, but there certainly is an argument to be made, because narratives influence actions publicly and privately that provide opportunities for people of color that poor white people do not have.  Publically for example there was a trial for UBI in Cincinnati, but only black women were eligible.  Privately there are organizations and nonprofits that aim to provide assistance or advocacy based on race.  They exist for minorities but do not exist for white people, so it could be argued that materially and socially, poor POC are advantaged compared to poor white people who do not benefit from their race in those respects.  While they’re perceived and told that they have privilege.  LOL.  I do understand the history of this country and the good that racial advocacy groups have done, so don’t misinterpret it as a veiled pitch to do away with such groups, but there’s definitely an argument to be made that low income white people are racially disadvantaged.  I don’t make that argument because it isn’t a significant disadvantage.  I”m not trying to advocate based on race. I’m not trying to create the illusion that the reason poor white people are poor is because they’re white to advance personal or racial interests.  I”m saying that all people born into low income households, and those confined by low income opportunities face no greater degree of difficulty in life because of race in the United States, in 2025.                     

Some of these assertions are self-evident, where there are no examples of someone being denied social services, private services, educational opportunities, housing, legal representation, or being the victim of a crime where the perpetrators are not prosecuted.  Other assertions will be qualified through data and proportion.  Proportion denotes whether an example represents an exception or the norm.  If an issue is systemic it means there is a system that is producing or facilitating that issue.  If an issue is systematically facilitated it will produce a great proportion of examples.  Otherwise it is an exception, and not the normal product of the system. 

The general public is almost devoid of the ability to qualify an assertion, to show why something is something, definitively, by definition.  Facts to people are choosing to believe something that feels good because it reinforces their perspective.  People’s discernment of fact is based on feelings.  People do not know the difference between a fact and an opinion.  A fact is an observation whereas an opinion is what someone thinks about something.  Some opinions are disqualified or invalidated because there is no factual basis for the opinion.  This is a huge issue when it comes to making assertions about race.

To make a racial assertion there has to be something that shows a person’s behavior towards another person or group of people is motivated by race.  Instead any comment can be removed from its intended context and be said to be racist.  Any interracial interaction can be deemed racially motivated not based on anything overt that reveals treatment was racially motivated, but based solely on the fact that the two people involved were different races.  The opinion is put forward, and lacking any evidence the opinion becomes fact based on the number of people who choose to believe it.  This function is not limited to racial assertions, which is why there are primarily two groups of people in this country who have strong conflicting opinions about subjects they do not understand, and both groups’ opinions are invalidated by fact or can be understood as being detrimental.    

This material began as analysis of popularly promoted incidents of excessive force by police in 2020.  I had a small compilation of these articles and reviewed other stories and studies promoting racial disadvantage.  This material as well as perspective from my own experiences in life led to the assembly of this book.  I originally completed it in 2021 , and there were minor additions and revisions, with the final revision and addition taking place in 2025.  Most of the material is from 2020 to 2021.