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<blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 3015048" data-attributes="member: 66082">I appreciate the sentiment, but it doesn&#039;t really get to the crux of the problem I don&#039;t think.The reality and it is a tough reality is that racial identity has value in this nation.&nbsp; Being identified by this nation as a certain race gets you treated vastly differently in this nation.And racial identity from its beginning in this nation has worked to convey huge advantage to some and huge disadvantage to others and the people who gained the huge advantages want to keep those advantages and that&#039;s why racial identity continues to exist in this nation.Because being identified as a white American or a Black American on average will lead to profoundly different experiences and opportunities.Until people understand this fact and understand which group benefits from the maintenance of racial identity and understand that group along with others must seek to destroy the fraudulent belief in race.... the kind of progress you want will be slow motion in this nation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="refineryworker05, post: 3015048, member: 66082"] I appreciate the sentiment, but it doesn't really get to the crux of the problem I don't think. The reality and it is a tough reality is that racial identity has value in this nation. Being identified by this nation as a certain race gets you treated vastly differently in this nation. And racial identity from its beginning in this nation has worked to convey huge advantage to some and huge disadvantage to others and the people who gained the huge advantages want to keep those advantages and that's why racial identity continues to exist in this nation. Because being identified as a white American or a Black American on average will lead to profoundly different experiences and opportunities. Until people understand this fact and understand which group benefits from the maintenance of racial identity and understand that group along with others must seek to destroy the fraudulent belief in race.... the kind of progress you want will be slow motion in this nation. [/QUOTE]

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