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In reply to the discussion: (I'll regret this) starting around 1970, black wages started to rise and white wages started to fall [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)163. were you offended West's words that Obama had not done enough for the Black community?
was it the word itself
was it the message as a whole?
or was it my cut and paste?
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(I'll regret this) starting around 1970, black wages started to rise and white wages started to fall [View all]
Recursion
Feb 2016
OP
Most won't get it. I really know what you are saying...and so does Bernie. nt
Jitter65
Feb 2016
#184
I think I could get behind that. Could make it a hell of a lot harder for discrimination to happen.
Bubzer
Feb 2016
#140
for that matter white males' wages and incomes have gone down, while everyone else's have gone up
think
Feb 2016
#9
Look at how much CEO pay escalated under Bill Clinton compared to their average workers of all races
Uncle Joe
Feb 2016
#11
Obviously you don't, "look at the big picture" how much black wealth was lost due to Clinton's
Uncle Joe
Feb 2016
#16
Glass Steagel had little to do with unrestricted commodities!!! Its like blaming drunk driver deaths
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#65
The diminishing of and eventual removal of Glass Steagall legalized drinking while driving.
Uncle Joe
Feb 2016
#134
OK, that's pretty close... but the CFMA legalized being DRUNK while driving because it took off
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#135
So does Bernie, he wants to break up the monopolized banks which have become even larger and thus
Uncle Joe
Feb 2016
#141
The "Big Banks" weren't involved, they stood by and said little but it wasn't BOA it was GS
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#142
The diminishing and removal of Glass Steagall was a multiplier of the crisis which wiped out a
Uncle Joe
Feb 2016
#146
CFMA allowed for unlimited leveraging, they didn't need Steagal to do that.. CFMA had worse effect
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#149
What you posted has nothing to do with the positive sound effect of Glass Steagall
Uncle Joe
Feb 2016
#136
Isn't it necessary to look at a particular demographic's income relative to other incomes
LanternWaste
Feb 2016
#144
Ya funny the title of your post says Black Incomes started to rise and White incomes fell
CentralMass
Feb 2016
#59
That is simply not true. Nearly everybody in the lower and middle classes is poorer today.
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#17
In buying power? Hardly. Perhpas you could point us to where you are getting your false stats. nt
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#21
Just saying something is true doesn't make it true. The stats speak the truth.
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#30
The key term is 'over the last 40 years'. As long as it's framed over 40 years he is correct
think
Feb 2016
#36
I addressed that part of it below. The fact is that he is trying to give false impressions of the
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#38
Why do this? Everyone's wages have stagnated. Nice can of gasoline you have there...
myrna minx
Feb 2016
#19
It is absolutely not true that "everyone's" wages and incomes have stagnated in the past 40 years
Recursion
Feb 2016
#20
Post links or else this is nothing more than speculation on your part. n/t
Stand and Fight
Feb 2016
#22
How did I attempt to malign it? It was a simple observation made and one that might explain your
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#35
What fucking "assumptions" do you think I have picked up over the past 2 years?
Recursion
Feb 2016
#37
Simply what you stated, that minority and women's wages are increasing and white mens are decreasing
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#40
Those aren't assumptions, those are facts, and I knew them before I went here
Recursion
Feb 2016
#42
Do you know what insinuation means? Because your post is guilty of insinuating falsehoods.
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#44
Well then, your OP is simply silly and irrelevant to anything in GDP. How does this reflect on the
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#54
Wages & income equality have fallen for minorities in the past ten years. Do you dispute that?
think
Feb 2016
#81
I love the modern DU. Catch a jury of the "right" people and you can say fuck you to anyone
CBGLuthier
Feb 2016
#100
Of course the 70's were better for minorities thanks to the 60's civil rights movements and
Live and Learn
Feb 2016
#32
White people's incomes have not fallen. Black people have not closed the wage gap, it has increased.
DemocraticWing
Feb 2016
#55
The person who associates his campaign with someone who calls Obama "n-word-izzed"? tia
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#66
Yes, but I don't know about spelling out the word... I don't know if its against TOS
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#139
well I intended no offense but I did want to put the entire comment in which he used the word
azurnoir
Feb 2016
#158
were you offended West's words that Obama had not done enough for the Black community?
azurnoir
Feb 2016
#163
Yes, its more unfair bashing of Obama to gen favor among the establishment and that's how Sanders
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#164
saying that Obama hasn't done enough for the Black community will gain favor with the establishment?
azurnoir
Feb 2016
#166
Cause among the marginalized it sounds like West is full of crap, he's not saying that in front
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#168
so you feel that Obama has done enough for the Black community and already had at the time of Wests
azurnoir
Feb 2016
#169
Yes, I sure do.. being president and being an upstanding moral person that has done more to break
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#170
West was about institutionalized racism and despite all the words I've seen here about that
azurnoir
Feb 2016
#171
Strawman, ... your question was has Obama done enough I said sure... I don't see how
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#174
my question concerned Wests comments which pertained to institutionalized racism
azurnoir
Feb 2016
#175
West called Obama "n-word-izzed" because he said Obama was afraid to talk about White Supremcy
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#181
The past three decades have seen the largest decreases in global inequality in human history
Recursion
Feb 2016
#92
By definition they stayed the same since this is real (inflation-adjusted) income
Recursion
Feb 2016
#185
A Decade of Flat Wages: The Key Barrier to Shared Prosperity and a Rising Middle Class
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2016
#98
I am referring to how nonsensical the 98 percent white and male discontent are conflated
Armstead
Feb 2016
#120
You may be in the wrong thread? I certainly don't think "only white males" support Sanders
Recursion
Feb 2016
#122
so tell us do you have to post this kind of stuff 7 more times to be fully vested?
azurnoir
Feb 2016
#109
I do think so, though I think most don't realize that is the actual outcome they are cheering for
Recursion
Feb 2016
#111
Seems to me that white males are overrepresented in the "1%". Their wages/salaries have skyrocketed.
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2016
#104
Mom working, dad working, kids working, still not making as much as one person did 30 years ago
Cheese Sandwich
Feb 2016
#106
That's why I'm a socialist. Capitalism forces workers to compete for survival.
Cheese Sandwich
Feb 2016
#133
Rocket science: The typical white household is almost 13 times richer than the typical black family.
Octafish
Feb 2016
#116
bullshit. I am a woman. I still make less than a man. Give me my whole damn dollar.
Hiraeth
Feb 2016
#128