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Do you feel like all people of color have equal opportunity in America?

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Anon066 · 31-35, M
Equal opportunity isn't a thing, and skin color is a very small factor.
Sadpicasso · 22-25, F
@Anon066 what makes you say equal opportunity isn’t existent?
ViciDraco · 36-40, M
@Anon066 skin color is less of a factor than wealth these days, but it is still a sizeable factor. Especially in areas such as the Justice system.
Anon066 · 31-35, M
@Sadpicasso because humans aren't the same.

Not everyone has the same opportunity to play in the nba because not everyone is athletic.

Not everyone has equal opportunity to become a particle physicist because not everyone is brilliant.

The best we can do is try to give everyone equal access to what opportunities are good for them, but the biggest factor in that is wealth.
Anon066 · 31-35, M
@ViciDraco that's simply not true. Even sentencing disparities are partly economic due to lawyers, and after controlling for variables it's small anyways.

I do agree we need criminal justice reform and drug legalization which will help in this regard, but those issues are much more cultural than structural.