According to Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, a 2011 study by Harvard and Tufts scholars found that whites on the average believed that anti-white racism was a bigger problem than anti-black racism. Wow.
Kristof presented some statistics:
The black-white income gap is roughly 40% greater today than it was in 1967.
The net worth of the average black household in 2011 was $6,314. The average worth of a white household was $110,500. That gap was greater than in South Africa during apartheid.
A black male child born today in the U.S. has a life expectancy five years shorter than a white male child.
And while we are on this subject, let me tell you about the son of the Allentown police chief, who was charged with threatening the lives of two policemen. He was being followed by two men in an unmarked car. They followed very closely, so he tapped the brakes a few times. He finally stopped, and they stopped. They were not wearing uniforms. He then pulled a gun and pointed it at the two men. They then identified themselves as police officers and arrested him.
What would you have done if followed by two guys in an unmarked car? Did I mention that the son of the Allentown police officer is black? Those cops owe that young man an apology, not an arrest.
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