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was listening to NPR yesterday about systemic racism in housing.

They had a number of speakers on but the crux of what they were saying was that the fair housing idea of LBJ in 1968 has failed due to racism.

Their example was that blacks pay and average of 13% more in property taxes on housing than whites, housing that is typically lowered valued housing.

Now mind you they aren't saying that a black family living in a white neighborhood pays more than the white family, they are saying % wise, people that live in lower value housing pay more ....well duh

So lets think about that for a moment - if it costs $6000 to send a kid to school for a year and you have 1000 kids, then you need $6m in revenue. That is a static cost.

Lets say we set the same percentage on property tax between the predominantly black neighborhood versus the white - some random number 2% and each neighborhood has 5000 homes. The predominantly black neighborhood has an average home value of $150,000 and the average home value of the white neighborhood is $300,000

you see where I'm going with this? The black neighborhood brings in a revenue of $15m where as the white neighborhood would bring in $30m with the same tax rate. So of course the white neighborhood is going to have lower tax rates, but at the same time, per capita they are paying more in tax dollars than the black neighborhood.

That isn't systemic racism, that is basic math. This isn't about why a black guy can't afford a $300K home, although they try to make it seem that way,

I see the exact same thing here. My community butts up against the most expensive part of town to live in - several multi-million dollar homes and even the shabbiest shack they have is gonna run you $500K. Their tax rate is half of mine at least. Its not a black and white thing. At the end of the day however, I may pay $7k a year in property tax and they'll be paying something around $16K for even the most entry level home.

So the NPR interviewer says to the guy "so if the black neighborhoods are paying more in taxes, why aren't they seeing more money coming back to the schools?" and the guy says that the distribution is also...wait for it.... racist - that the people who distribute the funds are giving more to police, firefighters, etc and not the predominantly black schools.

so 1. They aren't paying more in taxes. They're just paying a higher percentage because it takes a higher percentage to cover the costs since local communities can't operate on a deficit, and two, even if what he said were true, you think these predominantly black communities are electing white officials to govern them and make decisions about how much they should pay in tax and where the money will be distributed?

finally they close out the segment with a woman saying that they bought their house from a white family that was doing the white flight thing in the 60's from Washington D.C. She said she always wondered why when the neighborhood went black the quality of the schools deteriorated and local business left. They ended the segment with that question - no answer. I would have LOVED to answer that question for NPR.


Everything is racist today, and you can't have an honest discussion about pushing back otherwise you are racist as well. We just have to accept that the entire nation gets up every day and plots against the black man to keep them in their place.

Math is racist and by using it to justify such historical marginalization of racial minorities you’re just showing your white privilege.

Just wait till they start trying to push the patriarchy again.....and the wage gap......and feminine equality.

Same basic bullschit.

at the end of the day this boils down to black people in lower income areas demanding to have what white people in upper income areas have

without the effort involved to get it. They will never have it thru legislative processes or government giveaways

City Taxes are generally much higher then Suburban taxes. DUH

Don't forget all the extra metal detectors and drug sniffing dogs the schools need in low income areas. And the fact that they gotta give teachers all sorts of incentives and credits just to get them to work there.

Anything for a Liberal Socialist Democrat vote......
Anything........
The sky is not the limit, nor your tax rate.......



Schit Skins have it made in this country for the vast majority of em.
Everything handed to em.
Free to do what the fugg ever, whenever.
All for Liberal Socialist Democrat votes.
LBJ,s great society programs work for Liberal Socialist Democrat politicians.
Only game they got....
If schitt ceased to exist.
Their party would wither away in 2 election cycles.......

This country is finished if they get control of the Senate, congress and the executive branch.

Its just a matter of time.

Once that happens...
Its game over for the constitution and this nation will go full blown retard socialist..

Take the 8yrs of the magic mullato and multiply that by a factor of 5 at least.

People that voted for Camelot in 60 and Great Society in 64 layed the foundation for this schitt show.
They wont ever admit it though.....

Mutha fugga,s that are still alive from their bullschitt ballots they cast back then.

Need to FUGGING OWN IT.....


Thanks DICKHEADS..........

With Yoseph Biden, the black's and any other minorities will be transplanted outward, thus lowering suburban property values, an equalizer?

kfwa: I lend NO credence what so ever to ANYTHING that npr writes, broadcasts or utters and have not for at least 3 decades now.
I am surprised that you "listen" to them?
I have to ask - why?
Sheesh.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I hit a weather radar channel on TV, college town thing.......and they have NPR on it.

If I want radar, sure as fugg can't get it on the actual Weather Channel.

So hop to 434 and turn the fuggin sound off.

NPR and CNN can both rot in hell.


The ol lady will have that radar channel on during storms, or CNN.............BTW, am guessing Chris Cuomo is just Rachel Maddow w a shorter penis.

"The ol lady will have that radar channel on during storms, or CNN.............BTW, am guessing Chris Cuomo is just Rachel Maddow w a shorter penis."
And Mario is Rosie O?

KFWA, logic has no seat at the liberal table.

BTW- You are a racist for even doing the analysis.

Lol.

NRP was and is Satan's original spin merchants in radio.

I find some things on NPR worth listening to. Terry Gross interviews with people are usually pretty good. She's a liberal of course and she'll go there whenever she gets a chance but for the most part she doesn't get a chance to get into politics. Then you have Car Talk reruns, and their stock market analysis is usually pretty good

I can't listen to shows like 1A because its just millineal feeding garbage.

I'm not here to defend NPR. I've sent emails to them on more than one occasion pointing out their hypocrisy and bias. But there are some parts of the week I can listen. I can listen to them without converting.

I know one NPR reporter. She is liberal Jewish.
I am not aware that any NPR employees are republicans.


But in Communications at the University of Washington in 1972, where reporters get trained, I saw 99% liberals. In a class of 600 it was asked if you were for McGovern or Nixon. Only 5 were for Nixon. I talked to all of them. 4 Christians and 1 USMC vietnam vet on the GI bill.

NPR sucks as much as CNN et. al.

NPR is a good look at what the enemy is doing...

They will start moving black families in with whites to equalize things. You have too much room in that big house. Anybody ever watch Dr Zhivago

I would have answered, "Well, it's been aptly demonstrated time after time after time that funding black schools is just pissing money down a rat hole, and also, we need additional tax revenue from the black community in order to fund their EBT cards and drug rehab centers. And that's before you figure in the cost of the additional jails and prisons that have to be built and maintained as a result of extremely high crime rates in the black community".

I guess that's why I never get interviewed.

A stunning revelation.