A Tale of Two Columbia Classes
I&#x27;ve noticed the author&#x27;s view is becoming more common, within the past year.<p>It&#x27;s the inevitable reaction to extremism. I accept the existence of privilege but I believe that militancy about it is counterproductive.<p>Using the state of black people in America as an example, certainly they have higher poverty rates than whites because of slavery and continued discrimination, but there are problems within the black community that must be addressed by the community itself. Broken homes are a huge problem which perpetuate poverty but within the privilege centric framework it&#x27;s racist to even mention this.<p>Of course slavery is ultimately to blame for all of this, but focusing on it will not undo it.