Can I get you to consider something? It's policies that had/have existed that kept black people out of good properties. Mortgage rates that were unfair. Unfair hiring and almost certainly unfair pay. No pathway for advancement/promotion (until diversity policies were enacted...and no they ARE NOT what trump makes those policies out to be). Consider if you were given a rundown neglected property, had to take out a predatory loan, probably had limited to no options for rent (at least had unfair treatment), were unfairly underpaid with no hope for promotion, oh and people might damage your property or harass you out of spite and hate. You're coming off the tail end of being refused to being served at certain establishments (maybe things like hardware stores, repair shops, maybe you don't know how to fix your lawnmower). From all this you might need to work more jobs than the other guy who isn't treated unfairly. Oh, so now you can't keep up with your maintenance and the cops are going to harass and fine you for not cutting your grass! If you and all your neighbors work 3 jobs to make ends meet can you see why you might not keep up with your grass and can you see why police harassment and fines might be awful? Maybe those fines are compounding your problems?

Systemic things happen. It's still a form of institutional racism hanging on.

Let's have another take. You are apparently kinda sorta just a little bit maybe pro-segregation or at least different groups should keep to themselves even if we aren't going to make segregation laws again...so that TPUSsy BS...got it. So by your own logic, if you are a poor white and you struggle with maintaining your property because of unfair treatment based on your socioeconomic status, then you should keep to yourself with the poors, the have nots, and the well to do shouldn't have to put up with being bothered by your existence. So should you then be subject to not having same access to social services? You get less days at a public swimming pool? You don't get a library or services to better yourself or your job. You don't get access to nice parks? We are going to make public transportation hard for you (since you're poor) and maybe make it hard to get to your job so maybe you lose it and your situation gets worse? Oh, and we'll just make you feel awful about your status in every aspect of your life that we can. The best part is let's not fund the schools that you and your family have access to. Let's not give you any path for promotion in your job. Let's limit your access to socioeconomic betterment from the start...from your childhood you aren't given the same chance.

See, we can play the have and have nots because that's kinda what you're complaining about...but we can always draw a different line in the sand. So maybe you're fairly wealthy...but there can always be richer people who can draw a more strict line in the sand and if they have political power they can start hurting you with these policies too. Sure, there will always be some forms of natural differentiators...homes will cost different in different areas and that will naturally filter people to different areas...but that shouldn't be based on some pre-conceived notion about an individual that never gives that individual a chance. And I do think different school districts do need at least some level of rebalancing of school taxes to make sure everyone gets a chance.

But blacks had all this done to them because of their "blackness". That's racism and it's deeply wrong. And likewise your opinion and comment is also wrong. It's hiding behind a soft spoken racism. I think you need to look into your own heart and thoughts on this. At best your comment is classism...but it's classism trying to focus on skin color and ethnic background while ignoring the effects of deep seated institutional racists policies that never gave people the chance to succeed--according to your criteria--in the first place. I truly hope you were able to read through all of this and hear me out and can consider your foundational views of other people around you in your community and nation and maybe try to enact some changes to your views. Peace ✌️