A black man at work was trying to guilt trip everyone with a discussion on privilege. I stated that many problems in the black community are due to a 75% illegitimacy rate versus whites 25%, so the high crime and poverty are a reflection of fatherless homes - something poor whites with similar marriage-avoidance have. Therefore, you are mistaking racism for classism, since middle class blacks with married families do rather well compared to those who come from several generations of poor broken families.
He hardly missed a beat, bringing up that family status was yet another form of privilege, but that we can’t rush to assume that marriage is a solution to poverty and push our values on others ...
Some people are morons. I did not have any children before marriage for a simple reason - I paid attention to biology, and I knew where kids come from. Casual/recreational sex is a choice. Considering the effects of illegitimate birth on the children, recreational sex is an immoral choice based just on the outcome, even before you look at scripture.
It’s almost like God knew what He was doing when He gave us guidance on morality. Those who make bad choices (and, yes, I know that about 1% are the exception and did not get there through bad choices) seem determined to blame responsible people, but they are simply wrong.
“A black man at work was trying to guilt trip everyone with a discussion on privilege. I stated that many problems in the black community are due to a 75% illegitimacy rate versus whites 25%, so the high crime and poverty are a reflection of fatherless homes - something poor whites with similar marriage-avoidance have. Therefore, you are mistaking racism for classism, since middle class blacks with married families do rather well compared to those who come from several generations of poor broken families.
He hardly missed a beat, bringing up that family status was yet another form of privilege, but that we can’t rush to assume that marriage is a solution to poverty and push our values on others ...”
I stopped having similar discussions with blacks at work. They sounded reasonable and I thought it was just a discussion; an exchange of views. But two different times different blacks complained to HR. When I was informed I stopped talking to blacks if it was at all avoidable. (This was a defense contractor.) Apparently they thought my views were hate speech. Either that or they felt that people who disagreed with them should be reportable.