Yeah I don't agree with everything he says, but I have watched a lot of those "Change My Mind" bits and it makes it clear as to how many people's views and opinions are based on nothing but headlines, clickbait and media bias. You may have noticed how many times that kid said "I just saw the headlines". And he's a smart young man.
Yeah, the main thing I noticed he struggled with was 'how are
you oppressed / what systemic racial are
you facing'. He had all the tells from someone who can't make a case. To be fair too he doesn't need to or has to have that answer. Maybe he specifically isn't, the kid is obviously from a great family maybe not wealthy but certainly with enough resources that he is homeschooled.
He had one answer though and that was police brutality, if you pull race entirely out of the equation there's still a problem. My chances of being killed by the police in the united states are far higher than in Ireland or England. That in itself is a problem, not to mention a much higher chance of going to prison.
I must look up Crowders statistics I would have thought it would be posted on the clip.
Two things about the statistics, Crowder talks about America as one big thing but what we'd probably find is certain areas have much larger issues compared to others. I think thats what the kid was trying to explain when he mentioned Alabama or these forgotten states etc. and the history of where slaves lived.
The statistics need to be weighted but if you go on the whole, either the stats I found are wrong, Crowders were wrong or we're both wrong. It lies in the middle because I am unsure why some races would be unknown.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219
If the Census has 75% of the population as White only and this data is accurate then only 40% of this simple is dying, even if you exclude unknown ethnicities it's still 60%. Again 'statistics to prove anything', I also cant confirm the data source.
From living here I would say the following 5 things are true:
1. Police Brutality is real
2. America has worse inequality than Ireland or England, especially fiancially
3. America does have greater financial mobility however I cant say that that is equal either
4. Most Americans look down on the poor ('white trash' / 'rednecks' as much as anyone else)
5. America's problems are equally if not more so economic as they are racial
