Markokenya
1 min readJun 16, 2020

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That’s a valid point of view but honestly I don’t think race and wealth are connected. Are Russians white? Most of them live in abject squalor, piss poor and no hope. Saudi Arabia enjoys unearned staggering wealth, and has done nothing with it except create an oppressive shitty regime that serves nobody except its supreme leader and a few of his minions. They’re not white, are they? Eastern Europe is piss poor. Asia is a continent on the rise. America and Europe are continents on the decline. None of this is about skin color or religion. Some countries create massive poverty by virtue of oppressive regimes, religious or dictatorial, or both. Others create poverty with rampant corruption: there can be no thriving middle class in a place where elected officials are in concert with organized crime. The relative wealth of the Nordic countries: you want to call this racism? Oh please. Get a job.

Racism is a huge problem and it must be addressed.

Poverty is a terrible disease and the world is better with less of it.

They are not connected.

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Markokenya
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