This paragraph on a black kindergartner's view of the world is absolutely crushing
http://www.vox.com/2016/1/19/10792720/black-implicit-biasI tutored a kid. This little black kid. He looked up to me a lot. One day he asked me, "Mr. Ebbie, is jail a good place to be?" I said, "Why would you ever ask that?" He said: "My daddy's in jail and he said he gets three meals a day. And sometimes my mom can't make me food and I'm hungry." I went home and I cried that night. This is a kindergartner. Teachers told him he was going to jail. I looked at him as a 5-year-old. I didn't see a criminal. I didn't see a drug dealer. I didn't see a rapist. I didn't see a gangbanger. I saw myself, when I was a little kid 10 years ago. The candidates, a lot of them, are from very privileged backgrounds and benefit from a white, male, Christian power structure. And that's O.K. I don't think that white people should feel guilty about their privilege. But they should feel a responsibility to acknowledge it.
The paragraph comes from a great series of stories by the Times about how different people view the 2016 elections, which you should absolutely read in full.
Banks's story is perhaps the most tragic anecdote in the series. It conveys one of the worst aspects of racial bias in America: Even children — kindergartners! — are vulnerable to racial prejudice. It is shocking that a little kid lives in a world where jail might seem like an appealing option, and his teachers are apparently telling him that he might go to jail.
But it's not just anecdotes. This prejudice is something that research on subconscious racial biases — also known as implicit bias — has found again and again: Black children, like their parents, tend to be viewed as less innocent and more aggressive for no reason other than their race.
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Duck, Duck Noose by Gary Simmons. The chairs are kindergartner sized.
Do you believe the vast majority of the power structure is or is not made of (i.e., dominated by) Caucasian males? It really is rather simple sometimes... unless of course, if one tries to rationalize it as something it's not.
"would just acknowledge all of his white privilege then justice would rain down from the sky and all the world's problems would be solved."
No doubt, you're the only one stating as much-- most likely so you finally have something absurd to argue against-- even if it is yourself. 
This is a heartbreaking, gut-wrenching story, but it's not uncommon.
The school-to-prison pipeline is real! Very real! And this young man seems to already be psychologically damaged enough to feel that the only place he'll feel safe is jail. 
My rather frequent posts on the race issue tend to sink like rocks here at oh-so-progressive DU. 
for various reasons.
But your post really resonates.
What we say to children is remembered and often turned over and over in their minds as they try to understand the world.
Parents and teachers always learn too late about the poison in words. It can be as debilitating as the lead in water.
Gonzo DUers like me are too underground for the Underground, but I always enjoy your posts.
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There are quite a lot of large nations that aren't in the G20.
