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It is true that some white Americans have "oppressed" some blacks.  Obviously. 
How exactly you and I Dan, and Jonezie, and Jack Zduriencik, have "oppressed" blacks, I'd be honestly very interested to know.
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Here is another place that the Left and Right talk past each other.  (I'm not Republican; I'm Christian.)  The dictionary says that "oppression" involves the positive, unjust exercise of authority.  In my experience, Democrats deem the negative failure to support to be morally equivalent to (indeed synoymous with) "oppression."
I don't believe that's true.  USSM :- ) might "oppress" SSI, if they took steps to silence it, blackballed it, harrassed it verbally, etc.  (Which they don't.)  But failing to buy a TinyPass membership from me, or failure to "tip" me, that's different.  I refuse to equate the two.
Positively giving money to the poor -- Welfare -- is not the same as negatively collecting less tax ("Corporate Welfare").  It's true that there are a few similarities, in terms of budget profit and loss.  But the attempt to equate the two is confusing and misleading.
You won't hear me accusing others of Oppression when what they have done is decline to give me 'support' (= money).
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Hitler oppressed Jews.  But I've heard left-wing pundits compare Bush to Hitler, saying that Bush "oppressed" blacks, on the basis that he didn't give them enough support (= money).  This does not forward dialogue, healing, or brotherly relations.
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It also seems strange to me, to even call 2014 white Americans "insensitive" to the problems of inner-city blacks.  It's on TV right now on 4 channels, I'll guarantee you.
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I don't get it, but if there's anybody who can enlighten me, I'm sure it's you Dan.
Warm regards,
Jeff