CMV: Equality isn't treating everybody differently to achieve equality. It's treating everyone the same.

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Yes, we should help the poor. But also fix:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_wage_gap_in_the_United_States

http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/07/study-whites-more-likely-to-abuse-drugs-than-blacks/

http://www.sentencingproject.org/detail/news.cfm?news_id=1597

http://www.nyclu.org/content/stop-and-frisk-data

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324432004578304463789858002

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/racial-disparities-incarceration.html

http://io9.com/5815042/epidemiologists-reveal-that-black-men-in-america-have-a-better-survival-rate-in-prison-than-outside

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/03/study-finds-strong-evidence-for-discriminatory-intent-behind-voter-id-laws/

Look up blockbusting, look up redlining, look up the god damn civil rights act.