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re: National Conversation
Posted on 9/29/17 at 7:14 am to mofungoo
Posted on 9/29/17 at 7:14 am to mofungoo
The problem lies where we make this a black va white thing, or even a race thing in general.
This is squarely a socioeconomic issue. You don't see many, if at all, well to do white, black, Hispanic, (name your race) involved in police brutality, police shooting, or really any other problems.
The problem is generational poverty and hood lifestyle. Housing projects, unfortunately have a higher percentage of blacks (that's the real problem), breed a lifestyle that is confrontational and criminal in nature.
If we really want to start a conversation, you have to start with the real premise of the problem, which is not and shouldn't be race at this point.
This is squarely a socioeconomic issue. You don't see many, if at all, well to do white, black, Hispanic, (name your race) involved in police brutality, police shooting, or really any other problems.
The problem is generational poverty and hood lifestyle. Housing projects, unfortunately have a higher percentage of blacks (that's the real problem), breed a lifestyle that is confrontational and criminal in nature.
If we really want to start a conversation, you have to start with the real premise of the problem, which is not and shouldn't be race at this point.
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:50 pm to CatahoulaCur
The missed point is that there is not one geographic hot spot where these situations occur. It's universal and the race of the officer doing the shooting varies. As far as the socioeconomic argument goes, black children adopted into upper middle class white families still lag behind education wise and are represented in the DOJ numbers with little change. Obama administration did several studies on crime looking for unfair sentences, arrests, and targeted harassment. They probably did not like what the report said because systemic racism in courts was not to be found. Black judges actually sentenced blacks more harshly on many examples. My only personal opinion I will offer is that you can't talk about cops killing blacks without talking about the reciprocal. And those numbers shocked me when first viewed.
Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:59 pm to CatahoulaCur
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The problem is generational poverty and hood lifestyle. Housing projects, unfortunately have a higher percentage of blacks (that's the real problem), breed a lifestyle that is confrontational and criminal in nature.
It's an environment of "survival of the fittest."
Numbers don't lie. The elephant that is always in the room is the confrontation of those numbers. If "leaders" in the black community would actually address this issue and stop pointing the finger at everyone else, we would see some progress.
Posted on 9/29/17 at 3:04 pm to CatahoulaCur
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The problem lies where we make this a black va white thing, or even a race thing in general. This is squarely a socioeconomic issue.
Wrong. In every income category blacks commit more crime than whites. And it ain't close.
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