re: Brutal French Quarter attack on video (caution will be bans)

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what tripped the degradation is my question? It would appear to me that in our quest for equality, and rightly so, some of us got left behind or is that simply a false premise on my part. What was the quality of the black family unit prior to? I assumed the quality of education to have been wanting. Have good, meaningful intentions inadvertently created an underclass and if so how is that cycle broken?

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I'm not a sociologist or anything, but here is what I think.

Life in the 30s - 60s was HORRIFIC for black families compared to white families. The things they had to put up with during their interactions with white America were disgusting.

Having said that... black families had housing that many of them "owned", they had jobs, they had schools, they had a stable family unit. All of these situations were much, much lower than white families, but they had something.

Integration dumped all these black families into a world which they were not prepared for, held to standards that were far above what they were used to. Everyone knew this was an issue, but rather than slowing down and investing in education, the answer was affirmative action - just put the black person in the position, whether or not they were ready for it. That eventually failed. Black people were dumped into a "mixed" but in reality, completely white dominated economy and did not have the tools to succeed.

Faced with the ever-increasing costs of this new "mixed" economy and yet seeing themselves fall behind because they could not keep up, they turned to other ways to try to get money for their families - drugs and crime.

Eventually that leads to death and incarceration of black men, which further makes it harder for the next generation to succeed.

Add in welfare, which resulted in a population boom that could not be supported internally. Add in blacks who got themselves elected and, borrowing from third world banana republics, decided to steal from the school systems.

Going to a school like Grambling or Southern used to mean something. The people that graduated from those colleges got degrees that meant something, and they were able to go on and be productive in life. Now, graduating from those schools results in a useless degree. The CPA exam pass rates from the vast majority of the HCBU's is nothing short of stunning failure.

Naa this isn't a crime against some of supersaints ratchet friends where it gets pleaded away

This will make national news. They will be punished severely

a-hole tourists should've known better than to walk around after dark. They were probably buying drugs.

Second instance of a high profile attack in New Orleans on someone visiting from Boston. I mean, I know people like to hate on the Patriots and all, but jeez....

I lived in Miami Beach in the early to mid 90s when the Miami thugs were targeting tourist in rental cars.

Eventually it got national attention and tourism dropped off substantially.

I think it's been a net positive for African Americans. What happened was that those with the ability moved into the mainstream that was once denied them. Those doctors, lawyers, business owners and other professionals once provided stability for the black community. Those folks are now living on the Northshore, Metairie, the suburbs of Detroit, etc, like their white peers. What's left in the inner cities are people who can't make that step up for whatever reason. A young kid in that environment doesn't see a successful insurance agent or furniture store owner and think he could aspire to that. At best he sees a rapper or athlete as a role model. At worst he sees a criminal.

Well, what brought it back to prominence? Must've been short lived.

Say what you want about Canni but he doesn't undercharge

Don't believe the fake news saint is attempting to sell.

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Well, what brought it back to prominence? 

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The local government realized that tourism brings in beaucoup dollars and required the police force to shut the crime down.

If that doesn't happen in NO (which I'm sure sees many tourist dollars) there will be financial repercussions.