NFL Protest

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(09-29-2017, 12:47 PM)WhoDeyandtheBlowFish Wrote:

Sorry, but your statistics, like most, fail to recognize the systematic socio-economic disparities that go along with the numbers.  Unfortunately this goes much deeper than just numbers on both sides.  Segregation ended only 53 years ago, think about that.  

This is a group of people that was completely stripped of any sense of culture and treated inferior even until today.  When you're poor, regardless of color, you are automatically behind.  Worse schools, worse health, money problems puts stress on the family dynamic.  You grow up, and the cycle, unfortunately continues for most.  

Being desperately poor leads to crime, which leads to violence.  This has nothing to do with race per se, but because of the systems in place, and the history of this country, it falls disproportionately on the African American community.


If you've seen any of the videos that have been brought to the public's attention you can see for yourself that these cops are afraid going into the confrontation which automatically spells disaster.  Cops are supposed to be level headed, rationale, and should be taught to de-escalate rather than escalate situations. I think this falls on a severe lack of training and things really need to be changed. 

Why should we accept it be acceptable to rob and commit violent crimes because someone grew up poor? I grew up poor, 7 kids in a 3 bedroom house. I went to schools that were no that great. None of us robbed or killed anyone, never even thought it. Just the opposite, we were raised to work hard and be better financially and respect others always.

So sorry, to me there is no excuse to be a criminal whether you are white, black, rich or poor.