09-29-2017, 01:36 PM
(09-29-2017, 01:09 PM)PDub80 Wrote: 1st of all... those aren't MY statistics. They are 100% true. And I am fully aware of the socio-economic differences between communities. I've spent a lot of time and moeny working to help the working poor class and have seen a lot of the issues that cause them to be held back. It is an internal issue and cyclical in nature.
2ndly... I agree that there is a strong cultural nurturing imbalance in some sects of the US population. It's 2017. That "system" is now on the shoulders of the black community and their culture they continue to protect - which is what I was referencing in the latter parts of my post. There are some amazing, beautiful things in black culture as well as some awful ones (whites are afflicted with these things as well).
The black community and working poor are caught in a perfect storm of cyclical problems. How can someone who has no idea how to even begin to be successful teach their children or people around them how to be successful? They simply can't.
- Cops are human. They can certainly be afraid. They make mistakes. They aren't robots. To expect them to ignore the facts of violence and statistical trends is asking them to be held to a much much higher standard than those they are working to protect. Too high, in my opinion.
At what point does the black community take responsibility to work with others to solve their inner issues? If you say they cannot, then they are powerless. I don't believe that.
I certainly wasn't saying the statistics aren't true; just that the fallacy with statistics is that they fail to take a lot of systems and circumstances into account. This is a MUCH deeper issue than just pure numbers, and again that is on both sides.
Sure cops can be afraid, but that shouldn't give them a right to be trigger happy, kill a defenseless person, and then get paid administrative lead because they are afraid. If you don't have what it takes to remain calm under pressure, and accept the inherent dangers of the job, guess what? You shouldn't be a cop.
I think a lot of black communities do work towards bettering themselves and their community as a whole. Also I agree, something that has been happening for so long, and the cycle recurring so often, it is not easily broken and there are certainly no easy answers.
The wealth gap in this country continues to grow at an alarming rate. This greedy, crony, capitalism shoulders a lot of blame for violence in this country. Hoard most resources at the top. And there is ALWAYS going to be a fight for the scraps at the bottom. This is just nature. It knows no race or species really.
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