I believe that until the education of black folks is equal to or better than for the rest of us they will continue to lead in crime statistics and their chances of progress will be limited for many of them. They must have choice of schools and be able to go to charter and private schools if they wish. Guess which presidential candidate would restrict them and which is in favor of improving their educational opportunities. Many inner city poor will be deprived of educational opportunities if the left takes over. That is why we must keep the republicans in Washington. Every vote counts!
Thanks so much as usual,,, I feel USA still blessed of God the almighty; who is still being so merciful inspite of we wicked human being's behavior getting worse everyday sadly, but just because of there are still many people like yoursefl (thank GOD !) around ! !! ! !
It would be funny to equate crime with being black if it wasn't so aweful. Why is there so much black crime? Obviously, living conditions play a part. But systemic racism means that being accused as a black person is very different in the USA from being accused as a white person. ''It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.'' - Nelson Mandela Adam Gopnik, in his article, The Caging of America, said that ''in 1980, there were about 220 people incarcerated for every hundred thousand Americans; by 2010, the number had more than tripled, to 731. No other country even approaches that.'' And we have a commercial prison system where it pays to keep beds filled - and a work system that exploits the free labor of prisoners that creates a new form of slavery. It is a privatized prison system that makes profits on poor food and health care: a documented reality. And disproportionately the prisoners and people of color. Pew Research documents that at the end of 2017, federal and state prisons in the United States held about 475,900 inmates who were black and 436,500 who were white when blacks are only 13.4%. This is because of the plea system where poor people of all colors don't get justice because prosecutors 'force' them to plea even when they are innocent since the justice system is so overwhelmed. I work in the Christian school movement and there is another systemic issue since Christian schools were actually called segregation academies in the 1970s. While I appreciate your 'we are all evil' position, and acknowledge its truth, that is frankly highly distasteful to those who suffer the effects of the forced poverty and lack of justice meted out to them. (A study of highways is instructive here in that they largely segmented black neighborhoods from elsewhere denying opportunity and ghettoizing those inhabitants). While you may have trouble thinking about yourself as racist (not me! I have the same issue as a privileged white man), systemic racism is more than true and actually requires us to act in insensible racist ways as we preserve our privileged position. I actually own Management Principles for Christian Schools (2008) that still finds the lawsuit against Bob Jones University a miscarriage of justice. The Christian position that we have all fallen short of the glory of God is meaningless when I live in a gated community and you live in your ghetto.
When I find my prejudices creeping out, I have to remember John 3:16, and even if they are not my Christian brothers or sisters, God still loves and cares for them and so should we even if we have differences of opinion. Love this article, thank you
I believe that until the education of black folks is equal to or better than for the rest of us they will continue to lead in crime statistics and their chances of progress will be limited for many of them. They must have choice of schools and be able to go to charter and private schools if they wish. Guess which presidential candidate would restrict them and which is in favor of improving their educational opportunities. Many inner city poor will be deprived of educational opportunities if the left takes over. That is why we must keep the republicans in Washington. Every vote counts!
Thanks so much as usual,,, I feel USA still blessed of God the almighty; who is still being so merciful inspite of we wicked human being's behavior getting worse everyday sadly, but just because of there are still many people like yoursefl (thank GOD !) around ! !! ! !
It would be funny to equate crime with being black if it wasn't so aweful. Why is there so much black crime? Obviously, living conditions play a part. But systemic racism means that being accused as a black person is very different in the USA from being accused as a white person. ''It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.'' - Nelson Mandela Adam Gopnik, in his article, The Caging of America, said that ''in 1980, there were about 220 people incarcerated for every hundred thousand Americans; by 2010, the number had more than tripled, to 731. No other country even approaches that.'' And we have a commercial prison system where it pays to keep beds filled - and a work system that exploits the free labor of prisoners that creates a new form of slavery. It is a privatized prison system that makes profits on poor food and health care: a documented reality. And disproportionately the prisoners and people of color. Pew Research documents that at the end of 2017, federal and state prisons in the United States held about 475,900 inmates who were black and 436,500 who were white when blacks are only 13.4%. This is because of the plea system where poor people of all colors don't get justice because prosecutors 'force' them to plea even when they are innocent since the justice system is so overwhelmed. I work in the Christian school movement and there is another systemic issue since Christian schools were actually called segregation academies in the 1970s. While I appreciate your 'we are all evil' position, and acknowledge its truth, that is frankly highly distasteful to those who suffer the effects of the forced poverty and lack of justice meted out to them. (A study of highways is instructive here in that they largely segmented black neighborhoods from elsewhere denying opportunity and ghettoizing those inhabitants). While you may have trouble thinking about yourself as racist (not me! I have the same issue as a privileged white man), systemic racism is more than true and actually requires us to act in insensible racist ways as we preserve our privileged position. I actually own Management Principles for Christian Schools (2008) that still finds the lawsuit against Bob Jones University a miscarriage of justice. The Christian position that we have all fallen short of the glory of God is meaningless when I live in a gated community and you live in your ghetto.
When I find my prejudices creeping out, I have to remember John 3:16, and even if they are not my Christian brothers or sisters, God still loves and cares for them and so should we even if we have differences of opinion. Love this article, thank you
Patrice Marker