The Political Class does NOT care about black folks - The Little Rock shooting
Last night, 25 people were shot at a rap concert in Little Rock.
Fox News
28 people hurt in Arkansas club shooting, police say
Little Rock shooting of 25 at rap show prompts call to curb growing violence
Fakenews outlet CNN doesn't even have the integrity to note that it was a a rap concert
25 people shot in one club...no national media "outrage"...no warnings about "bitter clingers with guns"...no shrieks for gun control...
Why?
Well, there were no descriptions of the subjects provided by the media either...it happened at a rap concert...and police noted a relation to gang related crime
https://twitter.com/LRpolice/status/881084054086578176
We do NOT believe this incident was an active shooter or terror related incident. It appears to have been a dispute at a concert.
so no concern about lyrics in rap and violent crime, eh?
no ginned up media outrage about gangs?
...and no concern for the black victims of violent crime from gang activity.
Little Rock nightclub shooting: US Marshals arrest rapper, second suspect in Alabama
There is some academic dispute as to whether there is a causative link between rap and violence, or rap and gang activity; there is NO dispute that being in a gang is a predictor for committing violent crime.
The link between rap music and youth crime and violence: A review of the literature and issues for future research
Rap Music Lyrics and the Construction of Violent Identities Among Adolescents
The Youth Gangs, Drugs, and Violence Connection
Accuracy in Media notes the Ministry of Truth's reluctance to discuss crime committed by black criminals.
As far as the media and the politicians are concerned, it's OK for black people to kill each other as long as the guns of law abiding Americans, including black gunowners, are stolen by the government in the false name of "public safety"
A last note
I don't think that the term "black crime" is the right way to discuss crime committed by criminals that are black
I really dislike the term “black crime”. It is pejorative to all the upper-class, middle-class, and poor people working 2 or 3 jobs a day that share nothing more with some criminals than skin color.
Grad School Fool - Race and Crime
The Guardian
AP
I'll try to add some thoughts.
Exactly; discussion of race and crime is emotionally charged to begin with.
I will float this out there:
Thefolks pushing racial division and blaming ( i.e those that lied about the Brown and Martin shootings...those that hide suspect descriptions in other cases) are the same folks that push policy that sabotages black communities (high minimum wages, ebonics, lowered educational standards etc).
Coincidentally, these folks adhere to the political party that benefits from the welfare-vote plantation the most, the Democrats
How surprising
It sounds like we share a lot of similar perspectives @stevescoins --
I can tell that there is a policy of division set from the top down by the most powerful politicians out there. I have very little reason to suspect that any political party or candidate would be genuinely altruistic in any way.
I think the best we can hope for when it comes from change from within the political apparatus is the type that wouldn't be long-lasting, sustainable or fruitful for all. Essentially, I think politics can not be separated from special interest corruption, I think it is fundamentally unrealistic to shoot for that outcome.
In that case, I'll just have to follow you ;>
Already been following you Steve but thanks for your follow, you might even have been my #300, I have to check, I'm getting close.
I used to follow everybody that followed me, but I started having a hard time finding what I wanted in my feed.
Now I just follow those that engage in honest discussion on my posts, and those whose work I find from surfing Steemit and is interesting
I'm with ya. Steemit is a platform that promotes good content and buries bad content. You have to be selective in who you follow. I'm going to cull my list by removing anyone who hasn't posted since 6/1/17. That will be soon.
Man, we are in a crazy world!!!
To matter you need to be a) good looking b) middle/upper class c) connected d) beneficial for some benefactor's agenda.
If you're not those things you automatically don't matter, doesn't matter what color your skin is.
the correct answer is D
the rest is excuses for lazy people
if you are not beneficial for some benefactor's agenda, then why should they waste their resources and efforts on you?
working class folk make the decision to take a shit job with limited hours because they don't want to take the risk involved with running a business
indeed, welfare as a "benefit" is a reward for voting democrat; that the "benefit" is self-slavery isn't apparent to folks that have have their critical thinking capabilities sabotaged by the party keeping them on the welfare-voting plantations"
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