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RE: The Political Class does NOT care about black folks - The Little Rock shooting

in #fakenews7 years ago

I'll try to add some thoughts.

  1. I'm in agreement that the term "black crime" has a pejorative tone and probably can be avoided entirely.
  2. That said, there are specific factors that lead to crimes happening however they do. If there are trends where certain groups, areas, or neighborhoods have elevated levels of crime (of one sort or another) these facts about data need to be addressed in a non-pejorative way, and I don't think I'm the one suited to really actually frame that debate but just to say that it would need to be properly framed.
  3. I didn't know about this tragedy, and I will wait to learn more before I make any assumptions or assessments about what happened.
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That said, there are specific factors that lead to crimes happening however they do. If there are trends where certain groups, areas, or neighborhoods have elevated levels of crime (of one sort or another) these facts about data need to be addressed in a non-pejorative way, and I don't think I'm the one suited to really actually frame that debate but just to say that it would need to be properly framed.

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.

It sounds like we share a lot of similar perspectives

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.

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