Publius1787
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Your opinion of choice is your entitlement of course, however it is a rather burdensome waste of time for someone who has been personally surrounded by an abundance of positive role models to attempt to have an adult and objective conversation with a segment of society whose every argument is obviously constructed to paint a picture of the MAJORITY of a single group of people as being inherently inferior, without contributing any sensible ideas towards solutions, which in fact, makes such a person nothing more than a reporting parrot of what they read that lacks any critical thinking skills.
Never claimed "majority" anything. I don't see an inferior people although I will cede to you that I see an inferior culture with unlimited potential going to waste. I have never known a completely objective person, only those more objective than others. I furthermore reject the idea that we are incumbent to find a solution unless there is a general consensus on the root of the problem. To deny my analysis of the problem simply because you want to ignore it only affirms my previous observation that the denial of problems caused by black culture is a cultural attribute of black culture.
A fairly large percentage of my spare time and some disposable income is spent on the board of directors of a non profit organization in California that operates 25 transitional living facilities as well as sponsors educational programs through various internal and grant funded sources to assist some of those that you believe are influenced by "predetermined cultural conditions". One common denominator that I already knew was true going into this venture 10 years ago has been proven to me over and over, and that is that there is not a significant difference between various races of people who are in dire conditions of poverty, whether it is generational or created through a recent turn of events, and the desperation that they often feel will in some cases influence the decisions that they make.
To say that there is not a significant difference of those in poverty of all races is to ignore a mountain of evidence brought forth by years of arrests and convictions of violent criminals. Men are more likely to commit violent acts than women for example. Poor women are therefore not the same as poor men when it comes to acts of violence. Black men rape white women much more than white men rape black women (A figure so low the DOJ places it at 0%). Thus there are clear differences for interracial rape regardless of income. The statistics on violent crime and murder are just as damning when blacks are highly over represented in that category despite the fact that there are more poor whites than blacks. There is a difference and I attribute it to culture.
I could recount case after case where most of these people have gone on rebuild and prosper. And in just about every situation most needing help were willing to incorporate dramatic change into their lives and did not "blame" anyone, especially the ubiquitous "white man" for their mistakes.
And I would likely agree with you . But the black protesters in the streets of Baltimore and Ferguson seem to think that "Black Lives Matter," (Which of course, they do) letting us know that they think white people don't care. The "White privilege narrative doesn't help either. We are surrounded by people making excuses for the inexcusable to make a political point and that point is that white folks created the deviance in the black community.
NO MATTER WHAT THEIR RACIAL DEMOGRAPHIC IS. White, Black or Hispanic, their background stories are often the same, and poverty was a driver in their decision making process.
Violent crime dispels this myth. Poor people don't rape to feed their bellies. Poor people don't commit arson to shelter themselves. Poor people don't brawl outside the Shoe Locker because they want the new Air Jordans. Once again there are slightly more/less blacks arrested than whites for murder despite the fact that there are way more poor whites than blacks. That is a clear distinction and the question is how did that difference come about? There offenders of various crimes often vary greatly according to race. Some contest its because of racism. That, in my opinion, is simply making excuses for the criminals that commit the crime on the basis of their skin color.
Therefore, my personal time is much better spent providing the same type of mentoring and coaching in the area of life skill development that I was fortunate to receive, early in life, as well as instilling in the younger generation of my own family some of the warning signs of some of the types that one encounters in this forum, more possibly one on one in the real world where they are not insulated by the comfort of a keyboard and screen, and much more apt to play more subtle games.
I have yet to encounter a statistic posting, cut and paste, message board philosopher here that had anything of value to say that I have not already read or seen long ago.
Thanks for answering my question.
It's a noble pursuit. Good luck.
"Your analysis"? You did not present an analysis, you just reported the fact that you have read an assortment of statistics, and then arrived at a conclusion that you feel is an accurate assessment of the "culture" of the majority of a group of people.
I am speaking of case histories of individuls, most of of whom I have spoken to personally and you are using a relatively small number of troublemakers in Ferguson
as a barometer when those rioters do not even represent the general behavior of the majority of black citizens in that town alone.
I stopped reading after that. I am speaking of actual people that I have talked to and interacted with over a period of a decade versus cutting and pasting articles and passing them off as "my analysis".
Do you have any original thoughts or experiences?
Please don't do this. Lets not pretend that deviant behavior between cultures are all the same. Lets not pretend that since you have spoken to a small sample of a large population that the statistics are wrong. lets not pretend that I made an argument of the whole other than one culture promotes deviance at a higher level than another culture. This is reasonable analysis. You know I'm referencing the FBI's uniform crime statistics and the Victimization survey. Combined they are more than accurate analysis on the various crimes by race and the disparities thereof. If poverty was the sole factor of violent crime then whites, not blacks, should make up 50% (at least 70%) of the murder apprehensions in the country (Considering there are more poor whites than blacks). Poverty does not describe how the interracial rape statistics between white and black include white people raping black people at a whopping rate of 0%. There are indeed differences between the white and black rates of violent crime, the only question is why the difference? Poverty simply doesn't cut it when whites outnumber blacks in poverty.
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