Why is high crime rate in the black community ignored

This is correct. It's far easier to complain about history and cast blame elsewhere...

real talk

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Still waiting for dialogue on your solutions bigtexxx. Your favorite youtube videos and MLK quotes aren't solutions.

 

Didn't read the other 11 pages so don't bash me...but uhh since when has crime in black communities been ignored???

 

I stopped the video when he said "What we're doing is not helping, us rioting and looting-"

That's been way over played. In fact you've had a lot of the protesters shut down the looting and protect the stores. Not sure your favorite conservative station would highlight that for ya...

 

I think another solution would be to have police officers more involved with community service, or something like that. I think it's easier to use violence as a resort when you're more removed from your community. You know, something like Police And Citizens- Together, or P.A.C.T. Making a "Pact" with the community. Maybe the community gets a monetary benefit for implementing this program- and the police make a point of being involved with school activities, Habitat for Humanity, etc.

Let's face it, you're always going to have criminals, you're always going to have crime, and cops do have to enforce the law. I'm talking about making small dents in the disconnect that exists sometimes between law enforcement and citizens. Not sure how it would work in big cities- I guess in big cities, you have to divide it up into a bunch of smaller territories, or neighborhoods, and go that route.

 

Maybe an increase in Cultural Diversity training among officers. Sometimes, people just want to be heard and treated with respect. Some law enforcement officers could benefit from more of this training. I know that when this type of training is instituted in corporations, it sometimes has a positive effect in overall race relations- if it's implemented properly.

 

You can also launch marketing campaigns designed to make citizens aware of the officers in their neighborhoods. I don't know, maybe a brochure mailed out to neighborhoods that give brief bios of the police that patrol their neighborhoods. And a notice of the number they can call if they wish to voice their concerns. Maybe even having a Community Liaison in each department- again, these solutions cost money- so, without that, there's little that can be done.

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/national...are-not-ignoring-black-on-black-crime/378629/

 

I think the main reasons for disproportionate amounts of violence in the black community are culture and so many single parent homes.

The racist war on drugs is part of that, and so is government policy that fosters and encourages single parent homes. If you made it harder to get by as a single mother, you would probably discourage premarital sex. As it is today, why wouldn't young poor women have sex? They'll either get taken care of by the man via child support, by the govt, or both!

Unfortunately, taking care of single mothers (a noble cause), creates poor single parent families where kids are raised without a strong father figure. I think women are culturally biased towards community support, whereas men are biased towards grabbing something for themselves. Frankly, the whole country has gone too far away from the alpha male traits of building and creating and self-reliance.

Let's be realistic here. We know that we aren't going to stop the policies that create the problem (except maybe the war on drugs), so the whole community needs to spend a lot of money fixing it. You would have to have a lot more community programs to provide male role models to these young kids, and you need to legalize drugs to minimize the strength of the gangs that otherwise provide the leadership, role models, and community for these kids and young adults.

 

I agree with parts of this post. But I think the problem of women looking to have babies for support does exist, but not in large numbers. Statistics show this for the most part.

On a personal note, I work in a poor neighborhood in a community of about 1000 families. There are maybe five families that have had children to increase their govt. aid. And those that have all made their lives more difficult rather than benefited from their decisions. I see the families that have done that, and don't really think their lives are in anyway an incentive for other people to do the same.