While it might not be popular to say in the wake of the recent social disorder, the true plight of black people has little or nothing to do with the police or what has been called "systemic racism." Instead, we need to look at the responsibilities of those running our big cities.
Some of the most dangerous big cities are: St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Newark, Buffalo and Philadelphia. The most common characteristic of these cities is that for decades, all of them have been run by liberal Democrats. Some cities -- such as Detroit, Buffalo, Newark and Philadelphia -- haven't elected a Republican mayor for more than a half-century. On top of this, in many of these cities, blacks are mayors, often they dominate city councils, and they are chiefs of police and superintendents of schools.
In 1965, there were no blacks in the U.S. Senate, nor were there any black governors. And only six members of the House of Representatives were black. As of 2019, there is far greater representation in some areas -- 52 House members are black. Nine black Americans have served in the Senate, including Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, Carol Moseley Braun and Barack Obama of Illinois, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Kamala Harris of California. In recent times, there have been three black state governors.
The bottom line is that today's black Americans have significant political power at all levels of government. Yet, what has that meant for a large segment of the black population?
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4 comments:
The democrat mayors of the cities where the riots occurred sat back and let the rioters destroy black communities. The democrats are in a panic because many in the black communities have and are embracing President Trump's plan for inner city revitalization. democrats can not and will not allow Republican led black progress to happen so to punish the blacks who are embracing the President the democrats let it all burn down. It's so evil.
Affirmative action, NAACP, school funding, no child left behind, free lunch programs, SNAP, welfare, etc., etc, and the majority of blacks are still in desperate need. Ilitarcy, poverty, substandard housing, rodent infestation, unchecked child birth....how much longer does this go on? I watched an interview with former congresswoman Donna Edwards when she said money was key to education but had no answer when queried what happened (at that time) to the $60 Billion poured into the Baltimore inner city education program. These efforts to give a "hand up" obviously have not worked; why keep pouring good money after bad?
I agree with his stance on Democrat policies and attitudes being systemic in the country. It's really so clear. But I still maintain that the absence of fathers as the root cause of the problems with some. Ocean City right now? Good God.
No other race has been given so much and done so little with it.
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