My latest rant on Twitter that I decided to cobble together with a little editing and post here as a semi-cohesive piece was set in motion by the murder of Derrion Albert, may he rest in peace.
I don't have stats @ my disposal so no idea if cases of police brutality nationwide dropped after Rodney King beat down & subsequent riots.
But if the number did go down due to extra spotlight on such behavior, is there hope that Derrion Albert's murder will result in less "black on black crime"?
“Black on Black crime" is what Michael from Good Times would have referred to as a “white racist term”. People of every race rob people of every race. When everybody involved is white it doesn't automatically mean Madoff is one of them.
I understand why the term is used in certain situations, but ultimately it pigeonholes. "Urban" or "inner-city" should suffice.
Examples of circumstances where term BoB is used to describe a crime: 1) When a black person is especially dismayed/shamed by a crime. 2) Someone of a different race has intent to be derogatory.
RT @edthesportsfan "It'll take a humane effort nationally 2 invest in2 the innercity, the school system, and social reform of broken families."
Those three ingredients are interrelated, but the older I get the more apparent it becomes that 3rd component is most vital.
For those raised impoverished within a terrible education system, a certain % will still give a shit about their future. But if no stability @ home, no chance.
Young project girls having kids for sport results in children with minimal chance to escape cycle of absurdity.
No simple solution to problem. Election of Obama a nice step primarily for symbolism, but root of problem still untouched.
Smart education reform would be great, but even in ideal situation if lessons are not being reinforced @ home they'll go right out the window.
We need fatherhood & motherhood classes in the church & the community center & in school, mandatory in the latter.
If you go through the adoption process with a reputable agency you need to take courses & write essays proving your worth as a parent in advance of placement.
If you get knocked up or knock somebody up, no matter how unfit you are to be parents no one asks a single question beyond can u pay doctor bills.
Becoming a parent is the single most important job you'll ever attain yet vast majority get no advance training & many clearly need it.
Obviously sex ed. needs to go beyond "wear a condom". It should extend to "no condom was worn apparently, so what do you do now".
There are very basic things about parenting that a 15 y/o girl/mother simply will not realize through no fault of her own. Start with that.
Metaphor Alert: You can't start with asking someone to write a great novel or even to simply read a bad one. First things first - the alphabet must be learned.
There are people out there who figuratively & practically literally don't know the alphabet, so how can they possibly raise a child properly?
The conservative right will complain, but the truth is that high school is too late. I had interest/opportunity for sex way before high school.
Obama caught heat for suggesting what I did in prior tweet, but since he got away with it & was elected anyway, he may as well act on belief.
Ironically, the people most against something like sex ed. for inner city pre-teens are the ones who look down their noses @ result of no sex education.
A sad, inescapable fact of life is that a tragic percentage of improperly raised children will grow up to be monsters and take the lives of innocents.
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