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Comment on More black men in jail or college? An old “fact” revisited by JAB

JAB — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:51:07 +0000

Excuse me, but you sound just as ignorant as the individuals who believe that America is now in a post-racism state. Individuals need to take responsibility for their actions, but those who ORIGINALLY created this problem need to take responsibility as well, and assist in fixing it. What you don’t seem to understand is that the GLOBAL Black community DID NOT create the situations that it is forced to deal with. Please tell me how you expect a people who are stereotyped, falsely accused and convicted, and ,more often than you may witness in your own pristine communities, assaulted and harassed by a judicial system, that operates as a mechanism of disenfranchisement, to properly and effectively DEAL with the issues of underdevelopment? African American communities are continually subjected to schools that are unequal in the quality of education offered to its students. African American communities are continually underdeveloped, causing its occupants to spend money shopping in other communities and not their own, which in turn aids to that community’s development. The so called “War on Drugs” was bull. Common sense would have directed any REAL efforts to aim for the heads of drug distributions. Instead, it targeted small-time dealers in Black communities who where fiscally incapable of any detrimental scale importation or distribution. Its only goal, for those of you who are cognitively challenged, was the social control of African Americans. Incarceration effectively mimics American Slavery in that it: strips individuals of their Rights to Vote and make decisions on issues affecting their communities (schooling, community developments, funding, security…etc.), it legalizes discrimination allowing denial for jobs, housing, school entrance, educational funding, etc. even for petty crimes like public urination as a teen, or looting food like during Katrina (“Have you ever been convicted of a felony?” is on every job & even some housing applications, & it bares NO REGARD to the severity, or lack thereof, of the crime), it divides families, it produces MILLIONS in revenue for prison owners (paid with our tax dollars for so called “REHABILITATION”), castrates men (they can not protect their family from home intrusion since they loose their right to bare arms, and they can not support a family since they can not find jobs), and lastly it creates repeat offenders given that many turn back to criminal activity AS A MEANS OF INCOME TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES since NO ONE WILL GIVE THEM A JOB!….Sounds like NEO-SLAVERY to me! Again, please tell me how you would suggest that the Global BLACK community FIX problems that started nearly 400 yrs ago? How should the BLACK community go about changing the greedy, inhumane, morally compromised, & materialistic, ideals and thought processes of the individuals that actually created this problem, and still propagate it today? When will AMERICA WAKE UP, and truly operate as one country, one people? Strip the world of all color, and you’ll still have BLACK…. And regardless of religious beliefs, we were created EQUAL, equally unique with different talents, skin tones, cognitive abilities, etc… yet still equal: 10 finger, 10 toes, 2 eyes, 1 nose, 23 chromosomes = male or female… NOT BLACK OR WHITE.

Comment on More black men in jail or college? An old “fact” revisited by Stuart

Stuart — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:16:43 +0000

I get it that lots of Amaricans want to gloss over the fact that the ONLY reason Blacks are incarcirated at such a high rate is because they are guilty of crimes! There is no large or population of Blacks anywhere in the world that doesn’t also have a high crime rate. This is not just an Amarican problem. Personally, I don’t see that the hard numbers truly “dispell” anything. Saying that slightly more Black men are enrolled in Collage, than are enrolled in the justice system, does little to “dispell” the FACT that Black culture produces a high rate of criminal activity, world wide! And when regergitating the numbers, why is there no call to action for the Black community? Stop complaining that Blacks are dissinfranchized by being incarcirated for crimes they have commited. Regardless of how liberal one is, you still don’t much care why the criminal is victimizing you, and if it just so happens they are Black, you want them off the streets and out of your community. Blacks commit violet crimes at a much higher rate than whites. You can argue the reasons why, but it doesn’t change the facts. Stop complaining, and get the Black community to deal with there responsibility in creating this situation in there communities everywhere in the world.

Comment on More black men in jail or college? An old “fact” revisited by Susan French

Susan French — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:53:24 +0000

Jeez…doesn’t anyone do math? The number in jail or prison is just a little bit less than those in college. It’s still outrageous.

The FACT is that approximately 1 out of 3 black males will spend time in jail or prison SOMETIME IN THEIR LIFETIMES. That is an outrageous statistic.

As far as the stupid comments about “do the crime, do the time,” why don’t you check out statistics (especially, for instance, in Brooklyn) regarding the numbers of illegal search and seizure as well as planting drug evidence.

Ask yourselves: would YOU like to have been born black in America? Or anywhere?

God have mercy.

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Comment on More black men in jail or college? An old “fact” revisited by Gillian Campbell

Gillian Campbell — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:06:11 +0000

Thanks for sharing this, Martin,

It’s always great when myth is dispelled by hard facts.

This has helped in a tweet I’m preparing for @GWAPBlog.

Comment on More black men in jail or college? An old “fact” revisited by marsha brady

marsha brady — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:04:19 +0000

the question is why did they do the crime. what lack of resources led one down this path? HOW COULD THIS HAVE BEEN PREVENTED? Black men are singled out. WAKE UP AMERICA!…

Comment on More black men in jail or college? An old “fact” revisited by Matt

Matt — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:45:40 +0000

So if they commit the crime why should they not do the time? It is impossible to remove the responsibility of the action from the criminal. This is a country and legal system that was founded on personal responsibility that provided the privilege of the opportunity to pursue your hopes.

Comment on More black men in jail or college? An old “fact” revisited by CES

CES — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:51:23 +0000

Great findings! When I originally heard the statistic it motivated me to want to work in the criminal justice system and help the minority youth who first come in contact with the justice system. To know that this statistic is no longer true makes me very happy for this country, but i know it has a long way to go to clear up its disproportionality.

Comment on More black men in jail or college? An old “fact” revisited by gdog

gdog — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:04:12 +0000

LadiiDae,
well said, well said