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GNL
2024 Apr 23, 1:24pm
GNL
2024 Apr 23, 1:24pm
Patrick says
Everything government does would be (is) a crime in the private sector.
Perhaps the most ironic and hilarious part of this Sheetzy story is that the federal government — including the EEOC which is suing Sheetz for using criminal background checks in hiring — itself requires applicants to undergo criminal background checks...
Everything government does would be (is) a crime in the private sector.
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WookieMan
2024 Apr 24, 1:48pm
WookieMan
2024 Apr 24, 1:48pm
richwicks says
I don't know the specific area you're talking about in CA personally. We have no active duty cops from 12-7am every day of the week in my town. No break in's. No car theft or robbery. No murder. Education is average.
Policing has nothing to do with it. It's culture and how police are allowed to react to crimes. When you grow up with songs like fuck the police, what's that? You think your kid is going to respect police? I have no interest to interact with police. So I don't do anything to have that interaction with them. Easy. Again, it's culture.
Until blacks want to get out of their dumpster fire, they're doomed. They need to stop blaming whites. Just fucking adult at some point and raise kids with a mom and dad. Doing it now myself. My wife is not his mom obviously, but my nephew is my son. His baby daddy is in prison. I'm not perfect but I manned up and took on another child. So sick (not you) of people making excuses for blacks. Maybe my nephew is the "token" negro, but he's absolutely loved in a white hill billy town. Comes down to parenting and leadership at the end of the day. Blacks don't do that. Ultimately that's on the men.
I will say blacks were given a losing hand when manufacturing moved out of country. But the men didn't adapt to the new culture. So the sons born in the 80's went scorched earth because dad couldn't provide and blamed the police because they didn't have a job. The 80's were a huge turning point.
Consider this, do you think that black areas are given less policing, and poorer education? I know you are aware of East Palo Alto. They are underpoliced, and I think intentionally.
I don't know the specific area you're talking about in CA personally. We have no active duty cops from 12-7am every day of the week in my town. No break in's. No car theft or robbery. No murder. Education is average.
Policing has nothing to do with it. It's culture and how police are allowed to react to crimes. When you grow up with songs like fuck the police, what's that? You think your kid is going to respect police? I have no interest to interact with police. So I don't do anything to have that interaction with them. Easy. Again, it's culture.
Until blacks want to get out of their dumpster fire, they're doomed. They need to stop blaming whites. Just fucking adult at some point and raise kids with a mom and dad. Doing it now myself. My wife is not his mom obviously, but my nephew is my son. His baby daddy is in prison. I'm not perfect but I manned up and took on another child. So sick (not you) of people making excuses for blacks. Maybe my nephew is the "token" negro, but he's absolutely loved in a white hill billy town. Comes down to parenting and leadership at the end of the day. Blacks don't do that. Ultimately that's on the men.
I will say blacks were given a losing hand when manufacturing moved out of country. But the men didn't adapt to the new culture. So the sons born in the 80's went scorched earth because dad couldn't provide and blamed the police because they didn't have a job. The 80's were a huge turning point.
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Most of what is called "racism" is just a statistically justified fear of crime. It's not fair to the individual black person when others avoid him out of fear, but it's also not fair to tell everyone else that they must significantly increase their personal risk of crime to be "anti-racist".
Poverty may cause crime, but crime also causes poverty. Businesses flee and there are fewer jobs and services in high-crime areas. No one wants to lend to start a business where that business is likely to be bankrupted due to crime, or burned down in the inevitable next riot. Black families are also impoverished by lawyers and other costs of dealing with the legal system when junior decides it's a good idea to pull a gun and gets caught. People with the means to move away from crime-ridden areas do so as soon as they can.
Probably most black crime is committed by a minority of very bad people. If those people can be permanently locked up, that would help everyone.
To say #BlackLivesMatter without talking about the much higher rate of black crime above the crime rates of all other groups is to ignore the fundamental problem.
#BlackCrimeMatters too, and must be spoken about if anything is to ever improve.