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originally posted by: tribal
Trump should have hired me as an advisor. I have so many better ideas than his people do.
If he really wanted to appeal to the black community he should have channeled the rhetoric of Medgar Evers and W.E.B du Bois and talked about Black Wall Street and how before forced integration there were more wealthy blacks than afterwards.
If Trump were smart he would encourage blacks (and whites and latinos, etc too) to emulate the business practices of many asian families and communities that pool their resources and invest and re invest their wealth into various business ventures and enterprises which serve their community first and foremost and the wider community second.
The answer to eradicating the miserable conditions of many black neighborhoods is black enterpreneurship and an inward, self serving strategy that puts the needs and wants of the black community FIRST. Blacks can take back everything they have lost if they focus more on building themselves and each other up instead of spending all their time complaining about the very real and sometimes also imagined obstacles they face.
"A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills." WEB du Bois
originally posted by: Hefficide
a reply to: BlueAjah
Seems like you don't need my input as you've filled in my answers for me with standard right wing talking points! Thanks!
Ignoring that - I do have a couple of ideas to help with the issues in inner cities....
1) Raise wages to fall in line with the cost of living and inflation.
2) Undo decades of gerrymandering so that the people who live there have a fair say in their representation.
3) Train law enforcement to stop profiling, incarcerating and murdering inner city males at unfathomably disproportionate rates.
4) End the senseless war on drugs and begin a policy of education and treatment rather than the current punitive approach.
5) Normalize the ridiculous and long standing Jim Crow policies in education to ensure that inner city schools are equal in funding and resources as their suburban counterparts.
6) Educate the general public about the realities of the problems facing the inner city so that people don't go around with the kinds of misinformed ideas that are represented by your list.
originally posted by: apoc36
a reply to: kruphix
*FACEPALM* Yes, because that is what BLM has been protesting this past 2 years...there aren't enough cops on the street to kill us.
I always wanted to know why you hated Trump so much, now I know why.....
originally posted by: kruphix
originally posted by: apoc36
a reply to: kruphix
*FACEPALM* Yes, because that is what BLM has been protesting this past 2 years...there aren't enough cops on the street to kill us.
I always wanted to know why you hated Trump so much, now I know why.....
Why do I hate him so much?
I am genuinely curious.
originally posted by: kruphix
originally posted by: apoc36
a reply to: kruphix
*FACEPALM* Yes, because that is what BLM has been protesting this past 2 years...there aren't enough cops on the street to kill us.
I always wanted to know why you hated Trump so much, now I know why.....
Why do I hate Trump so much?
I am genuinely curious.