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(AP) Citing bleak data on incarceration, joblessness and AIDS, the National Urban League said Monday that problems facing black men represent America's most serious social crisis and proposed an aggressive campaign to provide them with more opportunities.
The 97-year-old black empowerment organization, in its annual "State of Black America" report, called for universal early-childhood education, more second-chance programs for school dropouts and ex-offenders, and expanded use of all-male schools emphasizing mentoring and longer class hours.
Originally posted by Harassment101
To be honest, racism is probably alive and well in many places in one capacity or another, the difference is, it's more discussed in some places over others.
Originally posted by Harassment101
It was just an observation.
This forum discusses it plenty, but do we discuss it constructively?
If discussing it only causes more divisions and ignorance, then does that really help?
_I say discuss it if you must, but it never stays on topic, often gets derailed, and ends up being about not what it started being about.
Originally posted by Harassment101
This forum discusses it plenty, but do we discuss it constructively?
Empathy! It doesn't have to be a double edged sword. We can feel empathy for individuals without being pitiful. We can also be empathetic to an individual without victimizing ourself in an attempt to refute their own experiences.
I object to blanket statements like, "Yeah, they may go through that... but who says I don't?" Nobody is saying you, I, we, or they don't. What we are saying is that a specific portion of our population is having to fight an uphill battle. Other portions of our population can be empathetic to their needs without victimizing themselves.
I wonder why young black children start falling behind in such young grades.
The Safe Schools Act, also known as zero tolerance, which some say unfairly targets black youth and drives them into gangs.
Originally posted by Rockpuck
But, Gazz, I am not black, I am white.. and I know my perspective is different then yours, as you are black.
But, Gazz, I am not black, I am white.. and I know my perspective is different then yours, as you are black. You may see whites as being privaliged because we where not slaves, and because we are the majority.. but we, like all ethnicities have problems of our own.. we are educated to feel ashamed about our history.. to be disgusted by our fathers actions.. made to feel self concious just as much as blacks are about their own color.. always aware of political correctnes.. I know people that refuse to confront blacks because they are petrified of being called racist..
Glad to see you pull the chestnuts back out of the fire, but that is what I mean about these discussions sometimes.
Please review your post.
I am sure not all black people see all white people as being privileged, but I see this assumption a great deal in these forum postings. Not everyone is educated to feel ashamed of a past history, or history.
Also just to let you know, in America many Hispanic men are starting to have the problem with the profiling that Black men have been having for years. Also the jail population thing as well. I have not had a chance to read about HIV in the Hispanic community.
Over here our first Nations persons have some of the same problems as black people, and it would truly be ignorance to think that the system that existed for the last how long, did not play a role in the demise of a once proud Native population.
I am simply stunned, amazed that you thought I was black. Or that you even asked in chat.
Thank you Rockpuck for inadvertantly helping me make some points here.
You can ask any of my fellow staff members, they've seen pictures and video of me... they know what race I am for sure. I'd share them here.. but that is not what the topic is about... and really I'm too ugly in my whiteness.
Originally posted by Rockpuck
Why should society bend over backwards to pander to the black race?
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
If we aren't going to devote ALL of the energy into the youth, where the problem is FIRST occurring, we are wasting our time and money. I don't support throwing money at a developed problem that's just going to keep occurring.