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Re: “Now will we act?”
Why do we talk about the people in these neighborhoods as if they are stupid and can not see how their lives are? We talk about how 'we' need to do something. "We" do studies and 'we' do programs and 'we' rant and rave about the poor unfortunate inner city black person like we are somehow better than they are. We act like their keepers. We tell them with our very desire to help them that they can not help themselves, that they are not equal, that they are not able. That they are in need of being taken care of. We give them money to stay right where they are. I love the man who shouted out to the Mayor about there needing to be outrage in the back community about black young men killing black young men because until that happens nothing will change. Until they hold their young men to the standards of a civilized society, until they say no more, until they change their culture from the inside and want better for their children, until they call for social change from their families, nothing will change. And 'We' should stop acting like their keepers who know what is best for them and holding them to a lower standard as if they are not able to keep up.
Re: “‘Not my problem’: reactions to the shootings”
Why do we talk about the people in these neighborhoods as if they are stupid and can not see how their lives are? We talk about how 'we' need to do something. "We" do studies and 'we' do programs and 'we' rant and rave about the poor unfortunate inner city black person like we are somehow better than they are. We act like their keepers. We tell them with our very desire to help them that they can not help themselves, that they are not equal, that they are not able. That they are in need of being taken care of. We give them money to stay right where they are. I love the man who shouted out to the Mayor about there needing to be outrage in the back community about black young men killing black young men because until that happens nothing will change. Until they hold their young men to the standards of a civilized society, until they say no more, until they change their culture from the inside and want better for their children, until they call for social change from their families, nothing will change. And 'We' should stop acting like their keepers who know what is best for them and holding them to a lower standard as if they are not able to keep up.