Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:
You're right Mike. My comments are not limited to American Blacks.
Why is mineral rich Africa an economic laggard? Why are Haiti, Jamaica and the Bahamas rife with crime as bad as the States? Why does booming Brazil still have 55,000 murders a year-most committed by people of color?
Why can the U.S. absorb tens of millions of immigrants into our work force yet Black unemplyment hovers just below 20%.
Why have 1 out of every 3 black males been incarcerated?
Some will say poverty.
Well then, why are blacks poor? If a Korean or a Cuban (tan skin as you like to say) can come here and prosper then why so few blacks? Is it easier for an uneducated Latino to enter a foreign nation-without benefit of language or social services and yet work and remain out of jail easier than a native American?
Many jobs disappeared out of American inner cities in the 60's and 70's because of blacks. Tardiness, theft, lackluster performance were all culprits. Many good teachers leave public schools out of fear. And yes guy's like me hire blacks out of guilt and then need watch them like hawks.
It's easy to just tow the liberal line and yack, âeducation, lack of jobs, poverty, prejudiceâ ect but the reality tells a tale of opportunity squandered.
And thanks for being a bigger man than me.
Pabst, not disputing your experience, however because of my upbringing notably and my natural preference for diversity (perhaps due to education, circumstances, but not only since i am generally curious of differences etc, what makes us all tick etc...) i intimately know perhaps hundreds of "blacks" on 3 parts of the planet (Africa, Europe, Asia incl Japan) and i can guarantee you that color aside you wouldn't know they are "blacks" (not cause they've ditched culture, tradition, folklore etc but simply cause the common ground, shared history, values etc is overwhelming i'd say), that "integration", success etc is a non-issue... same potential, same drive etc etc...
then i've got those lovely & smart mates of my wife (who used to study in Chicago way back) who told me when i visited last year about the lingering resentment against "whites" in the US. And they too do harbour some mild form of resentment. And they are not a bunch of whiners... very entrepreneurial, very positive, outgoing etc... you wldn't feel guilty hiring them if they'd let you...
surely, "black" criminality rates in South Chicago like the other week-end doesn't amuse them... thats where they live, with their little daughter Chloe, 4 years old... surely you are not holding them responsible for not "doing enough to curb their kin's criminality" type BS i hope we agree that'd be at best plain silly, at worst, approaching "collective punishment" type mindset and we know where that leads, while they like anyone living there would prob give an arm to get rid of all the proliferating murderous thugs forever
question is: why is this happening? why have you guys ALLOWED heavily weaponized gangs and gang culture to proliferate in the US? and am not even talking about "blacks" here, LA bloods and crips etc... there is MS-13 etc...
your in favour of allowing people to acquire and carry weapons liberally... great... i too think weapons, semi-automatics preferably, is the 1st thing one needs in modern urban life... so that everybody can play the great spraying game, why not... ever been to Beyrouth, Luanda etc... fun cities!
have a good week-end...
