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The crisis of African American unemployment requires federal intervention
Briefing Paper #328; Economic Policy Institute ^
| December 14, 2011
| By Algernon Austin
Posted on 01/30/2012 9:00:10 AM PST by DBCJR
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To: detective
Blacks commit crimes and glorify the criminal subculture. The root of the problem.
Unfortunately, for the rest of us (some of whom are black, too), since the real solution (ie. restoring the family unit and getting rid of government entitlements) will never be seriously considered, it may become necessary to declare martial law in the "hoods" and impose severe restrictions on movement and summary executions for sociopathic behavior. If tribal street thuggery spills over into civilized areas, civilized people of all ethnic stripes who become victims will demand that such a crackdown occur.
Perhaps that is exactly what Obama and his Chicago thugs are planning for ... they of course would not limit use of military force to the areas where it's needed. Top down, bottom up, inside out ...
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posted on
01/30/2012 10:06:44 AM PST
by
bassmaner
(Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
To: DBCJR
“The crisis of African American unemployment requires federal intervention”
US Postal Service?
To: Venturer
To: GeronL
Newt will fix it with janitorial jobs in schools and enlisting them building a base on the moon!Bring back NASSA, the Negro American Space Society of Astronauts.
The Old Negro Space Program
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posted on
01/30/2012 10:28:44 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
To: DBCJR
The social injustice represented by this type of unacceptable African American unemployment and poverty could be solved if out society made a real commitment to executing the following steps:
a. Focus on real affirmative action efforts. Force private employers to have at least 25% of their staff be composed of African Americans.
b. Insure that African Americans are placed into leadership positions in these organizations, CEOs, COOs, board positions
c. Government should place a moratorium on the hiring of non-African Americans for 10 years
d. Education requirements should be removed as a prerequisite for employment for African Americans
e. The Federal government should put together a large cash infusion for any African Americans that may have been involved in farming. An activity impacted by unfair treatment for centuries.
f. Loosen Federal and state requirements for assistance programs, including SNAP, WIC, SSI, Section 8, as well as programs for cell phone and internet access. Aggressively market these programs to African Americans.
g. Improve educational opportunities in the African American communities by removing the bulk of standardized testing and redevelop these tests to better reflect the unique knowledge patterns of these communities.
h. End or significantly reduce state prosecution for crimes having a higher incidence within the African American community. This could include incidents of unintended shootings, fighting and inadvertent property theft.
i. Rework the tax code so that all African Americans earning less than $250,000 annually would receive a payment rather than a tax liability.
Why the sarcasm? What better way to express the absurdity of the constant hand wringing over the state of the African American community. Start learning skills, start working, stop the mindless violence and end the whining and resentment.
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posted on
01/30/2012 10:31:50 AM PST
by
Jay Santos CP
("Idiocracy"... It's no longer just a movie.)
To: DBCJR
Bring back that wonderful program CETA. YIPEEE!
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posted on
01/30/2012 10:33:11 AM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: DBCJR
Millions of African Americans live in communities that lack access to good jobs and good schools and suffer from high crime rates. Why don't they use Section 8 to send them to nice neighborhoods where people work hard to live?
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posted on
01/30/2012 10:38:40 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: DBCJR
Like we already don’t have affirmative action in hiring and promotion! Try working your way up the Civil Service ladder as a white male without any political connections. You’d better be patient.
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/30/2012 10:46:13 AM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: DBCJR
The question should be “Is it inappropriate for an organization to continue 24/7/365 in perpetuity for a Consitutional Requirement that only calls for work once every ten years?
This is prevalent throughout our government - agencies going above and beyond their purviews: CDC (guns are a health problem), US Census Bureau (with dumbass stuff like this), Dept of Education (whatever the hell they call themselves now) with meals and diet, USDOT (mileage standards - none of their damned business), FDA, IRS, and on and on and on.
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posted on
01/30/2012 10:48:19 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: DBCJR
My Niece just started a Masters Program.
One of her classes is taught by a Black Woman who is a Tenured Professor. The first assignment that was handed out had the students list their life experiences and goals, sort of a Biography / Resume.
The Professor told the class, and I quote here, “tell us who you be”.
We are so screwed...
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posted on
01/30/2012 10:51:53 AM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(Liberals, Useful Idiots Voting for Useless Idiots...)
To: DBCJR
African American adults are about twice as likely to be unemployed as whites, black students lag their white peers in educational attainment and achievement
Not that the two are related, mind you.......
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posted on
01/30/2012 10:52:53 AM PST
by
cincinnati65
(We've been taken for a ride - by Wall Street and Washington DC - Welcome to Amerika!)
To: 1rudeboy; expat_panama; Mase
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posted on
01/30/2012 8:16:35 PM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
To: Toddsterpatriot
EPI Lives!
We don't see much from them here any longer since Willie left the scene....twice. Or was that Economic Alert.org (Alan Tonelson et al)?
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posted on
01/30/2012 8:27:40 PM PST
by
Mase
(Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Goofy stuff comes out all the time, but what truly amazes me is how many people actually go along with that stuff.
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