Posted on 10/06/2009 3:25:19 AM PDT by Scanian
On Thursday, September 24th, after an apparently productive day at Fengler High School in Chicago, Derrion Albert, a black 16 year old honor student was knocked to the ground by a blow to the head with a railroad tie. He was then punched, kicked and stomped. Those who responded to rescue him were too late.
Derrion had walked into the middle of a fight between two rival black gangs. He attempted to help one of the victims in the melee and was killed for his trouble. This took place in Barack Obama's Chicago. All his work for "social justice" did a great deal for Obama, but it did nothing for Derrion Albert. Of course the President is not responsible for this tragedy, but it does expose the fatuous claim that such occurrences are the result of social injustice rather than the personal choice to engage in lawless behavior. The ghettos, drugs, gangs and violence are on display for all to see in spite of Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, Acorn and all the community organizing.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It makes for great rap video.
Events happen fast. Once, I and some friends turned a corner in New Orleans and walked into and through the start of gang fight. Ten seconds later, as we looked back, everyone on the scene was fighting or running for cover. Had we been a little slower, we would have been caught in the middle of it.
Naturally, as all these thugs can do is destroy them must inhabit something initially built by the productive.
[Most places where these criminals live were once fine decent communities.]
When my second daughter was going into Junior High (the same one my oldest went to (without problems)), the Junior High got a whole new Administration. The new Principal was well aware of the gangs and roughhousing that had become a moniker of this school in the past three years (it had gotten a really bad reputation). So, he (a former active duty Marine Staff Sergeant) went on the offensive.
He sent his Vice-Principals and Counselors to the elementary schools that fed his school and had them explain to the future students and us parents, in great detail, the issues that currently face the school to which our children would be promoted. Most parents had a look of horror on their faces, and so too did lots of the kids.
But, they ended the meeting with something that changed that school forever: “Our school only has in it, what you kids bring with you. Schools are a reflection of the students. If there are gangs, then you kids brought the gangs into this school. If there are drugs, then you kids brought the drugs into this school. If there is prosperity, then you kids brought prosperity with you!”
It gave the future students (and parents) a new look into that school and it was changed for the better! It also changed the faculties mindset. That school is one of the best in the entire city! In two years that school went from the most arrests, fights and rumors to the least of those three problems and added the highest advanced graduation rates in the district!
Right. Let’s blame white real estate agents for ghettos and black crime.
When you take black crime out of the figures for the United States, the crime stats are about the same as Canada's. Mark Styen, in a article some time last year.
It’s from exactly the same leftist mentality -
there can’t be anything wrong with our ideology,
so there must be some group that’s causing things to go wrong.
(With Hitler, it was da jooooos!)
[Naturally, as all these thugs can do is destroy them must inhabit something initially built by the productive.]
Yep, look at Oak Cliff in Dallas. During the fifties and sixties, this is where the Mayor of Dallas lived! It was the newest, fastest growing part of the city! Beautiful area.
By the seventies and eighties, you didn’t slow down when you drove through Oak Cliff (it really was that bad)! But now, it is making a rebirth as a decent part of the city, still not fifties nice, but nice! It is a cycle of birth, degradation, collapse/slum, rebirth (repeat steps 2, 3 & 4)!
The biggest problem with rebirth is that the stench and foul taste of the past leaves a bitter reminder so the rebirth is never as good as the last rebirth! Ultimately, getting a new building in a rundown part of the city is considered a “rebirth” - see most inner cities for examples!
Like most he was looking for a strong role model.
Too bad he chose one so screwed up.
From the article: "He attempted to help one of the victims in the melee and was killed for his trouble".
Blame whoever you like lady. I just pointed out the fact that blockbusting was a tactic used to sell houses and that it did run white people out of their homes.
>”put the blame squarely where it belongs, on the victim!”
Nope. Just making a comment on this kids lack of good judgement.
>”If he’d been in Afghanistan he would have got a medal.”
If he’d been in Afghanistan he would have been armed.
If you jump in the middle of a dog fight, don’t complain when you get bit.
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