“There are simply no decent full-time jobs for anyone living in the inner cities. Fifty years ago, there were choices: work in a mill, in a factory, or perhaps at the railroad.”.......
Even if there WERE jobs available to these young blacks men, they wouldn’t go ten feet toward them since they can make more money by doing less, selling drugs, robbing, stealing and on and on and then there is the “welfare” system where the gubmint gives them what they need. We have all heard, “What, me work? NO WAY!”
You are correct except you omitted the fact that they are not adequately educated to function in today’s work places. The people in question simply aren’t capable to work as needed
True for perhaps 10-20%, but not more than that.
I am an urban high school teacher. One of the schools I taught in was, at the time, 50% black and 50% white. I offered after school tutoring in math, for anyone who was interested.
The kids who came were almost entirely black. I was never quite sure why that was. The neighborhood was, at that time, relatively safe, lots of homes were owned by older whites. So it wasn't that the white students were afraid to stay after school.
Anyway, the black kids came for the extra help, lots of them. They had the right mindset.
If I had to guess, I'd guess that many of them now have criminal records, because the odds favor that guess. So what do I conclude? Those kids had the right mindset, but no opportunities. As General Blather noted, the government made sure of that.