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Michael Brown death illustrates need to rescue urban youth
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| August 15, 2014
| Jewelle Taylor Gibbs
Posted on 08/17/2014 8:24:44 AM PDT by artichokegrower
One of the major factors contributing to the stressful environment for young black males (and other minority youth) continues to be the persistent pattern of police harassment, misconduct and brutality toward these youth. As Michelle Alexander has noted in her recent book, "The New Jim Crow," the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world; this seems to be a deliberate strategy to deal with black males who are frequently viewed as a threat to the social order.
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The unspoken major factor for creating a stressful environment for young black males is the lack of a father in the family.
To: artichokegrower
How does one rescue someone that believes lies?
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:26:08 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: no-to-illegals
. . . and does not particularly want to be rescued in a life of duty, work, and obedience to law?
To: Rockingham
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:28:14 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: artichokegrower; GeronL
Should we rescue them and send them to “flyover country” farms as we are doing with the children of “crisis” from central america?
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:28:56 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(ISIS has started up a slave trade in Iraq. Mission accomplshed, Barack, Mission accomplished.)
To: no-to-illegals
The tragic death of Michael Brown, a college-bound black male
He was a bully. He beat up store owners that were smaller than him. I thought liberals did not like bullies in schools.
To: Rockingham
If black males didn’t disproportionately commit crimes, they would not be disproportionately in prison. What are we missing? Are black men as a group more prone to criminal activity? And if so, wouldn’t you expect to see that population in prison???
To: artichokegrower
excellent point and true.
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:31:07 AM PDT
by
georgia peach
(georgia peach)
To: artichokegrower
Michael Brown death illustrates ...
... the abject failure of 50 freakin' years of pinko-commie Democrat/Progessive policies.
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:31:11 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: artichokegrower
The fact that he was from an offically recognized grievance group means that he is allowed to do whatever he wants. Anyone opposed is racist by liberal criteria.
To: artichokegrower
Rescue them from what? Something of their own creation? They can all kill each other for all I care.
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:31:53 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
wouldnt you expect to see that population in prison??? You do.
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:32:03 AM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: artichokegrower
Gawd spare me this same old song
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:33:32 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: oh8eleven
... the abject failure of 50 freakin' years of pinko-commie Democrat/Progessive policies.That's what I first thought just reading the headline -- 50 years too late, and 22 trillion dollars wasted.
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:33:50 AM PDT
by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: artichokegrower
Blacks have been fed a line of crap from the federal government since 1965 and the “Great Society”. The same government ultimately responsible for the decimation of their families.
Government dependence has now been bread into generations of blacks on the public dole and we now see the results of this disaster in Ferguson and Chicago, Illinois among thousands of other areas.
To: artichokegrower
We need to stop subsidizing the culture that spawns them.
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:35:57 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: artichokegrower
The problem with ghetto blacks is bad government policy and the Democrats who keep them on the plantation.
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:36:12 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: artichokegrower
How many of these uneducated people are on food stamps etc.? give them Government Assistance through a program called The Draft!
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:36:13 AM PDT
by
yoe
( Served as a test pilot)
To: artichokegrower
“Rescue” = cash, of course.
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:36:18 AM PDT
by
denydenydeny
("World History is not full of good governments, or of good voters either "--P.J. O'Rourke)
To: oh8eleven
Rescue via removal of welfare. Work for food, shelter, etc.
Reinstate self-pride/self-responsibility.
The establishment would NEVER allow it.
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posted on
08/17/2014 8:36:34 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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