Posted on 08/23/2014 12:13:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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From questions about democracy to positives coming from conflict, social scientists offer different takes.
The protests in Ferguson, Missouri, have been described as a mirror into contemporary America, but they are also something else: A crystal ball.
Look past the headlines -- the debates over race and police militarization that have surfaced after the killing of an unarmed black youth by a white police officer -- and one can glimpse America's future, some historians and political scientists say.
No one is talking about an impending race war or a police state, but something more subtle. Unless Americans re-examine some assumptions they've made about themselves, they argue, Ferguson could be the future.
Assumption No. 1: Tiger Woods is going to save us
It's called the "browning of America." Google the phrase and you'll get 18 million hits. By 2050, most of the nation's citizens are expected to be people of color, according to the Pew Research Center.
Dig beneath the Google links and one can detect an emerging assumption: Racial flashpoints like Ferguson will fade in the future because no single race will be dominant. You could call it the Tiger Woods effect. The New American will claim multiple racial origins like Woods, the pro golfer. Demographic change will accomplish what a thousand national conversations on race could never do: lessen the sting of racial conflict.
A dramatic increase in interracial marriages will change the racial landscape as more people cross racial and ethnic lines to marry. But that change won't be a cure-all, says Rory Kramer, a sociology and criminology professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
He says racial progress is not inevitable with the browning of America.
"I don't want to deny the optimism," Kramer says. "I deny the assumption that it will happen without effort."(continued)
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Do you think 73% out of wedlock birthrates for blacks, crime-ridden, corrupt cities, terrible schools, and poverty have any bearing on these statistics?
“No one is talking about an impending race war or a police state”
Radical Blacks have been talking about, and looking forward to, The Great Racial War - since the 1960’s. So far, it’s a one-sided guerilla war, being waged on the sidewalks of mostly urban areas.
As far as a police state; I think we’re just about there.
...”Wealth - as contrasted with income - is a function of the ability of individuals to make good choices. Ferguson is filled with individuals who will never be wealthy. They make bad, self-destructive choices. Welfare rewards them and pays them to procreate”.....
Nice to see you bring clarity to this discussion. Good post and appreciated.
I would add also that one needs to know ‘how’ to manage wealth...we see plenty who do not know much more than buying the next pair of Jordan sneakers.
...”Wealth - as contrasted with income - is a function of the ability of individuals to make good choices. Ferguson is filled with individuals who will never be wealthy. They make bad, self-destructive choices. Welfare rewards them and pays them to procreate”.....
Nice to see you bring clarity to this discussion. Good post and appreciated.
I would add also that one needs to know ‘how’ to manage wealth...we see plenty who do not know much more than buying the next pair of Jordan sneakers.
....”millions of wasted dollars into education programs and communities and they don’t want to help themselves”.....
Imagine what the black community would be like if just those in the Music and Hollywood industry would “reach back” and soak ‘their millions’ into the black communities????? But this isn’t seen..highly successful blacks don’t care any more about their communities beyond lip service....yet they expect the tax payer to “fix” their community.
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The police state would evaporate like a June snowfall any day that we realize we’re much more powerful and numerous than they are.
F*** hip-hop, sports and entertainment. If the terms “black shopkeeper” or “successful black salesman” or “black engineer” or “black entrepreneur” didn’t sound oxymoronic, they’d be just fine. I WANT to recruit black, Hispanic, Filipino, Vietnamese and other ethnic groups into my company to penetrate those markets, but the black one is by far the hardest to do. Want to know why? You don’t get paid until after you sell something!
2. Based on current rates of first incarceration, an estimated 32% of black males will enter State or Federal prison during their lifetime, compared to 17% of Hispanic males and 5.9% of white males.
3. In 2005, Homicide offending rates for blacks were more than 7 times higher than the rates for whites.
4. Black criminals commit more crimes against white victims (nearly 1.1 million in 1992) than they do against blacks (just under 1 million).
5. 72% Of Black Kids Raised By Single Parent
And all the white people are going to fill the void they leave in Mexico, Central and South America. Once whitey squares those areas away, the "brownies" will follow us back down there and the U.S. will become an empty desert.
If the abortion rate were drastically reduced, what would be the impact on the other statistics you provided?
“...can’t pass a drug test.”
They don’t need to pass a drug test to vote. They don’t even need an ID to vote. Heck...they don’t even need to be alive to vote...
Why are their even white people in office? There’s a whole lot of stupid in that town. With 2/3’s black residents in the town, they could do a write-in campaign and vote Little Black Sambo in as mayor.
One can only guess...but it would mean a move to a Godly and moral culture. That would translate into a more law-abiding society.
It always comes back to following God...and rejecting satan/allah.
LOL. You live in a fantasy world.
LOL! Not only did you demonstrate your stupidity and lack of grasping the obvious, but your hatred of God and understanding His culture is crystal clear.
Enjoy your allah/satan immorality...LOL, what a dork!!!!
Hey, wait a minute. Comparing the fools in Ferguson with Zulu warriors is a TERRIBLY UNFAIR insult to Zulu warriors. The Zulus are a proud people with a fascinating history. The lowlifes of Ferguson are just...well, you get the idea.
If you think that reducing abortion will solve the problem of corruptly run cities, lousy school systems, poverty, etc. then you are the one who is stupid. Increasing the black population will not help the current situation.
LOL - you did it again, dolt!
LOL. Go live in your fantasy world. The rest of us must deal in reality.
I would like everyone to revisit Fergusons population, crime stats and general standard of living in five years..
Or anywhere around that town.
The hiring standards are going to be so lowered for police that people are going to get exactly what they asked for.
And will regret it.
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