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Ways to help the black community
posted ago by tobeselfevident ago by tobeselfevident +19 / -0

Getting real tired of the glowies on here spouting crime statistics about black people for no apparent reason. I don't give a fuck what the average IQ is of black people. If IQ doesn't change, then bringing it up on here serves no purpose to any of us. It may play some role but who cares? I don't. There's nothing wrong with bringing up statistics but try to add some fucking color to it. Theorize what things might contribute to it and what things we can do as a society to curb it, realistically. Don't just drop statistics and walk away. That's literally just racist. Saying "facts don't care about your feelings" doesn't shield you from that. If your facts don't serve an honorable purpose you're not acting in good faith, so fuck you.

Here are some things I would do to help the black community if I were in charge:

EDUCATION

  1. Outlaw homework in public schools

One of the main purposes of public education is to give the poor an opportunity to break the cycle of poverty that they've inherited from their parents. Poverty breeds crime, so reducing it makes all of us safer. Ergo: public education is something we should be happy to pay for.

Why then would you assign poor children from uneducated and/or single parent and/or drug ridden and/or crime infested broken homes homework? Who do you think is going to help them when they get stuck?

I'm not saying don't give them the assignments--we want to raise the bar in education, not lower it. I'm just saying that assignments should be done at school, where teachers and tutors who know the material, aren't cracked out, and are paid to be there, are there to help you.

We're paying you to teach poor kids because we know their parents can't or won't. Why are you passing this responsibility back to those parents when we know they'll fail in that responsibility?

The only problem with this though is that the school day likely isn't long enough to accommodate it. Which brings me to my next point:

  1. Make public school 8am-5pm or even 8am-6pm

First, if we're going to have assignments done at school, we're going to need the extra time. But there's another reason for this: to make it easier for mothers, especially single mothers, to pursue profitable careers, rather than opting for welfare checks. I'm not saying all of them will, but some will, and every little bit helps all of us.

  1. Make participation in competitive sports mandatory each semester

Every kid needs to play at least one competitive school sport. Period. It can be a team sport, or an individual sport, but kids should be competing with their bodies. It makes them happier, healthier, helps them socialize, and it teaches them invaluable life lessons that can't be learned any other way.

  1. Make personal and family finance courses mandatory to graduate

All kids should understand how money works before they leave high school. They should be taught to save at least 10% of their income and know of various ways to invest it. They should understand how insurance works and when, for what, and how much you need. They should know how to manage a checking account, credit cards, loans, and how to build and manage their credit scores.

  1. Make human relations courses mandatory to graduate

Every kid in America should be forced to read and memorize the principles taught in "How To Win Friends and Influence People." The dividends it will pay society can't be quantified.

  1. Make college prep, trade school prep, and entrepreneurship prep mandatory to graduate

  2. Make resume building and interview training mandatory to graduate

LEGAL REFORMS

  1. Make recreational weed, mdma, psychedelics, and maybe cocaine legal via prescription (under the care of a doctor with detailed directions and warnings)

If you commit a crime under the influence of any of these drugs, it should be no different as if you had committed a crime while under the influence of alcohol.

  1. Keep heroin, meth, and fentanyl illegal

If you sell these drugs you should get a mandatory 5 year sentence.

If you commit a crime, and a drug test reveals you have them in your system, you should be locked up for medically supervised detox, then put on probation with mandatory drug testing (just for illegal drugs) and medication (like opioid agonists and antagonists) until the state deems you competent to take care of yourself again.

This will have the added benefit of eliminating what liberals call homelessness. Homelessness in America does not exist. We have programs and funding for people who just need food, clothing, and shelter. What we see and call homelessness is all drug addiction. There is no demographic more likely to commit crime than the "homeless." It's in their best interest and ours to be a little tough on them.

  1. No plea deals

If a prosecutor wants to charge you with something he better be damn sure he can convince a jury, otherwise he should seek a lesser charge. Whatever he decides to charge you with, he should know he's going to have to convince a judge or a jury that you're guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and that his reputation and track record will be based on how well he does there.

A public defender should know the same thing. Gone should be the days when prosecutors get to rack up "convictions" by piling on charges and scaring a defendant into taking a deal, as well as chicken shit public defenders who consider the fact that they got their client a deal some kind of win for their own record. No deals. Draw your line and let the jury decide. They either committed the crime or they didn't.

Anybody else got any ideas?

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