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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (134974)7/25/2013 11:11:19 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 149317
 
Its not just about values. Everywhere these kids turn its a mess.......their parents, the projects, the neighborhoods and the schools. There is nothing for them to hang onto except gangs.

The only way you stop it is to pick one of those venues and pour a ton of money into it. The cheapest way would be the schools........makes the schools as good as those in any affluent suburb and then make the parents sign a contract, the violation of which would have consequences.


Your heart is in the right place IMHO , but I think a lot of what you say has to come after we put in place policies that break up the incentive to marry a welfare check instead of a husband.

Its not just about the money. If was just about money, then the solution would be a lot simpler. There is psychological damage that results from all the years of slavery and discrimination. Just like alcoholics pass down their dysfunction to their offspring, so does generation after generation of former black slaves pass down their dysfunction. To interrupt the dysfunction and stop the cycle of poverty, you need to get them when they are young and provide them with reasonable alternatives.

Once woman have to get married in order to successfully raise thier kids it will encourage more family stability and elevate the status of working class men and give them a 'role' in society. This won't solve all problems, but it would be a start.

There are a lot of unmarried white women with children......there is not the level of dysfunction and poverty among these women like there is in the black community.
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