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Originally Posted by MarineHawk
He's basically correct. If you statistically omit the 54% of the murders ocurring in the U.S. by a particular 12% segment of the population (blacks), the crime rates in the U.S. fall to one of the lowest in the world. That does not even omit other minority crime, which is also higher than the national average. It's a troubling reality. Aside from who is at fault or whose ancestors were at fault, we need to address the issue. I think it's clear that the primary reason is that a large percentage of blacks grow up in the inner cities and more than 1/2 of them do not have a traditional family with a decent father as a role model. Too many black kids have gansters as role models because they have no father around. Some of our nonsensical solcialist policies of the 70s, 80s, and much of the 90s (e.g., giving greater welfare benefits to poor women who divorce the fathers of their children) are partly to blame. I've read some studies over the past few years showing that blacks who grow up in traditional families have incomes within a few percentage points of average white people.
Asians with law degrees make more on the average than whites with a J.D. Whites make more than blacks. It's not because the law firms are all run by Asians. It's because Asians on average (exception = Dennis) have very solid teachings in the family about the value of being respectful and working hard. When I rarely used to go to the science, engineering, or main libraries at the the university I attended on a Friday or Saturday evening, the people there studying were primarily Asian, there were a few whites, and no blacks. Aside from intelligence and appearance (both of which are signifcant factors in predicting success), how you act and how you treat others is, IMO, hugely a factor of what values you learn in your family. Too many blacks kids need better families. Cosby's right on that one:
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I totally agree and have been flabbergasted at the overall "minority" response to Bill Cosby versus they're response to Jackson/Sharpton.
It's easier to be a victim. (this could be repeated over and over)
And if it is indeed just "economics" then we need to find the reason why certain minority groups continue to have economic difficulty. Why do they continue to be economically challenged even through decades of government assistance/youth programs etc? Much more so than other groups historically.
My great great grandparents were immigrants and farmers. My grandfather was an artist and my grandmother played the organ at church- my father is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and has done well for himself.
Point being, many other 'groups" have pulled through to live the American dream, pursuing their own happiness and prospered.
Labeling yourrself/certain groups a victim or being illegal can certainly damper the ambition.