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The pandemic underlines America's ingrained racism : Comments

By Alon Ben-Meir, published 5/6/2020

The death of Floyd is no longer seen merely as an act of police brutality but the final crack in the dam, revealing the insidious socio-economic and healthcare malaise that continues to be inflicted disproportionately on the African American community.

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Gee Alon

George Floyd's death albeit "so horrific" is no different to any other "black" death. Albeit this death being caught on camera was so horrific and totally inhumane.

So we sitting back here in Australia - get it.

Whilst, we sitting back in Australia pause to consider what has happened over the last 30 years to build the "black" community's forward progress.....over many Governments.

I recently viewed a documentary on "black" children in a "challenged" community.

The challenged community being a community filled with drugs and the effects of children.

Although the mums spoke out against the drug abuse in their community with fears for their children's growth and future, their voices weren't being heard.

The children these schools attended didn't have current textbooks in which to learn ….. so I ask why is not so?

How does one expect children to learn, and feel safe in a community, whereby teachers in said facility are not being supported by relevant State Government in their area.

How do you expect the next generation of children to grow, learn and aspire to their full potential.

Of course these Governors of relevant States don't care - some of us in Australia do.

No child asked to be born - all children deserve the right to be loved by family, and grow to their full potential within school education in order to go out into the world and aspire to who they wish to be.

Of course, this won't happen - as the mums of these children are dealing with inherent drug issues within the communities, which the police won't or unable to get rid of.

So we go through another "lost" generation of possibly gifted kids - due to drugs.

America and all Governments shame in not addressing this problem.
Posted by SAINTS, Friday, 5 June 2020 8:12:40 PM
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To SAINTS,

What would you suggest be done in order to correct the problem?

One of the dynamics I see in this is that police involvement is looked at as racist opposition, and systematic racism. But if there is an ongoing problem with drugs and gangs in the black communities, then the reaction to profile from a police standpoint might just be being proactive, and doing their job.

The issues from there get dicey, because it's a steep slope between fighting racism in police actions (and the accularation of racism from there), and tying policy's hands from doing anything about the drugs and criminal elements in their areas. While at the same time, the other side has a steep slope of supporting police and actions to remove the drug pushers, the domestic abusers, or anyone else in the profiled group, can get to the point of ignoring actual harm to that group from having a fair chance and not be oppressed in one way or another.

Any thoughts on how to correct the problem?
Posted by Not_Now.Soon, Saturday, 6 June 2020 3:17:05 AM
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Any thoughts on how to correct the problem?
Not_Now.Soon,
A national Service ! A National Service would rectify 95% of the stupidity in the mentality of many leftists after all, they're the crux of the problem. No-one has really shown them the path to a healthier way of thinking hence the problems they cause.
Posted by individual, Saturday, 6 June 2020 7:18:35 AM
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As long as we allow the powerful and privileged to concentrate more and more of our finite wealth in their over-privileged hands, these anomolies that are racially imposed inequalities etc, will continue until the white community follows what happened to the in Kenya and Zimbabwe?

We need to end this them and us, racial divide, establish a truth and reconcilation commissions, get the past in the past where it belongs and take ownership of our own behaviour, not that of hugely misguided previous generations!

We are not born bigots,racists or bible bashing control freaks! But need to learn all of it at a parent's knee! And we will never ever unscramble the scrambled egg that is a multi-cultural society! Get used to it and get over it! Can't turn back the hands of time!
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Saturday, 6 June 2020 11:05:35 AM
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Totalitarianism nearly always concentrates all wealth and power in privileged hands, Alon B, despite totalitarians of the Left claiming to be the champions of the ordinary people. Leftist totalitarians are originally composed of the educated middle class, the artistic class, and the public service. These people do not have the economic sense to run a chook raffle, (ie, the Great Starvation in the Soviet Union in 1930 and The Great Leap Forward in China) They are so incompetent, that sooner or later either a psychopath takes over (Stalin, Hitler, or Mao) or the business class totalitarians, aided by the Armed Forces take over, because they usually have more economic sense than the stupid "intellectuals."

So, the only choice left that you have is free market democracy. But even there, totalitarians have discovered ways to undermine the only viable alternative to totalitarianism. In democratic societies, it is expected that the rich will pay more taxes to subsidise the poor. But this sensible and stable economic model can be undermined by totalitarians and crooked politicians, who never stop fleecing the rich until they give up and move somewhere else, taking their money making skills and talents with them. (ie, Zimbabwe, Detroit, and lately, California.) The rich are taxed "until the pips squeak" in order to purchase the votes of stupid people in the lowest class, who are hoodwinked by the idea that the government has endless money and can give them everything they want.

The crooked politicians then import as many stupid people as possible that will be entirely dependent upon the government for their welfare. Which is why leftists enthusiastically support the importation of unassimilatable minorities. This does not seem to panning out in either Europe or the USA. And economically, this model never works, except for the crooked politicians. As Margaret Thatcher once so wisely quipped, "sooner or later the Socialists run out of somebody else's money to spend."

So if you are still dreaming of a classless society where everybody is equal in power and money, you may as well ride away and tip your lance at a windmill.
Posted by LEGO, Saturday, 6 June 2020 12:20:36 PM
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Lego, you completely misrepresent me and almost everything I've actually said.

And after you shameless verballed and put words and false interpretations in my mouth. Never claimed I was looking for a mythical utopia or a totally classless society, just a more egalitarian one!

And a fairer shake for those who create all our wealth! Those whose hands and minds create all of it, not the leaners and whip-cracking parasites who exploit them to the max! By virtue of their alleged ownership of unearned wealth!?

Understand at least this much genius, co-ops stood almost alone as the only, PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, FREE MARKET business models that survived the great depression mostly intact!

And the lowest costing energy in the world has no choice but to massively turbocharge a free market economy!

And yes, I get that you and your ilk on the hard right want none of the above! And I know why! Jawhol?
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Sunday, 7 June 2020 10:58:55 AM
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