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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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Mr opinion - how do you come to this conclusion?
Posted by SAINTS, Friday, 12 June 2020 7:33:50 PM
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Not now soon - you state

"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."

I respond - you are correct whilst mother's in these areas want their children to grow up within safety and security within their communities we must address education afforded to children within poverty areas attending schools.

No Governor in relative States will address this -

1. Why do children in impoverished areas not have "current" text books in order for children to learn and foster....silence.

2. Why do children in impoverished area schools not have on-line facilities for teaching and learning? ... silence.

3. Why is it that "top class" teachers are not appointed to "imporished" schools .... their comments not mine.

4. What brings a community together? - self worth, a belief in oneself, their children and community resistance against drug dealing, destroying their children's lives.

These are the issues the current Governors of relevant states do NOT want to address as their are no VOTES for change.

It's time for all people within their communities to vote OUT any Governor who will not put children and education first.
Posted by SAINTS, Friday, 12 June 2020 8:01:47 PM
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SAINTS,

It's obvious.
Posted by Mr Opinion, Friday, 12 June 2020 8:04:16 PM
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..... cont'd

We're sick of the "racist" blame on all police personnel America wide.

Albeit the death of George Floyd - was wrong, sincerely wrong on any human being level.
Posted by SAINTS, Friday, 12 June 2020 8:04:38 PM
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To SAINTS.

I think a simple answer for many of those questions resides in the taxes available to spend on education affect the education being given. And with that in mind though I could be wrong, I think local taxes fuel most of the school programs. State and city taxes I think are the main influence,mand it might not be as easy of an answer of just vote in the right governor to fix the issue. That said, better education sounds like a good aporoach, because this helps with a better foundation for careers.

For education. I think what might be needed is generosity. This would need to be dealt with on a community to community basis, where churches and businesses donate school supplies, or fund donations of school supplies to poorer schools. Funding through the government should be part of the solution, but I think there's a lot of corruption and self serving interests when it comes to spending taxes is an issue that isn't going to go away. I don't know of a way for schools to pull themselves out of poor education standards when local governments go on a reward the better tested schools with more financial backing as one of the common philosophies I've heard. In order to change poorer schools to be better I think it requires the generousity of a community to support the poorer schools.
Posted by Not_Now.Soon, Saturday, 13 June 2020 9:12:57 PM
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