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Originally Posted by Notyrview
The decline has always been structural. Black people were slaves until 1865, and couldn't even go to the same schools as white folks until the 1960s. Why do you think nearly 30% of black people live in poverty in the U.S.? And then there's just regular ole prejudice that's made it 10 times as hard for black people to get jobs, housing, loans. It's structural racism and there's no excuse for it, or your calling black folks "wild animals". I'm really glad you're wife is ok, but you've chosen a really ugly path to cope with it.
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Dude, no one mentioned black until you did. Perhaps you think of black when someone mentions animals? I personally think it's specific to Chicago, which has developed a unique ghetto culture, that is not to be generalized to all poor black people across the country (that, indeed, would be racist).
You're right that there is a racist structural underpinning.
My uncle who recently had a heart attack also had a structural underpinning to his problem - he ate shit for 60 years. But when the heart attack happened, the doctors didn't say "OK fix your structural diet and start eating right, and you'll be just fine." No, he needed an immediate triple bypass and thorough cleaning of his heart, AND a change in diet.
Liberals today, when discussing poverty and crime, only want to mention that African Americans were structurally fed a diet of racism, but they don't want to do the heart surgery because it's a difficult conversation. Specifically to Chicago, the poverty-stricken African American community (middle class is fine of course, or has entirely left) needs:
1) An end to structural racism (redlining, schools, police reform) to be tackled head-on, AND
2) the effects of that structural racism (a perverse, maladapted culture adopted by the criminal elements), to be reformed via serious investment in acculturation.
And speaking of getting shot at - crime maps are one google search away. Not to be insensitive to your plight Mark0, but a full 2/3 of the city is a wasteland of shootings and murders. Why would you buy a house in one of the many shooting zones?
And so what you live in Little Village, Via Chicago, for 1st world people, experiencing a shooting is a deal-breaker. Living next door to over 30+ shootings (little village numbers) this year doesn't give you any more or less credibility to dismiss Mark0's point of view.