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What about the LA riots? Wasn't the destruction of the Korean businesses that dominate the African American retail sector in LA a reflection of black dismay at their own failures? For example, not owning any of the businesses in their own neighborhoods? It would be bad enough if these businesses were owned by white Americans, but "immigrant Asians" escalated black dismay at their own failures to a whole other level.
Not sure how these business break down. I do know that in South Central LA, periodic demands go out to "limit" the number of liquor stores....or to refuse licenses for those who want to open a new one, in the 'interests of the community'.
On the other hand, any legal business that's doing well, PROBABLY is doing so because of customer demand.
Sounds like rural native villages in Alaska....many of these places have horrendous alcohol problems..violence, rape, murder, etc. Finally the 'elders' will vote to 'go dry'...and no more alcohol is allowed...even to be carried in from elsewhere. This goes on for a year or so, until "thirst" takes over, the vote is made to allow alcohol again, and it's 'back to square one'. Alcohol, then violence and mayhem...then another "dry" vote..etc etc etc.
Just reminded me of when I was studying the growth of Prairie settlements in Western Canada. While the Ukrainian homesteaders were plotting their rural village they voted that they didn't want "the Jew" in their community.
At first I was shocked by this overt "racism", but when I read about how in the old country Jews were usually the innkeepers who ran the village bars, extended credit (often for booze)....then the full picture came together. No booze, fewer debts, less alcoholism, fewer dysfunctional families, less abuse....more $$$$$...and who knows, perhaps less anti-Semitism.
What about the LA riots? Wasn't the destruction of the Korean businesses that dominate the African American retail sector in LA a reflection of black dismay at their own failures? For example, not owning any of the businesses in their own neighborhoods? It would be bad enough if these businesses were owned by white Americans, but "immigrant Asians" escalated black dismay at their own failures to a whole other level.
It's very easy to fix that problem.
Divert the war in Afghanistan and Iraq to the US and proceed with a real, effective and domestic war on drugs and addiction, illiteracy, dysfunction, malnutrition.
It make take more than one generation to teach Black men that "wife is FOR LIFE" (a whole lot of Whites can use some of that preachin') but eventually that investment should pay for itself in multiple ways.
Call it what you want, but you basically need to BRAINWASH a couple of generations of men (and women) to make family life both financially and socially desirable and cool (as in chic).
It's high time that the government got out of the business of helping to raise other people's kids.
What do you think about government financed and owned businesses employing Section 8 recipients in back-to-work programs?
The problem with poverty combined with single motherhood is that the working minimum wage is too low and the daycare costs are too high.
Either way she goes, that woman is risking the future of her children. If she leaves them alone and opts to work 2 jobs so that she can raise them without any gov't help, she risks having the street stand in as her extended family and the kids' part time parent while she's absent.
With the economy as it is, it's not easy to get a job, and it's even harder when your potential employer finds out that you've got kids at home.
Just to let you know, in Quebec, Canada, the government offers subsidized daycare for ALL families. Rich and poor. $7- Seven per day, per child. Regardless of the age of the child of the income of the parent.
This help combined with the child tax benefit given out by the federal and provincial governments (it's around $375 total per child in Ontario and decreases as the income increases) for low income families, makes it possible for people to survive while working on minimum wage. Btw. they also get excellent free public healthcare....and subsidized or free drugs.
The result is a more functional and socially mobile lower class, less crime, more educated people overall.
In Canada, it's not unusual to see poor single mothers sending their kids off to top universities.
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One big problem with Black America is that socialist/marxist thinking is fairly prevelant within our group.
Many black leaders,influential Black intellectuals and conscious rappers are anti-capitalism. So in order for Black Americans to use capitalism or the free enterprise system as a path to economic development we will first have to overcome the very socialistic leanings of influential Black leaders and intellectuals who keep focusing on gov't wealth redistribution as the cure all for every Black ailment.
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Originally Posted by cuba libre
What about the LA riots? Wasn't the destruction of the Korean businesses that dominate the African American retail sector in LA a reflection of black dismay at their own failures? For example, not owning any of the businesses in their own neighborhoods? It would be bad enough if these businesses were owned by white Americans, but "immigrant Asians" escalated black dismay at their own failures to a whole other level.
Bingo... but good luck getting them to recognize and admit their own failures and self defeating attitudes.
This very syndrome was mentioned some years ago in an article I read....wish I could remember where. It was specifically about young people, and how one young 'inner city' kid would get a fast-food job, and immediately the place would fill up with 'buddies'. Everyone would expect 'freebies', extra servings, etc....and when the employee had to say 'no', he was given the 'cold shoulder', accused of being 'stuck up' etc. Some kids got so upset they quit the job in a few days.
Some were even 'hit on' for loans, since 'you're making money, and I'm not'...and again, you either 'paid up'....or found yourself 'shut out' of the old circle of friends.
In the culture of poverty, because resources are scarce, people have a sense that resources are communal, so if one person 'needs' something (new shoes, rent money, whatever) and one of their friends has it (the cash value), a sense of obligation is put on the person with the money.
So it's easy for some people to decide that a job - even and perhaps especially one in a fast food joint - isn't worth getting hit up by all thewir friends.
True....and it's all tied together in a little-known "secret"....that once you've shown determination, willingness to work long hours, turned a deaf ear to any 'racial slights', and have taken a few risks...PRESTO, most of the "racial slights" go away.
After all the things you've mentioned above, anyone who wants to direct "racial slights" against Asians is going to have to dig pretty deep...in fact, they'd probably look foolish THEMSELVES. Pretty hard to come up with any "dirt" on those who've done so well. Might be a good time to look at your OWN situation, and see if there's any lesson to be learned.
Good point.
There's also a lot to be said for access to capital.
Actually, the prices reflect their losses. In the real world people steal from the register and the shelves. The slightly higher prices make up for revenue lost to theft. It's only acceptable to operate a business that doesn't cover its own costs up to a certain point. If people want cheaper goods they should "rise up" to help prevent theft in their community.
Also, a lot of smaller stores pay insanely high 'wholesale' prices for their goods. I worked in a convenience store where the prices we paid were comparable to what one would pay at a good supermarket. While we charged an arm and a leg, our costs didn't leave a lot of profit.
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