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I generally don't get involved in discussions about race with racist white people. Yes I wrote racist white people because these types of conversations always center on the "dysfunctional" black community while completely ignoring the fact that 61% of those who receive government assistance are white. Sixty-One Percent! And this is despite the fact that, at least to my knowledge, white people have never been the target of systematic institutional racism.
You don't discuss the fact that 9,289,000 white children were born to single parent households in 2013.
You don't discuss the fact that approximately 482,750 able bodied white people are unemployed as of Mar. 2015.
You don't discuss the fact that of the 3,172 white people murder in the U.S, 2,630 were murdered by other white people.
You don't discuss the fact that there are 123,072 white prisoners serving time the federal system.
Yes, the ratios are higher for African Americans and people of color, but the fact remains that we as a nation have stark problems that no single race has a monopoly on yet when one reads such discussions, one group of Americans is persistently left out of the conversation. There can only be one reason for that and I doubt that is out of a deep concern for the welfare of black Americas or people of color.
This is why I don't get involved in discussions with racist white people about issues pertaining the the black population of the United States. A population that you don't know, don't want to know, and most certainly don't care about other than to advance your own ideological objectives.
But if you view the black population, the percentage of single parents are far higher than literally any other group.This thread was not created to dump on blacks to to discuss real issues.
When you have generations depending on the government instead of being self sufficient, that's a tough cultural shift in the poor black community. But, I agree 100%
Public assistance has been abused by many people, and some just remain dependent on it. I feel public assistance (welfare, snap etc.) should impose rules just as unemployment insurance:
There is a limit on the length of time one can have this assistance and only under extreme circumstances extend the term (this may encourage people to look for work in ordert to support themselves)
Must provide a number of jobs that one applied to a week (again, must look for work)
Must enroll in college/university/trade school if not working and maintain a minimum gpa
I don't think these are unreasonable requests and while I was on unemployment insurance years ago after laid off from work, I remained in university while I looked for work. I actually was only on unemployment insurance for about six months because I was always looking for work as I pursued an education.
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