As I’ve suggested, home ownership and education, based on what I understand, are the key parts to long term solutions. Providing very low cost loans for those things would be a start. I understand that doing that race-based is problematic. I don’t have a solution to make BP happy on that. My point is, if the problem was created because of race, I don’t see an issue with the solution being so as well - but I’m open to changing that view if it can realistically achieve results.
That’s a huge task, as in humongous. There are so many factors Involved. I don’t even know where to begin. But let’s take a tiny sliver.
Music. Early on we had blues, jazz, Dixieland. All pretty wholesome as well as artistic. Blacks were very much involved.
60s gave us Motown, the 4 tops, Aretha Franklin etc.
Then we had Jimi Hendrix who promoted peace and tried in his own way to bridge the racial gap. And I think he did a good job.
And then, hip hop culture started coming in with bitches and Ho’s, materialistic bling and a “I’m gonna get me mine” mentality.
And then we get gangsta rap. Promoting that lifestyle. Promoting ‘ bust a cap in yo ass’
Maybe you can’t blame the artists or maybe you can. But who is promoting this crap. Who’s fueling the machine to put out this decadent violent filth?? Who’s the money behind it?
Does art imitate society or does it create the society? Hard to say, but I think it’s a one hand washes the other kind of thing.
I’ve often said that Martin Luther King jr would probably be rolling over in his grave if he could see what has happened to his people. All the progress that he and his movement made only to devolve into a thug culture.
That’s not meant to be a general all encompassing statement but thug culture does exist.
And if your the victim of a mugging, car jacking, home invasion, or a drive by shooting, you’re not going to be thinking of the poor perpetrator and how this all stems from multigenerational oppression, racism and poverty. No. You want the bastard (s) to be put behind bars or maybe even shot.
I brought up the music, because it shapes society. Many may not agree, but it does shape the way people think, and I believe it’s a part of why the current culture is the way it is.