Black Lives Matter activist critical after London shooting.
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FazerBoy said:
To be honest I think I am genuinely more upset by the tragic deaths of young black men and the multiple deep-rooted causes that lead to this phenomenon than BLM are.
And I’m a middle-aged, middle-income, middle of the road white male.
I feel helpless because even if I wanted to get out there and really try to do something practical to help, I would be shouted down as racist because to truly deal with the problem would require a proper soul-searching within the black community and a whitey cannot presume to venture down that path.
I even feel sorry for the perpetrators to some extent because they are often doomed from birth due to the issues we all know about but cannot fully talk about, or certainly not in the mainstream channels.
It’s a tragedy of massive proportions, but if you listen to, watch or read any debate about this in the media the only issues mentioned are institutional racism, poverty, the legacy of slavery, stop and search etc. Nobody brings up the absolute primary cause - which in my view is undoubtedly the overwhelming prevalence of missing fathers (way more than in any other ‘community’) which inevitably leads to a lack of solid, decent male role models, lack of male discipline and guidance and then the gravitation towards gang-culture caused by a child who feels abandoned craving for a sense of belonging and structure.
The only possible way to even to begin to tackle this problem is for the black community to fully acknowledge the true causes and then try to gradually change their own ‘culture’ and mindset.
I am totally serious about this. Every time I read about another young black man killed in this mindless violence I am truly upset and feel rage that none of the numerous bodies, busybodies and do-gooders who should be straining every sinew to examine the causes and searching for ways to alter the awful, inevitable results would rather tinker at the edges and address only the symptoms. If those bodies are ‘white’ the reason for this is a fear of being labelled racist and if ‘black’ the reason is reluctance to admit the painful truth.
Very well said, I agree.And I’m a middle-aged, middle-income, middle of the road white male.
I feel helpless because even if I wanted to get out there and really try to do something practical to help, I would be shouted down as racist because to truly deal with the problem would require a proper soul-searching within the black community and a whitey cannot presume to venture down that path.
I even feel sorry for the perpetrators to some extent because they are often doomed from birth due to the issues we all know about but cannot fully talk about, or certainly not in the mainstream channels.
It’s a tragedy of massive proportions, but if you listen to, watch or read any debate about this in the media the only issues mentioned are institutional racism, poverty, the legacy of slavery, stop and search etc. Nobody brings up the absolute primary cause - which in my view is undoubtedly the overwhelming prevalence of missing fathers (way more than in any other ‘community’) which inevitably leads to a lack of solid, decent male role models, lack of male discipline and guidance and then the gravitation towards gang-culture caused by a child who feels abandoned craving for a sense of belonging and structure.
The only possible way to even to begin to tackle this problem is for the black community to fully acknowledge the true causes and then try to gradually change their own ‘culture’ and mindset.
I am totally serious about this. Every time I read about another young black man killed in this mindless violence I am truly upset and feel rage that none of the numerous bodies, busybodies and do-gooders who should be straining every sinew to examine the causes and searching for ways to alter the awful, inevitable results would rather tinker at the edges and address only the symptoms. If those bodies are ‘white’ the reason for this is a fear of being labelled racist and if ‘black’ the reason is reluctance to admit the painful truth.
Edited by FazerBoy on Friday 11th June 22:41
Right now the alleged root cause of all black woes is racism, when in fact most of us whiteys want, and sometimes do our level best within our powers, to encourage them upwards not downwards.
I feel we are in a situation, as was faced with cholera outbreaks in the 19thC where everyone blames the wrong cause (bad air) instead of bad water. Hopefully one day the collective denial of the root causes of black peoples dismal performance in many measures of perfromance can be openly discussed and dealt with. Til then let the black on black killings, and extremely high black crime rates continue.
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