"I don't even think they have a black national anthem in Africa"
So they want to get rid of the American national anthem and then play a "black national anthem"? Trying to "fix" things by color.
The answer is not to make every situation about black people, or black history, or black moments, or black sorrow. That will only lead to more division. The answer is UNITY and COMMUNITY.
Some say no one ever puts up ideas to fix things, answers, things other than bitching about it or blaming either side. @
revelarts mentioned that even republicans do this or that, but it doesn't end up fixing much in the end. Former ideas about fixing police, or any brutality and such, haven't done an awful lot to fix all the issues. Tossing money at it didn't fix the issues. Democrats make promises and lead many major black communities, and things don't get fixed. Folks state to concentrate on weapons, gangs and black on black crime, but the issue remains. Socioeconomic issues blamed and having money tossed, but doesn't fix it. A leader here or there will be fired/swapped/resign to start anew, but things are not fixed. I could go on and on, but the truth is, so many issues pertaining to racial division still exist in our country.
There is no one answer to fix things. Getting rid of bad apples in the police alone will not fix things. Nor will defunding or abolishing the police. These so called fixes would only lead to a worse society filled with crime. Simply retraining police alone will not fix the issue. I think bad apples need to go, and others as they are found over time. I think firings and prosecutions of proven wrongdoing by police will then have others think twice and I believe over time it gets better. I also think there needs to be a ton of interaction between the community and the police. Most folks now only see the police when getting pulled over, or otherwise some negative reason to need their presence. I see tons of videos with the police meeting with the community and some great conversations. That from rap stars with them, to athletes, to interactions with little children playing in the streets. Over time, no quick fix here, the community needs to not only see the change within the police department, but learn to respect them and have fun with them and understand what they do, and why & when. An all around respect needs to be earned between the communities and the police. Over time, instituting many changes, and work from all sides, it CAN change. This is just the police I am speaking of and just the tip of the iceberg.
I do not think reparations in any way will fix or even help any racial division. It will do little more than put us further in tremendous debt. Whether tossing money at individuals or the community as a whole, is simply not the answer. It teaches some to feel entitled, or deserving. It will teach others laziness. This in no way will have either side see anyone more respectfully.
Schooling and education. One of the best things in America, opportunity to improve. But I understand it's not that easy, folks don't get to wake one morning and just leave a neighborhood and pick any school. It needs to start at home from childhood. The respect, the homework, the dinner table, the absenteeism and going every day and earning a grammar school education and working all the way up. And the schools, the teachers, should be ensured to hopefully be as good as any other public schooling. But ensuring safety is paramount for new teachers. And hopefully that starts at the dinner table and in a generation you have an entirely new school system, black or white. Continue on up throughout college. Opportunity to be there, to EARN ones way in, and taught how to handle things financially and geared towards ones future. Get rid of as much of indoctrination as possible. Make possibilities happen. Just a few sentences, but I think education from kindergarten to 12th grade is HUGE. A kids entire future may be molded based on those years, what they are taught at home and in school, and how well they do and how many doors they open for their future. Believe it or not, I think this, not police, is one of the biggest things that can be fixed over time in order to see some great change.
Crime and drugs. Needs to be fixed in many ways. I believe the visible crime and drugs lead to more. And when more and more kids are wearing their "bling" and hundreds of hundred dollar bills, while they make $80 a week at Mickey D's - becomes enticing. Shouldn't be hard to steer a child the right way, to shun that garbage on the corners and understand that their lives will change and they will earn money legally and have homes and wives/husbands and families and all they can dream of and strive for - and be alive to get there.
Healthcare I think comes along with all of the above. When a parent does all that is good and decent, they will likely have insurance of some form on their own or via their employer. This helps their family too. And when kids start young, stick with an education and get involved in sports and other activities.... They will love playing the sports, they will make friends of the right kind, they will have alternatives in life than seeing the bling crew on the street corner. This normally leads to all kinds of good and decent things for them, now and in their futures. And when it's their time, they will likely follow suit like their old man or Mom and have insurance, family.... something better to show than prison or death or non-stop racial division.
Criminal justice and prison. Enough with the majority of drugs in the drug war, and especially related to sending folks to prison for such crimes. Now if someone is found with 100 kilos of deadly heroin onto our streets, away they go. But if someone is nailed with a 1lb or marijuana for personal use, or busted in the park smoking a joint with friends - no need to imprison folks for that, IMO. Difficult for people to pick and choose which drugs get the harsher treatment and which don't, which are more harmful than the others. Maybe as an honest person who may, just may, have tried most here or there, even if only once.
Anything, in my opinion, that is pharmaceutical and made with deadly concoctions, no need to have that garbage around. But if someone is smoking a plant, which is 100% natural, and has never taken anyone's life before - then I fail to see the harm, and certainly fail to see why so many people with petty smoking and possession crimes are sitting in jail. Need a revamp on just a couple of less or fully harmful drugs if no harm is done to society at all. And of course in addition, the penalties need to apply equally across the board. If a first time crime for a black person, it should be no different than a first time crime penalty of a white person. Same with all crimes, IMO. Same with all sentencing. In fact, Lady Liberty is blind, and our justice system SHOULD already be being applied equally. But not always the case.
Just the tip of the iceberg as I said, and only 5 or 6 quick touching of things I think need fixing. I do think republicans are out there with similar messages, and stated better than this dummy, but the lessons and the message seem to get lost quite quickly. The fix is many things. Each one needs to be addressed individually, IMO. And there will not be change overnight, in a week or maybe not even a year or two. It needs the addressing of many issues, and time needs to be taken, both sides need to come in understanding and fully willing to make change. It CANNOT be a fight. Folks CANNOT rip things down, or destroy communities in order to force change.
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