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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don’t need to talk about “cultural problems” in a community. We need to talk about public policies rooted in systemic racism that perpetuate cyclical poverty and feelings of hopelessness and indignity.

If UC and UMC white people are looking to blame someone, look in a mirror…[/quote]

This is the prevailing sentiment. It’s become engrained in the next generation. Everything is caused by system racism and racist structures. In no way are people responsible for their own violent actions because it’s all forces out of their own control. Therefore the solution are endless studies of the root causes of poverty (which are pretty clear already), a lot of yelling, spending millions on programs over the decades that obviously show minimal efficacy, blaming gentrifiers, and essentially deflecting from ever truly solving anything because time simply moves on.

The solutions sort of present themselves. One is that pro development polices in DC have led to tons of new construction that has pushed out a lot of criminal element. Or displaced people based on how you view the city. That’s changed somewhat with a renewed focus on affordable housing and and the focus of housing people n subsidized housing in perpetuity to help ingrain generations of the same family in urban centers. For example, religious protestors were obsessed with Res 13. Now it’s all ultra low income housing and will be a beehive of crime.

We have tons of bleeding heart liberals who choose to live in the city. They get mugged and then blame themselves for being the perpetrators of systemic racism. Some abscond for the suburbs, some tough it out. Then we have a massive low income population response for 98% of the crime. And we have a crime loving city council who won’t consider tough policing or incarceration. Wash rinse repeat.

The real solution if you live in DC is to stay in upper NW or in one of the richer neighborhood or better blocks close in to the capitol and hope you don’t get attacked or at the very least that your rims get stolen. It’s the truth. I honestly have lived here so long, I’ve seen every argument about all this. I’ve seen crime. Someone was stabbed on my block and I saw the blood run down the side walk and then I saw the police catch the suspect. So really it’s nothing new. I just worry the next generation is more accepting of it because they’re so socially conscious. I hope they actually understand that people can be violent and it can’t be all restorative justice and excuses or whatever.[/quote]

This is spot-on.[/quote]

Yes, spot for people who want to avoid taking any responsibility for the larger societal problems in which we all play a part.[/quote]

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