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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part of it has been systematic disenfranchisement of African Americans. This recent Propublica/New Yorker article covers one example--black families passed down land to descendants, and the land is sometimes later taken from them by courts, developers, etc. I'm black (although 1st-gen American) and I had no idea stuff like this had occurred recently and is still ongoing. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/22/kicked-off-the-land?utm_brand=tny&utm_source=facebook&utm_social-type=owned&mbid=social_facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR1O7GdqtpMZK7fjhGnTFgzNfrm3ShGBmRmydq0pG7c11bKpcTi0zsnNtDc[/quote] This is an interesting piece. But you should know seizing land and valuables happens in small towns too. Texas has a huge problem with this, and it’s not just against Blacks. I only skimmed the piece but it’s seems it’s a lack of education of how laws are in flux that results in land losing. I’m Hispanic (2nd generation), I’m the pp poster with my family idea. I think Op that the ones that do this have drugs and nothing to lose. Most people are good if they aren’t on drugs. If they had a good family unit even poor, there would be something to turn to. Money does buy opportunities. But love care and togetherness is not bought with money. If they could turn to church, they could turn around. I don’t think they are past rehab. But it can’t be the government fixing this. Yes there’s millions of issues they can fix. But you can’t fix instrisic value with a law. Foster children have the same issue. [/quote] OP here. Yes, the drug and alcohol mix has a lethal history in our communities. These twin demons take more lives than just about anything else. And you're right, they are powerful enough to change genuinely good people into shells of their former selves. But I've seen rehabilitation even among these desperate circumstances. I'm sure you can think of individuals who were lost on drugs or alcohol and have since been reclaimed either by wise counselors, by religious conversion, or by personal epiphanies that lead them to come to themselves and to go straight. But I'm talking about a different breed, here. Those who commit "senseless" killings: accounts of robbers who kill their unresisting victims; accounts of killings for such trivial affronts as an odd look or being cut off in traffic; accounts of wild-firing killers (Google: Makiyah Wilson) who pursue their targets through streets, playgrounds and schools, with utter disregard for innocent bystanders. I feel like these individuals are on a very different level and I question whether it's possible to reach them through any means. [/quote]
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