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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Come on. you know white people control the levers of power in this country, even if black ppl hold local office. NRA money, baby, that's where it all comes from, and no white republican is going to stand up to the NRA[/quote]

Bullish!t.  Take responsibility for the violence and crime in your own neighborhoods and stop pretending it’s everyone’s fault but your own.[/quote]

This is racist thinking. All black people are responsible for anything done by any other black person? How do you know what neighborhood that poster lives in? Not all back people live in crime-filled neighborhoods. 
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The past few PPs have been discussing violence in black neighborhoods.  Please don’t be purposely obtuse.  Again I ask:  what is it that blacks would like whites to do about black people killing other black people?  If we speak out about it, we’re called racists.  If we say and do nothing, we’re accused of ignoring the problem.  What exactly should white people do about violence in black communities and why are we blamed for it?  Do you have an actual answer or are you just going to continue with the PC non-answers?[/quote]

I don't agree that violence in a black neighborhood is a black problem. Nor would I agree that violence in a white neighborhood is a white problem. We are all in this together. There is not an easy answer about what should be done about gun violence in black communities because it is part and parcel of general socio-economic disparities that affect those communities. These neighborhoods need massive investment, yet too often such investments result in dislocation of current residents which destroys communities and uproots families. Both Republican and Democratic leaders, both black and white, have failed these communities. A good first step, minor though it may be, is to acknowledge the humanity of those who live in these neighborhoods. They should not be written off as simply blacks killed by blacks and "not our problem". Certainly I am as guilty as anyone else of that sort of thinking, but admitting the problem is the first part of the solution. 
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