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Standing up for this nation and what it aspires to be is exactly what they are doing. They may not be doing so in the best way or the way you would do so, but they see what they think is a problem in this country and they are protesting to try and address that problem.
And "a few isolated, local incidents" ?? I'm guessing you are not an African-American so you have no idea how they feel or how the feel. Neither do I but at least I have some empathy for them.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/07/18/police-shootings-and-race/
54% of police shootings were white people
28% were black
18% were Hispanic
The protests are ongoing because the facts aren't reported. The media portrays it as every shooting being of a black person.
Less than 15 percent of the US population is black. The actual ratio is the problem
Blacks are less than 15% of the US population but commit just over 50% of the homicides in the US. That ratio is a problem. And don't call me a racist- those numbers are from the Obama Administration Justice Department.
People seem to think death-by-cop should be like affirmative action- the numbers should match race ratios in the population. That is lazy thinking, and it doesn't make sense when you have segment of the population committing crime at an extremely disproportionate rate.
Hmmmm....maybe because black people have been institutionally segregated against for years... If you raise someone poorly, they will act poorly. Maybe fix the problems instead of complaining about the results.
I'm huge on self accountability. There are plenty that make the right choices and go to college and/or pursue careers. The blame for the high crime rate among blacks is put solely on the backs of black males. Stick around and raise your children. For close to 40 years now, blacks have been given as much, if not more, opportunity than any other race.
Except that institutional racism puts people in poverty and our educational system makes sure they stay there.
What opportunities do blacks not have that whites have? While our government education system is very poor, it supplies people with equal opportunity to succeed. Institutional racism doesn't exist anymore.
You are missing something. In the 1960's black people had no opportunity to succeed, so they got pushed into poverty. And when you are in poverty, you stay there because our current educational system gives more money to rich schools than poor schools. And you need good grades to get a job. Thus, there is a poverty cycle that leaves black people in poverty. This cycle has been well documented. I also suggest taking a poverty simulation to get a better understanding.
It's about changing a mindset. Social welfare is keeping certain demographics in poverty. I put this on democrats. After college, I spent 3 years teaching at an inner-city middle school. A 6th grader told me, "I don't have to do my work. I will always receive a check." That sentence will stick with me forever. It broke my heart when I heard that. Obviously, this is something he learned at home. It's a mindset in poor communities. This is not a race issue. I now live in a rural area of GA that is predominately white. They rely on social welfare as heavily as inner city people. Fact check me, but I believe Clinton required community service in order to receive government assistance and Obama ended this program. This led to a drastic increase in food stamp recipients.
As far as funding goes, schools in black neighborhoods have plenty of funding. It comes down to quality of teachers. Also, these schools would have more resources with fewer bureaucracies in Washington. Give local governments control of education again. Bush started a mess with "no child left behind" and common core has amplified the problem.
I agree that it is not necessarily a race issue, but black people are in poverty for a reason.
Local governments can't solve the problem. Teachers will always choose to teach at an advantaged school over a disadvantaged one, so poor schools hire a cycle of bad teachers. Which comes down to funding.
"Andreas Schleicher of the OECD, which monitors trends in the world’s economically advanced countries, summarized the funding situation in this way: “The bottom line is that the vast majority of OECD countries either invest equally into every student or disproportionately more into disadvantaged students. The U.S. is one of the few countries doing the opposite.” 44 Only Luxembourg spends more per student than the United States. It is not just the volume of resources that matter, however, according to the OECD. It is also important to see how countries invest their resources and how well they succeed in directing the money to the areas where it can make the most difference. An OECD report concluded: The United States is one of only three OECD countries in which, for example, socio-economically disadvantaged schools have to cope with less favourable student-teacher ratios than socio-economically advantaged schools, which implies that students from disadvantaged backgrounds may end up with considerably lower spending per student."
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Instead, too often politics drives state funding systems in ways that benefit wealthier districts. Politics often pushes funding systems to ensure every district gets a piece of the state aid pie, sometimes without regard to the ability of a district to fund its schools. n92 This can occur when states include a minimum funding amount that ensures that even districts with little need for state funding still receive it. n93 In addition, when reforms are enacted, states sometimes maintain funding levels for districts from a prior selected year, also known as "hold-harmless" provisions. n94 Some states also adopt specific, but limited, provisions that solely benefit the wealthiest districts. For instance, although Arizona does not adjust its funding formula to provide additional funds to low-income students, it does provide an adjustment to pay for more experienced teachers who more frequently select schools with students with fewer needs. n95 Likewise in Kansas, districts with the highest property values are authorized to adopt a special tax that raises additional revenue for teacher compensation given the higher housing prices. Due to the history of housing discrimination in neighborhoods surrounding Kansas City, this enables largely white neighborhoods to raise additional money to hire teachers while nearby minority districts lack this capacity."