Interesting race topics . . .

There are some Mennonite families around here. (Miles City, MT) See them once and awhile around town. Very quiet people that keep to themselves.

And they have a booth set up every Saturday morning down at the farmers market. But you have to get there early if you want to buy their stuff. All of their stuff sells out stupid fast. Everything from baked goods, canned goods, crafts, whatever. They make some awesomely good shit.
 
boozeman said:


People acting the fool is the problem.

If more people did not suffer fools, it would be a better place.
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Economist and social theorist Thomas Sowell argues that while overt racism and poverty were worse prior to 1960, the decades following the civil rights era and the Great Society saw a severe cultural and social breakdown within black ghettos.

He contrasts the eras across several key areas:

Family Structure: Sowell highlights that the majority of black children were raised in two-parent households prior to the 1960s. Following the explosive growth of the welfare state, the vast majority began being raised in single-parent homes.

Crime & Safety: Violent crime and homicide rates within black ghettos were significantly lower in the 1940s and 1950s. Sowell notes that murder rates for black males actually declined during the much-lamented 1950s but surged after the 1960s.

Education: Sowell, who grew up in Harlem in the 1940s, frequently compares the quality of urban education then versus post-civil rights. He argues that ghetto schools were previously much more disciplined and academically rigorous, providing an education that was often superior to what later became available in the same neighborhoods.

Community & Economics: The ghetto riots of the 1960s resulted in the destruction of neighborhood commerce, causing businesses and basic services to flee. Sowell argues this resulted in a lack of local competition, leaving remaining ghetto residents subject to poorer quality goods and higher prices.
 
Genghis Khan said:
Economist and social theorist Thomas Sowell argues that while overt racism and poverty were worse prior to 1960, the decades following the civil rights era and the Great Society saw a severe cultural and social breakdown within black ghettos.

He contrasts the eras across several key areas:

Family Structure: Sowell highlights that the majority of black children were raised in two-parent households prior to the 1960s. Following the explosive growth of the welfare state, the vast majority began being raised in single-parent homes.

Crime & Safety: Violent crime and homicide rates within black ghettos were significantly lower in the 1940s and 1950s. Sowell notes that murder rates for black males actually declined during the much-lamented 1950s but surged after the 1960s.

Education: Sowell, who grew up in Harlem in the 1940s, frequently compares the quality of urban education then versus post-civil rights. He argues that ghetto schools were previously much more disciplined and academically rigorous, providing an education that was often superior to what later became available in the same neighborhoods.

Community & Economics: The ghetto riots of the 1960s resulted in the destruction of neighborhood commerce, causing businesses and basic services to flee. Sowell argues this resulted in a lack of local competition, leaving remaining ghetto residents subject to poorer quality goods and higher prices.
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Sowell is awesome. Also, if you want to destroy a society, get the government involved as much as possible in people's daily lives. Look no further than what Sowell talks about here.

Black people were way better off before our government decided they needed help and forced it on them, It's rich with irony that the the Civil Rights Act was "intended" to enrich the lives of black people, but it had the exact opposite effect. And, I put intended in quotation marks because their true intention wasn't to enrich the black family's lives. It was to make them dependent on the government, hence creating a more loyal voter base. It's the epitome of communism.
 
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