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What, besides providing extra resources to underpriveleged children so they are not punished for their parents mistakes, can be done? Unintended consequences.
by e40 8y ago
What, besides providing extra resources to underpriveleged children so they are not punished for their parents mistakes, can be done?
Unintended consequences. I believe it is generally accepted that the policies in the 70's led to the destruction (dismantling?) of the urban/poor family (yes, predominately African American).
Also, we've seen that this issue has significantly fueled the rise of people like our current POTUS.
It's a hard problem. I don't know what the solution is.
- forapurpose 8y ago> I believe it is generally accepted that the policies in the 70's led to the destruction (dismantling?) of the urban/poor family (yes, predominately African American). These problems existed long before then. For example, a famous and controversial report from 1965: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Family:_The_Case_For_National_Action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Family:_The_Case_For... The problems are largely due to systematic oppression of African-American people for generations, denying them access to adequate housing, education, income, credit, access to legal protections, and exposing them to risks of violence by the state and by white people.
- e40 8y agoI agree, but both are contributing factors.
- forapurpose 8y ago> both are contributing factors Which policies of the 70s and 80s contributed and where is evidence of that? I ask because I try to be careful to distinguish between oft-repeated narratives and hypotheses with actual evidence.