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Before make any policy suggestions, first honestly admit its existence and admit it has nothing to do with slavery. And then you might find what caused it and h

Before make any policy suggestions, first honestly admit its existence and admit it has nothing to do with slavery. And then you might find what caused it and how to fix it.

danShumway 5y ago
Admit that single parent families often struggle? Yes, admitted. Single parent families often struggle and they need more support. That it has nothing to do with slavery? You haven't been paying attention. Black communities do not magically have higher single-parent rates because God ordained it. They have higher rates because of literally everything I've been talking about in the past 3 comments. > and how to fix it. And this is exactly what I mean. You can look at the comments in this thread, and one group of people are proposing policy solutions, and the other group is complaining that words make them feel bad. There's some weird tiptoeing around the issue here, which I sort of suspect is because you're hesitant to publicly say what you believe the solution really is. So I'll ask it directly: how do you think we should help single-parent kids who need additional support?
- temp8964 5y ago
  Now you are just bluntly making stuff up. How did something exploded in 1950-60s was a result of slavery? So anything happened to African Americans is a result of slavery? Just throwing the word systematic racism is sufficient for you. And how the heck of helping single-parent kids solve this problem? What kind of dishonest question is that. Yeah, let government be the daddy.
  - danShumway 5y ago
    > Just throwing the word systematic racism is sufficient for you. No, but understanding the history of this country in the 1950-60s, including purposefully racist systems like redlining that were still rampant -- that is sufficient. > And how the heck of helping single-parent kids solve this problem? What? You said that single-parents families were the problem: > the biggest issue with Black Americans is more than 70% single parenthood of Black kids. But whatever. You tell me what you think the problem is and what you think the solution is. Stop dancing around the question, do you have any plans or actions you're taking right now to make the situation better, at all? Because you've spent three comments now complaining that everyone except you is avoiding the real issue, and you seem very hesitant to state exactly what you think the real issue is and what you think we should be doing to "fix" it. And to be completely honest, I suspect the reason is that you don't actually believe the current outcomes are a problem, and you don't actually think that they warrant fixing. I run into a lot of people who tell me that focusing on racism and systems is a distraction that's preventing the Black community from getting help, but when I dig into their beliefs, what ends up surfacing in the majority of cases is that they don't believe the Black community should have help. So you don't want the government to help with setting up community programs? You don't want more money for schools in that area? Okay fine, are you donating money to charities in inter-city areas? Are you supporting or investing in local businesses in those areas? You tell me what you're doing to help.

Before make any policy suggestions, first honestly admit its existence and admit it has nothing to do with slavery. And then you might find what caused it and how to fix it.

danShumway 5y ago

Admit that single parent families often struggle? Yes, admitted. Single parent families often struggle and they need more support. That it has nothing to do with slavery? You haven't been paying attention. Black communities do not magically have higher single-parent rates because God ordained it. They have higher rates because of literally everything I've been talking about in the past 3 comments. > and how to fix it. And this is exactly what I mean. You can look at the comments in this thread, and one group of people are proposing policy solutions, and the other group is complaining that words make them feel bad. There's some weird tiptoeing around the issue here, which I sort of suspect is because you're hesitant to publicly say what you believe the solution really is. So I'll ask it directly: how do you think we should help single-parent kids who need additional support?

temp8964 5y ago
Now you are just bluntly making stuff up. How did something exploded in 1950-60s was a result of slavery? So anything happened to African Americans is a result of slavery? Just throwing the word systematic racism is sufficient for you. And how the heck of helping single-parent kids solve this problem? What kind of dishonest question is that. Yeah, let government be the daddy.
- danShumway 5y ago
  > Just throwing the word systematic racism is sufficient for you. No, but understanding the history of this country in the 1950-60s, including purposefully racist systems like redlining that were still rampant -- that is sufficient. > And how the heck of helping single-parent kids solve this problem? What? You said that single-parents families were the problem: > the biggest issue with Black Americans is more than 70% single parenthood of Black kids. But whatever. You tell me what you think the problem is and what you think the solution is. Stop dancing around the question, do you have any plans or actions you're taking right now to make the situation better, at all? Because you've spent three comments now complaining that everyone except you is avoiding the real issue, and you seem very hesitant to state exactly what you think the real issue is and what you think we should be doing to "fix" it. And to be completely honest, I suspect the reason is that you don't actually believe the current outcomes are a problem, and you don't actually think that they warrant fixing. I run into a lot of people who tell me that focusing on racism and systems is a distraction that's preventing the Black community from getting help, but when I dig into their beliefs, what ends up surfacing in the majority of cases is that they don't believe the Black community should have help. So you don't want the government to help with setting up community programs? You don't want more money for schools in that area? Okay fine, are you donating money to charities in inter-city areas? Are you supporting or investing in local businesses in those areas? You tell me what you're doing to help.