WVON’s Matt McGill said he had a great interest in Donald Trump, but that Trump and other Republican leaders never talked about a plan specifically for blacks. Ted argues that the message of “equity” preached by current leaders is destructive to the black community – that more handouts and government dependency only makes things worse.
All that and more was covered during Part 2 of Ted’s debate with Matt regarding the problems facing the black community in Illinois and Chicago and what can be done to fix them.
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
I agree they need entrepreneurship, jobs and investments NOT FOOD STAMPS. They also need to be willing to work hard. The work hard part is of the greatest importance. A great working philosophy is, “we’ll get along fine if you work as hard as I do.” Everybody has to pull their own weight with no excuses, accept the wins and losses, and make their own success happen. Yes, sometimes it’s risky and hard but sometimes it has great rewards, too.
Agree with you, but to Rick’s point below, there is no (or at least very little) desire for this. The problem is multi-faceted, but I see two main issues: 1. This group of young people (30ish and under) have never felt the pain or consequence of real loss. They got trophies for everything, promoted to the next grade always, had no major war, no great depression, etc. As a consequence, they see no value or purpose in winning, or even striving to win. Hence, no mutual pulling of weight. 2. The next group (18 and under), have been completely destroyed… Read more »
Cook County is run by blacks, particularly black women. Wasn’t the world supposed to improve when women, race unspecified, were in charge? Another myth drown in the Chicago River. As for Obummer, what’s he done in the past and now to improve black lives in Chicago, a place he’s used as a doormat for his ambitions? And who provided Obummer with his primary and secondary private schooling? His white grandmother whom he gladly “threw under the bus”. Right now he’s destroying historic Jackson Park with his towering selfie on the migratory Mississippi Flyway, a structure guaranteed to kill birds in… Read more »
Boston may have been founded by Puritans in 1630, and later settled by the English, but by the middle of the 1800’s, it was clear that the Irish were in charge. Chicago 21st century demographics have changed now too. Your city, my city, the city my family and ancestors have lived in, and raised families, and built from the ground up, since the late 1800’s, this is not our city any more. It’s now the city of strong black progressive women. And they make that clear in every interaction they have with the residents. Just like during the 20th century,… Read more »
Hmm, is Chicago a safe place for blackbirds?
I would argue that encouraging entrepreneurship and investment in jobs is not at all the “solution”. That only works for young people that have a passion to begin with. What we have is a situation where too many have no passion, desire, drive or interest in creating. Totally dependent upon just getting a check from gov. The worst mistake any parent can make is to send a kid to college who has no passion for something they want to do, may as well flush the money down a toilet. Passion comes from a family that can challenge their kids and… Read more »
The world is overpopulated with dependent people which is unsustainable. The solution is to limit irresponsible parenting through harsher government policy in target communities. Deterring immoral behavior is more sustainable than continuing to provide welfare to these dysfunctional communities that are a depressing eyesore and drain on the productive.
You got a source for that?
Yeah, I got a source for that— your mama said raising you and all your siblings off the public dime was a burden. Met her near Michigan Av and Ohio.
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Fatherhood becoming a community value will hearld the end of the beginning of the “wealth gap” closing.
My father actually put 5 kids thru college and one thru med school without any help from Uncle Sugar. He served in the Army during the Korean War and remained married to my mom until he died.
If his “lifestyle” ever became main stream poverty would be history in one generation.
Oops, I forgot his kids also went to Catholic schools.
I agree, though the combination of your father’s strong work ethic and likely the GI Bill helped him lead his family to prosperity. The GI Bill helped more than one generation be successful, but was government money linked with service, not just a gimme, a big difference.
The only business worth operating in Illinois is a U-Haul Rental. No shortage of demand now and in the future.
I think funeral homes are seeing a brisk business as well…
No hope of doing that in Illinois as Illinois is not business friendly. They are chasing business out not bringing them in. The only jobs left soon will be government Lackie jobs. Illinois is a terrible place to operate a business. Many college graduates never come back to this god forsaken place and for good reason. The only ones that stay in Illinois are the Young and Dumb.
This is simple. Lower/middle income residents utilize the public school system, which is horrendous in Illinois. The schools primary concern is the teachers, not the students. Here is the formula for unending failure. Liberal/Union state = Bad public schools = Low-income employment = New Liberal voter To fix this will take decades, because the damage has been done. A bad education impacts a lifetime. That’s how long it will take to fix it, but Illinois hasn’t even started yet. This has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with skin color. It’s economic. Anybody who makes this a black vs white issue… Read more »
When a conversation begins under the framework that something is a “black” issue, it usually means the conversation has started from a bad premise. The issue is simply a “wealth gap” issue. There are also poor white people. To introduce race into an economic conversation takes the conversation sideways, not forward towards a remedy.
Well stated! The moment race/gender/religion are central to the conversation, don’t expect any constructive dialog.
Race and sex are accidents of birth. I didn’t choose mine; did you choose yours?
For either/both to be an element of an balanced or productive conversation is rare.
The public school system is teaching these children exactly what they are expect to learn: social justice. They’re not supposed to learn to read or write. That’s your white privilege pushing your own values and beliefs about reading and writing. Graduation rates are way, way up, some of the highest in decades, which reinforces administrator’s belief’s that teaching social justice, instead the 3R’s, is the best path forward.