ValleyPainProduct said:
why do the police behave in certain ways???? why are they trained to harrass certain people????
If a certain group disproportionately commits more crimes, they will recieve disproportionate attention. Not to say that police racism or profiling is right or justified, but if more crime occurs in certain areas, then it is only logical that more police would abound. If you were a police chief, would you evenly spread cops around the city to be more fair or would you put them where the crime is?
why is the poor school in a poor neighbordhood wit mostly minorities getting less funding then the rich school in the rich neighborhood wit mostly white kids????
1. In rich neighborhoods the parents often contribute to public schooling in the form of bake sales, sponsorship, etc. Schools in higher income areas often put on any number of events designed to bring in revenue, and the parents show up.
2. In rich neighborhoods there is usually a much larger income and property tax base. However, it goes both ways. There are some upper class suburbs with schools funded worse than lower and middle class towns because the upper class cities are completely residential and had no business tax revenue.
Schools recieve equal state funding on a per-student basis. But local schools' real bread and butter comes from city and country revenues, and that is where the discrepancy lies.
why are most of the poor minority kids wit poor schooling more likely to end up in prison????
One of any large number of factors. And this phenomenon (poor minorities being railroaded and turning to crime) is NOT unique to the US. In fact minorities here have a better chance than minorities in many African, Asian, and some European countries.
why are there more prisons being built?????
Do you not pay attention to the news? California prisons are overcrowded.
why are they mostly corporate owned????
In many cases the private sector performs better than the government. If all prisons were government owned that would be a different sort of beef that y'all would have with the system.
why was my apartment complex bought by the city then leased to a corporation wit assistance of a housing AUTHORITY????
I dont know. Maybe the corporation paid better than HUD would have. Maybe money from the lease is going into public housing programs. Maybe the city said "fuck it, we need to fix the sewer" and leased the complex.
why do they bring in "security" patrols to "secure" our safety when i never felt in danger in the 1st place?????
So what they are spying on you with security patrols?
And I would bet 99% of the residents would have preferred security patrols to none. Are you saying nothing went down before they got there?
why do corporations even exist to begin wit?????
Hahaha.
it all ties together man.....maybe your life has been great enough to not have to worry about any of this and thas good for you....
I grew up with crack dealers on my front porch and a dope house next door. My house got broken into at least 6 times. When I was 9 someone put a ladder to my window and tried to climb in while I looked at them like "what are you doing". If I heard a whistle followed by "Hey Huero!" I had to run home. Until I was about 13 I couldnt be out after 7.
The difference between me and the people I grew up with was not "race", "privilege", or "advantage", it was my mentality.
ignorance is bliss they say.....the 1st step in changing that is becoming aware and helping others realize it too......
I've known people to whom everything was a conspiracy all my life. They honestly look at their lives and their neighborhoods and point out a million reasons why they cant or couldnt do this or that, or this person stopped them from this or that, when in fact it was all in their hands.
The difference between them and people who succeed is the ability to take responsibility for their life and their situation and say, "I WILL do this. It is up to me." Or you can just point out that racism kept you from a job, the police harassing you caused you to get locked up, the powers that be closed down your neighborhood store, etc.
This "government control", "open your eyes" movement is yet another way for people to make excuses for failure. Even if it is
ALL true, it will likely in practice do nothing more than cause more people to point at something and say "that right there is why I go nowhere."