You know, I have employed black folks who were among the best of the group, nobody looked at the color of their skin but rather their accomplishment and contribution to the effort and nothing held them back from advancement.

How would you black friends even know what it took for their white counterparts to achieve their success? You say that they had to work so much harder but how could they even begin to measure what it took for their white counterparts to succeed? It is not like top positions are just handed out, in every workplace there is competition for advancement.

It is very unfortunate that in many black communities people young and old are not equipped for their future careers. The schools are substandard, often they lack discipline, now we have the federal government measuring how often black students are disciplined in school vs how often white students are disciplined in school without proper consideration to the disciplinary infractions that are occurring in those schools. It is insanity, it fixes nothing and only serves to lesson the ability of these schools to provide a proper learning environment. You have spent a lot of time in Asian countries, would they tolerate disruptive behavior in their schools? Somehow I think not, nor do I think that they would sacrifice the quality of their educational system to save those who show little interest in the educational experience.

The condition of our black communities is a problem, and it is a societal problem as society has for the most part turned its back on these communities while paying little attention as they for the most part isolated from much of the greater communities and as long as we funneled money into them, ineffectively I might add, we could say that we were doing our part, but no, as someone mentioned above much of the youth in these communities are being raised by the streets, there is little to no commercial investment in these communities, there is little opportunity in these communities, and education in these communities is far below the standards as seen in the greater community as a whole. You may choose to call this systemic racism, personally I would call it failed government policy, I would love to blame this on the democrats as the majority of these areas are run by democrat governments but that would be a bit of a lie to solely place the blame with them because republicans have never seemed to take up the problems of these communities so they too share in the blame.

Jack Kemp who you may remember was a quarterback for I believe the Bill's and then when on to become a Senator was an advocate for the economic development of these communities way back in the 80's but he never got the support needed to make any real change. Trump actually did begin to pick up some of Kemp's ideas when he started to develop "Opportunity Zones" giving capital gains tax breaks if the money were to be reinvested into blighted communities. It was possibly a start, Trump worked with Senator Tim Scott on these programs and it would be nice to see the Biden administration to move further with them. One of the saddest things I have seen on TV was a reporter interviewing a corner drug dealer in a gang ridden neighborhood. The reporter asked the dealer why he would risk gang violence and of course incarceration by selling drugs on that street corner, the reply was simple and heart breaking, the dealer said... "If I don't do this my children don't eat.", that is a problem, these communities are deserts for opportunity and gainful employment and that must change. As far as education? If children don't want to learn, if they are disruptive to the learning process of the other children in the schools, well then move them to schools where you can bring all those like them, if they change their behavior and work habits then they can move back into the mainstream setting but we can't sit back and watch generation after generation of students graduate our school system ill prepared for the challenges ahead of them.... This is absolutely contrary to the current thought in education in this country, but I would rather lose 1/2 of a current generation than 3/4 of the next 10 generations that follow.

You folks can call it systemic racism, to me that is pure BS, what it is in my mind is a lack of focus on the problem and the lack of fortitude to actually do what needs to be done.... and then of course there are the teacher's unions which are an entirely different problem that only adds to the difficulty facing these communities.

I will add one thing to this diatribe of mine.... I have never known anyone to move forward in life by not owning their failures, how many successful people can you point to that blame their failures on others, on outside influences rather than accounting for their own short comings or lack of preparedness? I can't name any, most successful people I have ever known took inventory of their own abilities as well as shortcomings and worked to improve or overcome. Is the current push in CRT and 1619 not just giving people another crutch that will do more to hold them back than to move them forward?

Right. The cries of “systemic racism” are a left tactic to continue the dependence of many blacks on the government and destruction of the black family ethic.

Two of their main tools were “aid to dependent children” and the “projects” of the sixties and seventies housing black ghettos in place of employment opportunities. They foster a “woe is me” attitude among those blacks who listen (the 70% Democrats). Others simply work hard and succeed.

Notice no one says what “systemic racism” is. No cause and effect suggested. For example, blacks and minorities are extremely favored by federal employment laws today. Only white males are discriminated against. None mention that.

Right. The cries of “systemic racism” are a left tactic to continue the dependence of many blacks on the government and destruction of the black family ethic.

Two of their main tools were “aid to dependent children” and the “projects” of the sixties and seventies housing black ghettos in place of employment opportunities.

Notice no one says what “systemic racism” is. No cause and effect suggested. For example, blacks and minorities are extremely favored by federal employment laws today. Only white males are discriminated against. None mention that.

This is such misleading crap. Compare the number of black billionaires per capita based on the percentage of blacks in the population and the number of white billionaires per capita among whites, and you will see how skewed opportunities are for minorities. Only 1.2% of US billionaires are black, though blacks make up over 12% of the population. Do the math and you will see that blacks are 10x - an order of magnitude - less likely to achieve billionaire status. Is that opportunity, or do you believe that they are constitutionally 10x less capable and/or intelligent than whites?

You know, I have employed black folks who were among the best of the group, nobody looked at the color of their skin but rather their accomplishment and contribution to the effort and nothing held them back from advancement.

How would you black friends even know what it took for their white counterparts to achieve their success? You say that they had to work so much harder but how could they even begin to measure what it took for their white counterparts to succeed? It is not like top positions are just handed out, in every workplace there is competition for advancement.

It is very unfortunate that in many black communities people young and old are not equipped for their future careers. The schools are substandard, often they lack discipline, now we have the federal government measuring how often black students are disciplined in school vs how often white students are disciplined in school without proper consideration to the disciplinary infractions that are occurring in those schools. It is insanity, it fixes nothing and only serves to lesson the ability of these schools to provide a proper learning environment. You have spent a lot of time in Asian countries, would they tolerate disruptive behavior in their schools? Somehow I think not, nor do I think that they would sacrifice the quality of their educational system to save those who show little interest in the educational experience.

The condition of our black communities is a problem, and it is a societal problem as society has for the most part turned its back on these communities while paying little attention as they for the most part isolated from much of the greater communities and as long as we funneled money into them, ineffectively I might add, we could say that we were doing our part, but no, as someone mentioned above much of the youth in these communities are being raised by the streets, there is little to no commercial investment in these communities, there is little opportunity in these communities, and education in these communities is far below the standards as seen in the greater community as a whole. You may choose to call this systemic racism, personally I would call it failed government policy, I would love to blame this on the democrats as the majority of these areas are run by democrat governments but that would be a bit of a lie to solely place the blame with them because republicans have never seemed to take up the problems of these communities so they too share in the blame.

Jack Kemp who you may remember was a quarterback for I believe the Bill's and then when on to become a Senator was an advocate for the economic development of these communities way back in the 80's but he never got the support needed to make any real change. Trump actually did begin to pick up some of Kemp's ideas when he started to develop "Opportunity Zones" giving capital gains tax breaks if the money were to be reinvested into blighted communities. It was possibly a start, Trump worked with Senator Tim Scott on these programs and it would be nice to see the Biden administration to move further with them. One of the saddest things I have seen on TV was a reporter interviewing a corner drug dealer in a gang ridden neighborhood. The reporter asked the dealer why he would risk gang violence and of course incarceration by selling drugs on that street corner, the reply was simple and heart breaking, the dealer said... "If I don't do this my children don't eat.", that is a problem, these communities are deserts for opportunity and gainful employment and that must change. As far as education? If children don't want to learn, if they are disruptive to the learning process of the other children in the schools, well then move them to schools where you can bring all those like them, if they change their behavior and work habits then they can move back into the mainstream setting but we can't sit back and watch generation after generation of students graduate our school system ill prepared for the challenges ahead of them.... This is absolutely contrary to the current thought in education in this country, but I would rather lose 1/2 of a current generation than 3/4 of the next 10 generations that follow.

You folks can call it systemic racism, to me that is pure BS, what it is in my mind is a lack of focus on the problem and the lack of fortitude to actually do what needs to be done.... and then of course there are the teacher's unions which are an entirely different problem that only adds to the difficulty facing these communities.

I will add one thing to this diatribe of mine.... I have never known anyone to move forward in life by not owning their failures, how many successful people can you point to that blame their failures on others, on outside influences rather than accounting for their own short comings or lack of preparedness? I can't name any, most successful people I have ever known took inventory of their own abilities as well as shortcomings and worked to improve or overcome. Is the current push in CRT and 1619 not just giving people another crutch that will do more to hold them back than to move them forward?