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baffled wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:37 am I can't speak for Fat Cat, but I spent 7 years in a shit hole district that was 60%+ black, and worked with the worst of the worst kids on a regular basis. Gang members, special needs (not bad, but difficult), general malcontents, and I can tell you with zero doubt that black culture is broken. We had kids that were in from all over the area, from surrounding cities that had high rates of crime.

I say that with confidence because of two things:
1) Over 90% of our fights and other suspension worthy offenses were committed by black kids. Many of them would be open about not knowing their dads, meeting siblings they had no clue about for their birthday (and not being happy about it), and how often they were committing crimes and being put in juvenile hall. We had a family feud that spilled over into a Food Maxx where someone's aunt was jumped, which spilled back onto campus and resulted in nearly 10 fights in a single day. Not a white, Asian or Latino kid was involved.

That's not to say that the other races of kids didn't do stupid and bad stuff, but not at nearly the rate the black kids did.

I was well respected and generally had good outcomes, but a single group accounted for a sizable use of manpower and resources.

2) Our black VP once told me that if the black families could get their shit together, then our district would go from a Title 1 district to a normal district overnight. He lamented how often he dealt with the same problems I listed above on a regular basis.

That said, I really enjoyed the work, I liked the kids most days, and am glad I did it, but I got burnt out and needed a change.

Now, why the black community went from lower rates of unemployment prior to the passage of minimum wage laws (perhaps the most anti-black laws on the books that are still enforced), low rates of divorce and fatherlessness after the passage of the welfare state etc... That's a different topic.

newguy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:21 am

baffled wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:37 am I can't speak for Fat Cat, but I spent 7 years in a shit hole district that was 60%+ black, and worked with the worst of the worst kids on a regular basis. Gang members, special needs (not bad, but difficult), general malcontents, and I can tell you with zero doubt that black culture is broken. We had kids that were in from all over the area, from surrounding cities that had high rates of crime.

I say that with confidence because of two things:
1) Over 90% of our fights and other suspension worthy offenses were committed by black kids. Many of them would be open about not knowing their dads, meeting siblings they had no clue about for their birthday (and not being happy about it), and how often they were committing crimes and being put in juvenile hall. We had a family feud that spilled over into a Food Maxx where someone's aunt was jumped, which spilled back onto campus and resulted in nearly 10 fights in a single day. Not a white, Asian or Latino kid was involved.

That's not to say that the other races of kids didn't do stupid and bad stuff, but not at nearly the rate the black kids did.

I was well respected and generally had good outcomes, but a single group accounted for a sizable use of manpower and resources.

2) Our black VP once told me that if the black families could get their shit together, then our district would go from a Title 1 district to a normal district overnight. He lamented how often he dealt with the same problems I listed above on a regular basis.

That said, I really enjoyed the work, I liked the kids most days, and am glad I did it, but I got burnt out and needed a change.

Now, why the black community went from lower rates of unemployment prior to the passage of minimum wage laws (perhaps the most anti-black laws on the books that are still enforced), low rates of divorce and fatherlessness after the passage of the welfare state etc... That's a different topic.

Might have less to do with being "black" vs. being from a shithole area. Whatever country you live in, whatever area you are, the "shithole" areas are the rough areas. It just is what it is. Throw in a nice dose of institutionalized racism and our economic system and you triple down on the problems that come from living in the shitholes.

johno wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:30 pm Interesting, the turn this thread has taken.

syaigh wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:46 pm Again, not starting a fight, just wondering where that tendency to think the worst comes from?

baffled wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:17 pm

johno wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:30 pm Interesting, the turn this thread has taken.

The woman did it

syaigh wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:36 pm

baffled wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:17 pm

johno wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:30 pm Interesting, the turn this thread has taken.

The woman did it

That's what we do. Fuck shit up.