Critics of efforts to police crime in black neighborhoods need to be reminded of a couple things: the victims of crime in black neighborhoods are also black. And often, the calls for more and better policing come from those same black residents who are being victimized by a small but troubling minority of their neighbors. In this clip from my conversation with Heather Mac Donald, we talk about the mistaken idea that more policing would be bad for high-crime African American neighborhoods.
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In essence Glenn Loury argues that blacks are 'victims' no matter what the 'evidence' indicates. Heather MacDonald articulates the ordinary conservative tepid 'white' opinion, but without solutions. Many years ago I took an interest in African-American affairs, I did so from afar. My hope was that by understanding the developed African-American mentality, I would be able to understand the underdeveloped 'black' African mentality. I was disappointed to discover that violent African dysfunction (millstone) was transported to the US through slavery, and has over-time poisoned the well in the USA. No wonder people like Heather MacDonald are disappointed. WE ALL ARE. The brilliant Glenn Loury 'flips and flops' and has spent a lifetime trying to understand the issues and come to up with answers. Advice to Glenn: "it is indeed a fools errand. My conclusion is to enforce MERIT and totally ignore DEI. Being united psychologically, is all that matters.
For many Black people, Heather Mac Donald and Roland Fryer have the same credibility as Ibraim Kendi and Robin Di Angelo have in Conservative circles.
It does not help when a law and order message comes from a party led by a felon with a sex crime conviction. Multiple people in Trump’s circle were convicted of crimes. A T-shirt with a mugshot of an indicted person was how Republicans thought they could gain Black voters.
To put icing on the cake an elderly wrestler who told everyone who didn’t support the Republican Party would face the wrath of maniacs.
The Republican Party is not viewed as the law and order party.