You said: "Crime spiked in the aftermath of reactions to George Floyd and the fallout was far more harmful to black Americans than to anyone else." I think this last requires some clarification.
The "fallout" occurred in many geographical areas as well as in organizations far and wide in the USA and around the world. Only in a very restricted sense were black Americans "harmed" by the ensuing "racial reckoning" brought on by the Floyd affair. Certainly, police pullback and fearful politicians allowed certain criminal elements in black communities free-er (not free) reign to maraud and predate their largely black victims with little fear of apprehension or prosecution. The victims were left to deal with the unrest and vastly more dangerous environments as best they could. (Another example of the truism: no one is coming to help you—be prepared to defend yourself.)
That said, the "racial reckoning" shifted the locus of power from horrified whites driven by racial guilt to a too-willing black grievance class eager to increase their own power over and access to hitherto restricted centers of authority and high social status. The DEI "industry" was born and has been growing like an aggressive cancerous tumor ever since. Statements coming from every school district, corporate board, and cultural organization in the country and beyond declaring solidarity with a stricken "black community" and a mission to right the wrongs of history were like snowflakes in a blizzard. And when "free" gifts are offered, there will always be takers.
I'd argue that the power shift in American race relations post-Floyd is one of, if not the most significant developments since the civil rights revolution of the 1960s. It is now axiomatic (and the law in some states) that black "representation" be increased at all levels in American society with population proportionality the default goal, regardless of the qualifications or efficacy of the individuals tapped to fill such newly available positions. The post-Floyd landscape certainly has its share of innocent black victims among the carnage. However, I'd wager there are more (and more socially important) winners than losers among American blacks and many more white and other non-black losers now and in the future, than can be counted, should they even matter enough to be enumerated (they don't and won't).
Yes. Policing has really been damaged throughout the Western world and crime has spiked everywhere, and people of all races are effected. The goal of communism is to destroy the West. So of course they use race or sex or sexual orientation or whatever else they can to do destroy all Western institutions and they have had a lot of success.
Hear! Hear! Excellent points made all around.
You said: "Crime spiked in the aftermath of reactions to George Floyd and the fallout was far more harmful to black Americans than to anyone else." I think this last requires some clarification.
The "fallout" occurred in many geographical areas as well as in organizations far and wide in the USA and around the world. Only in a very restricted sense were black Americans "harmed" by the ensuing "racial reckoning" brought on by the Floyd affair. Certainly, police pullback and fearful politicians allowed certain criminal elements in black communities free-er (not free) reign to maraud and predate their largely black victims with little fear of apprehension or prosecution. The victims were left to deal with the unrest and vastly more dangerous environments as best they could. (Another example of the truism: no one is coming to help you—be prepared to defend yourself.)
That said, the "racial reckoning" shifted the locus of power from horrified whites driven by racial guilt to a too-willing black grievance class eager to increase their own power over and access to hitherto restricted centers of authority and high social status. The DEI "industry" was born and has been growing like an aggressive cancerous tumor ever since. Statements coming from every school district, corporate board, and cultural organization in the country and beyond declaring solidarity with a stricken "black community" and a mission to right the wrongs of history were like snowflakes in a blizzard. And when "free" gifts are offered, there will always be takers.
I'd argue that the power shift in American race relations post-Floyd is one of, if not the most significant developments since the civil rights revolution of the 1960s. It is now axiomatic (and the law in some states) that black "representation" be increased at all levels in American society with population proportionality the default goal, regardless of the qualifications or efficacy of the individuals tapped to fill such newly available positions. The post-Floyd landscape certainly has its share of innocent black victims among the carnage. However, I'd wager there are more (and more socially important) winners than losers among American blacks and many more white and other non-black losers now and in the future, than can be counted, should they even matter enough to be enumerated (they don't and won't).
Yes. Policing has really been damaged throughout the Western world and crime has spiked everywhere, and people of all races are effected. The goal of communism is to destroy the West. So of course they use race or sex or sexual orientation or whatever else they can to do destroy all Western institutions and they have had a lot of success.