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Originally Posted by Phuturephunkshun
I would speculate it has to do with various aspects of generational poverty in conjunction with a, sadly, wide spread belief that society absolutely hates them regardless of what they do.
If they keep you on the outside long enough, eventually you're not going to give a fuck anymore.
And so on.
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There are so many things I could add to this thread, but I think that Phunk has already mentioned a good part of it.
Setting aside that uprooting people and packing them at the bottom of cargo boats, and de-humanizing them as mere 'chattel' for slave labor was somehow not going to have some consequences further down the road. Acting surprised that taking away their traditions, family histories and ancestral memories for more convenient cotton-picking efficiency may have left a blank somewhere, when those who do so revel in celebrating their own.
That chronically denying them mortgages, affordable credit and economic opportunity for advancement, or even dignity for that matter was not bound going to create some situations where many of them felt that it was so hopeless, why should they even bother trying?
It's always easy to belittle anyone once you de-humanize them. (After you've built your nation on their free work)
Go on...
But like the song says, how about trying to "Walking A Mile In My Shoes" ?
Looking at the result rather than the cause seems like a good way to keep perpetuating most situations.
As a society, we saved money then, and it may end up costing more now. Privatized incarceration facilities certainly aren't complaining, as they are happily billing state and federal government for all of those jailed.
Maybe Goupie needs to move his portfolio to some of those companies, by the sound of it they're going to be thriving in the coming years?