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Everything Wrong With How You View Baltimore (Original Post)
Ravajava
May 2015
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daleanime
(17,796 posts)1. Amen.....
drynberg
(1,648 posts)2. So, I still don't "know Baltimore"...I do think that race matters in this situation, as the Cops in
Many cities of the USA are killing unarmed young black men on the average of one per 28 hrs. This would make me very mad and RACE is a major issue here. This is on top of less opportunities for them as a group, like that of a poor person not of color. These folks of Baltimore have come to their end of patience...and they were so irritated violent action ensued. So, I can't buy your socio-economic reasons being greater than the racial reasons.
Ravajava
(93 posts)3. Supposing you are right...
I'm not sure you can make a policy that fixes race. You can fix socio economics. I think that, perhaps, is why I'm more focused on that element than complaining about racism.