Bye-bye, whiny white dudes: Tucker Carlson, Tal Fortgang and the weakening grip of entitlement

[nomorenomore08]

258. Okay, I was being excessively snarky. But what you present as a cause is really more of a symptom.

For instance, the racist (always, from the very beginning) "war on drugs" and the resultant epidemic incarceration of disproportionately black males has a lot to do with family breakdown, and yes, single parenthood. Should we encourage stable families? Of course, and birth control, proper educational funding, and non-stereotypical media depictions of African-Americans will all help with that. When people have the chance to limit the size of their families, and to succeed educationally and vocationally, a lot of this stuff will take care of itself. We all seem to acknowledge that giving people a real chance to make something of themselves, works in developing countries, so why not in this country as well?

Please don't fall back on the bullshit "black people are lazy/promiscuous/etc. etc." framing of the right wing. It's victim-blaming of the worst kind and accomplishes nothing but deepening of negative stereotypes.