And yet, not one word in that NYT article reflecting upon the WHYS of the carnage in those predominately black neighborhoods.
We must accept the very real fact that government interference in the familial structure through social engineering is the root cause.
It can be summarized in the not-at-all funny joke, what is the most confusing day in the ghetto? Father’s Day.
These kids gravitate towards gangs in the absence of father figures in their homes. In the rush to put as many women on welfare as possible, generation after generation, the concept of a nuclear family has become all but non-existent.
The fact that the violence is statistically skewed very heavily on blacks, especially young black males, should not be interpreted as blacks being more prone to violence, rather it is a consequence of the circumstances they have been placed in.
If the government had been treating you or me the way it has been treating the black community for the past century and a half since the abolition of slavery, we would be doing exactly the same thing. Indeed, that is exactly what the government is trying to do right now to the rest of society - indenture them in perpetuity to the shackles of government largess (redistribution).
This entire sad scenario can be placed directly at the feet of the party that has been both terrorizing the black community and representing the black community in politics since reconstruction - the Democratic Party.
In a nation that is founded upon the notion of individual liberty, what is happening in Chicago are INTOLERABLE ACTS.
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One survey of a South Side Chicago high school showed that a large percentage of the students were being raised by grandmothers, or were living with other relatives or were staying with friends - many had no permanent home and stayed with whatever adult in their life (who wasn't in prison or an addict) would take them in.
The breakdown in the family structure has gone far beyond no dad at home.