(The Official) Queen of Soul Ms. Aretha Franklin homegoing service Thread 8/31/18 10am est/ 7 am pdt

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Cadillac said:
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He's finally wrapping it up. Another 2 minutes. Maybe.
 
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Cadillac said:
instead of you mfs getting on ur soapbox why dont you guys address the real issue which is poverty,lack of jobs etc which are huge if not the primary factors for stuff like this. hearing this "black on black" crime preach gets redundant when your not addressing the elements that influence stuff like this.

and where are you getting those numbers, those numbers for whites do not even look real.
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No doubt poverty and lack of jobs are factors but I refuse to accept that we can't do things to overcome this. And the #1 factor is ignorance.
 
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Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder but no Louis Farrakhan :stopitslime:

This is a travesty. :mjcry:


EDIT: I'm about to play Midnight Train to Georgia
 
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Bolzmark said:
No doubt poverty and lack of jobs are factors but I refuse to accept that we can't do things to overcome this. And the #1 factor is ignorance.
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Yeah, ignorance of the pervasiveness of white supremacy and the myriad ways the system is designed to snuff out black prosperity and hope. We can overcome this by learning how to counteract these measures and move with purpose and unity as a people. We don't overcome this by chastising the symptom and ignoring the cause.
 
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Bolzmark said:
The CDC. It's actually a little worse than what I said.
The CDC confirms that, following an extended period of general decline, the overall homicide rate -- as well as the homicide rate within each racial group -- has increased from 2014 to 2015. In 2015, the homicide rates were (per 100,000 population):

20.9 for blacks (non-Hispanic)
4.9 for Hispanics
2.6 for whites (non-Hispanic)
5.7 for all races

Compared to the national average, the homicide rate was 54% lower for whites, 14% lower for Hispanics, and 267% higher for blacks. Put another way, the homicide rate among African-Americans is nearly quadruple that of the national average.

Last year, President Obama highlighted the importance of this issue. He said, "The single greatest cause of death for young black men between the ages of 18 and 35 is homicide. And that's crazy. That is crazy." Actually, it's worse than that. According to the CDC, homicide is the #1 cause of death for African-Americans in all age groups from 15 to 34 (i.e., 15 to 19, 20 to 24, and 25 to 34).

Source: "QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rates for Homicides, by Race/Ethnicity— United States, 1999–2015." MMWR 66 (31): 839. Published: 11-Aug-2017. DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6631a9.
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this seems like one of those BS stats similar to that FBI stat Cac supremacist throw around with that 2006 FBI rape stat. im not doubting the number for blacks(though it might be more exaggerated) but I refuse to believe that its that low for Whites
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No doubt poverty and lack of jobs are factors but I refuse to accept that we can't do things to overcome this. And the #1 factor is ignorance.
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lol ok:Mjparadise:
 
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