First as Tragedy, Then as Farce -
Billions of dollars have been hastily poured into the global banking system in a frantic attempt at financial stabilization. Where is the social stability?
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Wednesday, 31 January 2018
quote [ Public awareness of mass incarceration has grown in recent years thanks to groundbreaking books and activism from groups like Black Lives Matter. One aspect of this growing awareness has been an increased understanding of racial disparity in the criminal justice system. In 2010, white people were incarcerated at a rate of 450 per 100,000 while black people were incarcerated at a rate of 2,306 per 100,000. ]
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Hugh E. said @ 11:32pm GMT on 31st January [Score:1 Underrated]
America has long demonstrated it can conduct two wars at the same time. It is class warfare. It is white supremacist warfare.
States With Large Black Populations Are Stingier With Government Benefits
Having more minorities on the rolls in turn created a new problem for case workers, though, who worried there would be backlash against welfare because of the number of black families receiving benefits, according to [Jennifer Mittelstadt, a professor of history at Rutgers University]. The term “welfare” had a positive connotation among Americans before the 1960s, according to [Joe Soss, a professor at the University of Minnesota], but as the program became more diverse, stereotypes about “freeloaders” started to emerge.
I could go on, but maybe that's a different post.
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Some businesses question fairness of Green Light effort - this sounds suspiciously like organized crime tactics.