Why? Because it's still a dump. And Palm Trees? Please... lol... You attach weather and Palm trees to wealth? lol. There's a lot more to it. But at the risk of sounding like a conspiratorial nutjob, I won't bother. I'll just say this: The drug network in the inner cities and the spreading of guns, as well as the evolution of rap music from it's meaningful political beginnings to violent thug misogynistic drug laced ramblings all had a lot of powerful whiteys involved. Drug money kills communities, but it is also "washed" and ends up supporting a HUGE part of the markets. There's a lot more to it than just thinking an entire race in the inner cities magically self imploded. And guess what? Much of white suburbia will be no different soon as this current crisis plays out. I used to harbor many of the thoughts posted here. And then I scratched the surface and read a ton of stuff. A lot was weeded out, but I arrived at a conclusion that completed turned my views around. It's easy to hate, but tougher to understand the why and how. And when you fully understand the why and the how, that's when you fear it can happen anywhere. Here's a glimpse into the future: The dead end kids. Young, unemployed and facing tough future http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/the_dead_end_kids_AnwaWNOGqsXMuIlGONNX1K It could be our sons and daughters tomorrow...
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I think if skin pigmentation is causative and therefore has explanatory power, the we owe rubberbird and his ilk our gratitude. Consider the petabytes of research, data, and analysis that can be dispensed with. Skin color caused the atrocities of WWII. Skin color caused the catastrophe that was the killing fields of Cambodia. Skin color caused the uniquely horrific tortures the native Americans invented. I'll leave the other skin pigmentations for subsequent "thinkers", as beyond the primary "colors" this looks to become a bit more complicated.
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All that's going to do is reintroduce the "egghead" stuff, like wealth, organization, technology, historical antecedents, class, etc., that is, everything that is wrong with the liberal explanations. It's simpler if we just stick with skin pigmentation.
I'm agreeing with you! Violence of all types, through the ages, has one thing in common: the perps had skin pigmentation.
Ahh, I get you. Cognitive ability and behavioral tendencies are determined by groups, which are easily identified by skin color. I'm just trying to integrate your thinking with rubberbird's.
Naw, that's too indirect. I'm going to point them to you specifically, on this forum. You deserve all the credit!