An Interesting Take on BLM

[kandrathe]

... In other words, focus on why poor people are poor and not this faction bullshit.

Yes. Part of the problem of this person's perspective is that it is as an emigrant, and we don't know what "privilege" her family had in helping them be positioned better for success. Certainly it was not the legacy of many urban poor in the US.

http://ryersonian.ca/sociology-instructo...-wage-gap/

Digging more into it. Her family emigrated to Canada, which is an entirely different kettle of fish...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-o...e14711281/

"As Canadians, we need foreign talent to sustain the country’s demographic and economic growth, and we have just the labour market to attract it. Canadians need immigration just as much as immigrants need a destination such as Canada. Immigration, as it turns out, is most likely the key to Canada’s prosperity."

Change "Canada"/"Canadian" to "US"/"American"... which is what I've been advocating for the US for years.

Well tbh, I felt the video was a fresh take on retooled concepts, and from someone who clearly felt the need to correct the serous issues befalling blacks due undoubtedly to her identifying as such. You are correct that this is mostly about class, but she makes some great points about affording more grant money to black in college having no meaningful impact due to their retention rate... so clearly money is also not the issue as you make it seem. I think there is more truth to her words than is being acknowledged here.
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She's only advocating teaching safe sex, respect for each other, and hard work. What's so wrong with this?

Well, as Archon_Wing indicated, people don't just get up one day and say "F school, F work, F family structure, F the rules, I'm going to be ignorant, commit a bunch of crimes, sell and/or use a bunch of drugs, and get a bunch of babies made I can't afford." It is a bunch of empty platitudes to just say, "stay away from crime, stay in school, just say no, use a condom... etc." People make bad decisions, THEN end up having their lives spiral out of control. I doubt it is ever intentional. "Hey, I'm going to set myself up for a fall".

What you need to do is look at specific examples... http://www.sentencingproject.org/stories/kemba-smith/