If your takeaway from this is to argue about whether or not he should've been fired, you're missing the point. That question is largely a distraction.
Read his memo in full:
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.pdf
This guy fully bought into...
The black community in this regard was doing better in the 50s than they are doing now. Drugs, violence, and crime were far less of a problem than they are today.
http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2015/05/poor_blacks_looking_for_someon.html
Sowell here is placing heavy blame on the welfare...
I've caught a lot of slack around here for suggesting that the way rap functions today is an overall net negative on the community. I want to use this video among others as a jumping off point for a discussion on the significance of music and other aspects of culture on performance.
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+ Repped. Preach fam. But I never said it was a root cause. My point is that, as it functions now in the culture, it's problematic when trying to envision a better future.
I'm familiar with the 3 strike policy. In many cases our domestic laws produce unjust outcomes as well. It's terrible I agree, but these cases in the context of prison reform and overpopulation are a drop in the bucket fam.
History is ripe with examples of injustice Hand2HandKing. Can't move...
Root cause or reaction, it doesn't matter. You think the NWA made that song with purely altruistic intentions? Be real man.
A culture that venerates drug dealers and thugs and vilifies police will stand in opposition to things getting better between the black community and the police. Not...
The thing about prison reform is that it's way more messy than most understand.
It's very typical to hear people say something like "we need to legalize drugs" to solve the prison problem, when that's really only a small piece of the pie. Any serious discussion about reducing prison population...
Rap and gang culture contributes to the hostility we see between the black community and the police. Is that really so controversial a statement? F the police came out in '88 and it's one of, if not the only phrase that remains in the rap lexicon from nearly 30 years ago.
I agree wholeheartedly. But that's one end of the spectrum that contributed to our current climate. The other end is a rap and gang culture that raises up drug peddlers and gangsters that proudly say F the police and vilifies "snitches."