Hands Up - Don't Lie

by

       Zeno Potas

      Perhaps it is time we have an honest discussion about race in America. An HONEST discussion, not the distortions that the Leftists want everyone to believe. You read this blog because we have promised you the truth. Are you ready for the truth? These are the facts.

•  Do you know how many blacks were killed by police by gunfire last year? - The number is 123.
•  Do you know how many whites were killed? That number is 326.
•  Police killings of blacks are down 70% in last 50 years.
•  Whites are 63% of the population, and in 2013, whites committed 4,396 murders.
•  Blacks are 13% of the population, and in 2013, blacks committed 5,375 murders.
• Officers were less likely to erroneously shoot unarmed black suspects than they were unarmed whites — 25 times less likely, in fact . (Washington State University Study)
• Officers hesitated significantly longer before shooting armed suspects who were black, compared to armed subjects who were white or Hispanic. (Washington State University Study)

      In just these few set of facts we can see that one side is out of proportion to distortion being broadcast in our slanted news media. Let's pull up a few historical facts about black America.

•  In 1950, female-headed households were 18 percent of the black population. Today it's 70 percent.
•  In 1925 New York City, 85 percent of black households were two-parent households.
• The black illegitimacy rate in 1940 was about 14 percent; black illegitimacy today is over 70 percent. 
•  In Democratic controlled urban areas, it is over 80 percent.

     The major problem in the black community that accounts for so much of the disparity in achievement and criminal behavior is that more than seven in 10 black children are born to single women and will spend much of their lives with no father present. Children are raised with no authority to respect and grow up with a distorted view of life. If we want to have an honest conversation about race, we need to begin here. This is where society's, especially in the black community, future problems begin.

      Another problem in many areas of the country is the Leftist control of our schools. These

Socialist teachers, who stand behind the Democratic party in every election, have driven the black academic achievement gap. Often, black 12th-graders can read, write and deal with scientific and math problems at only the level of white sixth-graders. This doesn't bode well for success in college or passing civil service exams or gaining any meaningful employment in their lifetimes.  By under educating young people it deprives them not only of income but also of work experience, which can be even more valuable. Without the right education, young people will be left out of legal work, and with illegal work  always available, this is just asking for trouble. So is having large numbers of idle young males, under educated, and unable to speak the acceptable English language hanging out together on the streets.

       How much of what we see today can be explained by racial discrimination? Jason Riley, a Wall Street Journal editorial board member and author of "Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks To Succeed," is certainly one man who should be listened to.  Riley's book discusses why these depressing statistics stem from cultural changes that have occurred in the black community and the unintended consequences of liberal efforts to blame everything on poverty and prejudice when it is their own actions to "help the underprivileged" that is the root cause behind America's woes. This is an important question because if we conclude that racial discrimination is the major cause of black problems when it isn't, then effective solutions will be elusive forever and we will continue down the path towards anarchy.