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Eugene Kane | In My Opinion

A faulty premise is laid to rest

"There are more black men in jail than in college!" Well, no. It's not true. »Read Full Article

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  1. "I think there are more young black males striving to better themselves than there are those who are not, but they need to stand up and be counted."

    I strongly agree. I hope to see at least as many success stories as those about crime or social problems.
  2. I thought putting ear rings on a pig would never elevate the fair, but you have proved me wrong. Don't add the juvi record to the mix, you don't want another Titanic on your hands. When crime and child neglect are the pillars of a culture, you only have a whole lot of misery and a mighty river of despair.
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  3. Due to a shift in public policy in most states more adult offenders are being placed on probation so they would not be counted as in custody inmates.

    I live not to far from a technical school training program for returning and probation offenders. The campus area also include housing programs. The vast majority on campus are black males. Our area has had no uptick in crime since the program started. The guys are just wanting to move on in life.

    Many of them do extra community service to mow lawns and shovel snow for the elderly in the area. To be honest the program has done alot for the residents. I personally have no problem having over 400 mostly black men living a few blocks away attending school. They have a program that helps residents with minor home repairs that helped the elderly keep up their property. Some of the ex-con students fixed our fence and did a wonderful job.

    Their program has a tailor shop, shoe and furniture repair shop, small engine repair and the home repair program. They have done wonderful work tailoring clothes and modifying furniture for the disabled.

    What we should be asking is why we want to keep talented people like these men in prison. Personally what I love about the program is its open door learning concept. The training changes to meet job demands, its flexible and working with the community not against it.
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  4. The statistic should compare the number of black males enrolled in college vs. those black men with a criminal record, misdemeanor or felony. Those numbers would not be mutually exclusive, but one could bet those enrolled in college would trend to have less criminal offenses logged against them.
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  5. Only 4 percent of college students are black males and 1 in 3 black males will spend time in jail. The race hustler can paint the numbers anyway they see fit, but the reality of the situation is a horror that no publication will print, and no media outlet will voice.
  6. You're part of the problem Eugene. You, and most liberals constantly excuse the delinquent behavior of blacks, blame it on Whitey, and imply blacks are victims incapable of taking charge of their own lives. Seems you whine and pass blame every hour of every day.
  7. Note to young black males: if you find the jail to college ratio to be so offensive, please do the following:
    a) stop committing crimes
    b) graduate from high school
    c) quit blaming whitey for everything

    I know it may come as a great surprise to the black folks in Milwaukee, but if you graduate from high school, you greatly increase your chances of getting into college.
  8. All right, now, come on, lookie here, y'all, here we go again with The Journal Sentinel and Mr. Kane proliferating their racism.

    The faulty premise that we all must lay to rest is that there is anymore than one race. There is only the human race as borne out by the Bible and by the latest genetic research. Everything else about the myth of race is a lie, perpetrated with the intent to dupe you into believing that nothing is something, a'la The Emporer's New Clothes.

    Also noted in the article is the use of "black" in some instances, and "African-American" elsewhere. What is the difference, you ask:
    African-American = a person of African-American descent, going about daily business, possibly working hard or looking for work
    BLACK = someone down for the cause who feels alienated from the USA culture and often proclaims that "the white man" is responsible for black people being oppressed, etc., so therefore the black cause-oriented folks will try to destroy the country as we know it, cost "the white man" as much money as possible, and help to usher in the New World Order (see the back of a US dollar "bill")

    Stop being fooled, hoodwinked, and bamboozled by this racial non-sense. There is only ONE race, the human race, and we can all get along without The Journal Sentinel and Mr. Kane spewing their divisive hatred.
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