Quote (thesnipa @ Aug 5 2020 11:40am)
tell people to get a job in an area where adults cant get jobs because the jobs to people ratio is too low.
not joining a gang is good advice, painfully simplistic, but good advice. but just get a job is shortsighted by a longshot.
Gang activity is also an income generator. All races have been subject to systemic discrimination in the past since and before the Roman Empire.
African Americans happen to be the most recent group openly discriminated against and until very recent didn't have equal opportunities. As a result that group is behind compared to a group given equal opportunities Naturally the group that is behind has to be industrious to make ends meet, this might include criminal activity.
I still don't understand how certain people cant see that open heavy discrimination just in the last 40 years has not significantly hindered progress. You used to see Irish and Italian gangs running liquor and drugs because they were the hated immigrants. Naturally they were poor and engaged in criminal activity to make ends meet.
"Yeah but he is just born now when we are not discriminating"
Sure but he dosent have 500 years of estate wealth built up positioning him for the best possible future, he might have to work all throughout middle and high school to help mom with wages distracting him from a higher education and career progression. Its a cycle that takes time to get out of.
Quote (Thor123422 @ Aug 5 2020 11:59am)
If you're in a place without available jobs then gang activity and selling for them might be the only way to make money with some level of security.
People with opportunities don't join gangs, and gangs become surrogate families and businesses, kinda like an MLM.
Exactly.
This post was edited by SBD on Aug 5 2020 12:01pm