So Is Minneapolis Really Hopeless?

Well according to Minneapolis police officers it is. 150 Minneapolis police officers seeking disability for PTSD

Meuser said since the killing of George Floyd, officers have felt abandoned by city and state politicians as well as the community at large.

Meuser said that most of the officers seeking disability are veterans of the department with 16 to 23 years of experience.

Several Minneapolis officers have already retired since the riots and sources tell Law Officer that "many more" are considering an early departure from the agency.

But take hope Minnehopelis residents, former alderperson and mayor Molly Hodges who oversaw the systematic structural racism has a plan for peace, love and understanding.

As the mayor of Minneapolis from 2014 to 2018, as a Minneapolis City Council member from 2006 until 2014 and as a white Democrat, I can say this: White liberals, despite believing we are saying and doing the right things, have resisted the systemic changes our cities have needed for decades. We have mostly settled for illusions of change, like testing pilot programs and funding volunteer opportunities.

These efforts make us feel better about racism, but fundamentally change little for the communities of color whose disadvantages often come from the hoarding of advantage by mostly white neighborhoods.

Yes, the white neighborhoods force black children to have babies with other young black men. Government can not take the place of a father and a 2 parent household.

Liberal whites have fought school choice because how dare you break the template of the teacher unions?

Was it the Italian-American community who teaches "Snitches get stitches"? And if I remember correctly it is the Polish-American community who stresses the fact of "Uncle Tom" African-Americans.

Nah, I'm just kidding.

The African American inner city communities face problems. To throw all of those problems under the guise of "White Privilege" is ludicrous. And the only way to correct those problems are for the black race hustlers and white do-gooders to realize that they have been the driving force and the causation of this unrest.

posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 03:24 PM

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