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God there is so much ignorance in this thread. This is not about you owning slaves or anyone being a slave. It doesn't matter what Africa is like now or what it might have been without the exploitation. This is about the social welfare of this country. Minorities aren't having problems because they are all lazy they are having problems because the deck is stacked against them. As a society we really have 2 options, we let the deck continue to be stacked against them forever and let a viscous cycle continue from which they will likely never escape, or we do what we can to end the cycle and eliminate the disparities that exist.
I have no problem with my tax dollars going twoard social welfare that is designed to end this cycle. I understand that we have both a moral and a financial interest in these social programs. The cost of educating a minority is much less than the cost of putting them on trail and in prison. Productive members of society are much more useful to this country than unproductive.
Or you guys so short sited that you can't see the true cost of having large disparities between these cultures? If you think these disparities are good I suggest you move to a third world country and see what life would be like.
Should we hand out money? No way, but we should give money to causes that attempt to end this cycle. Improve schools and improve social programs aimed at educating and rehabilitating inner city youth. We have a chance to change the world for generations to come but some of you are so selfish that you only care about yourselves.
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