In the thread, Re: [Mpls] Responses to Terrill's open letter to African American community, Dennis Plante writes:
<<And quite succinctly, whether you are right, or wrong in your opinion as to what is fostering "black-on-black" crime and street gang activity, it still affects black youth in a very severe manner. We all know and accept that to be the truth. To sit-by and doing nothing because of your opinion as to what is fostering this phenomenon could be likened to using these children as pawns. >> Doug Mann responds: In my opinion, more aggressive enforcement of laws against race discrimination in employment, housing and public education is my idea of "doing something" to reduce the allure of gang membership, to reduce gang activities, and to reduce black-on-black violence. The "something" that Terrill advocates is, in my opinion, worse than doing nothing, and is basically the same approach taken by the Minneapolis School Board of "fixing communities of color" while implementing policies that undermine educational programs at schools that serve a large majority of students of colors, such as the school district's annual ritual of laying off large numbers of teachers it plans to rehire or replace. -Doug Mann, King Field candidate for 8th ward city council http://educationright.com REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
