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I thought he was attempting to make a valid point and got shouted down by a couple of PC idiots.
As much of some of what he said was valid he got the delivery wrong.
Was he correct to say that 'White youngsters are attempting to be black' Yes he was. But what exactly does that mean?? Bling, rep culture? Dianne Abbot had been on a couple of days earlier blaming bling culture that many black youths followed, but does that make it a 'black' culture???
Khristian Marcus, who described himself as a “black Londoner” in a “normal job”, said Afro-Caribbean children suffered a lack of discipline due to large numbers of absent fathers and mothers left unable to cope.
He wrote: “What I have seen over the last couple of days and known for a while is we as the black 'community’ have major fault lines running through our family structure, and we are now and have been for the longest time, seeing the manifestation of this.”
This is my experience with the African community that I have met.
As for Starkey, I think he got it wrong and he said it wrong. Its not about black culture. Its about demolition of the family structure, a "leave to the state" to discipline the kids attitude, gangs and peer pressure to have bling, and a car with a propellor on the bonnet. Well that's my humble opinion anyway. I could be wrong.
Could I also chuck in the feeling that we're governed by a bunch of Eton elite posh boys who simply are looking for a golden parachute when they're done?
Perhaps after the royal commission something will come out.
McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic." Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."
This is my experience with the African community that I have met.
As for Starkey, I think he got it wrong and he said it wrong. Its not about black culture. Its about demolition of the family structure, a "leave to the state" to discipline the kids attitude, gangs and peer pressure to have bling, and a car with a propellor on the bonnet. Well that's my humble opinion anyway. I could be wrong.
Could I also chuck in the feeling that we're governed by a bunch of Eton elite posh boys who simply are looking for a golden parachute when they're done?
Perhaps after the royal commission something will come out.
Do you mean African or Afro-Carribean? Most West African mini-cab drivers I chat to (and it's been a while) seem to see a big gap between Londoners of West African descent and those of Carribean descent.
Do you mean African or Afro-Carribean? Most West African mini-cab drivers I chat to (and it's been a while) seem to see a big gap between Londoners of West African descent and those of Carribean descent.
True, while the West African have the same problem on absent fathers - I haven't seen their youth (in my experience) involved in crime. My only experience with Afro-Carribean is with Jamaican youth in Canada where there is a huge problem with crime. So much so that the govt. has been deporting the convicts back to Jamaica for a couple of decades now - the one's who are not citizens of course.
McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic." Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."
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