6 police officers shot; 3 dead in Baton Rouge

[Aeolus451]

Rab said:

Aeolus451 said:

I disagree with that. It's completely false. There's many places in the world where shit is far worse in terms of inequality. India and pakistan are good examples of it. It's just an excuse for most of them here to steal, hurt people and run wild. If this group of people wanted to seriously change things in positive ways for themselves and others, they would go to school to get into careers that influence society or better yet become cops to prove how it's done in a positive way. Violently protesting and hurting others only takes away the clout of their message and gives credence to their opposition's points. Frankly, they're extremely hypocritical about racism as a whole and their issues are overrepresented in comparison to other minorities. A fair number of 'em have a warped sense of entitlement.

BTW India and Pakistan have lower levels of inequality than the US, which ranks near the bottom, look down the last column (lower numbers are better) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_distribution_of_wealth 

 

Open your eyes to reality, try and take off the rose colored glasses first 

From a Stanford University study on inequality in the US http://web.stanford.edu/group/scspi/cgi-bin/facts.php 

- CEOs in 1965 made 24 times more than the average production worker, whereas in 2009 they made 185 times more

- In the United States, 21 percent of all children are in poverty, a poverty rate higher than what prevails in virtually all other rich nations.

- There are 750,000 Americans who are homeless on any given night

- High-school dropout rates are least among whites and highest among Hispanics, while college enrollment rates are least among blacks and highest among whites.

- Only college graduates have experienced growth in median weekly earnings since 1979 (in real terms). High school dropouts have, by contrast, seen their real median weekly earnings decline by about 22 percent.

- Resumes with “white-sounding” names, whether male or female, were much more likely to result in call backs for interviews than were those with “black-sounding” names (even though the resumes were otherwise identical)

- The incarceration rate in the United States has grown so dramatically since the 1970s that the U.S. now has one of the highest rates in the world. The rise in incarceration has been especially prominent among young Black males and high school dropouts.

- In 2007, 8.1 million children under 18 years old were without health insurance. Children in poverty and Hispanic children were more likely to be uninsured.

I'm not talking just about it ust in terms of inequality of wealth but inequality as a whole. 

How does India and Pakistan treat women?

Frankly, I don't care about the poor or homeless. It's their responsibility to go to school, work and provide for themselves.