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https://twitter.com/iamrhondamary/status/1526974348367745025The black and white homicide victimization rates *literally* can’t be shown on the same graph, but these people (and the larger community) could not name a single one of the hundreds of schoolchildren killed in street violence each year.
https://twitter.com/iamsophianelson/status/1523008306775994368Unlike the left, black conservatives tend to focus on the importance of the nuclear family. I noticed no part of your agenda said anything about marriage or family. Was this an oversight or do you not think a 70% nonmarital birth rate is connected to social outcomes?
https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1503847778287599618Point #1: No one wants more police funding.
https://twitter.com/pastordscott/status/1493380578741297153As a pastor, I’m sure you appreciate when God draws distinctions between sin in general & specific abominations. Same here. Further, I think it’s fair to ask to what extent art imitates life and vice versa when the artists & the men imitating them are murdered at very high rates.
https://twitter.com/adriannormandc/status/1493292013151678466This is not some small issue that can be waived away as Gen X/Boomer pearl-clutching. We’re talking abt mainstream artists rapping about killing other black men and degrading black women. These are people that are celebrated by everyone from fans to brands.
https://twitter.com/DavidAFrench/status/1481666671618240516This only makes sense to someone who thinks “people of color” is a useful and precise category. I assure you that it’s not, especially among the growing number of black citizens that see the Dem hand-wringing about voter ID as more about immigration than “racial justice”. 2/5
https://twitter.com/roderickgraham/status/1453746269940330499We also know there are typically about 10-25 unarmed black men involved in fatal police shootings each year, while there are hundreds of school-aged kids killed in street violence every year. And in cities like Philly and St. Louis, over 90% of the homicide victims are black.
https://twitter.com/davidafrench/status/1442124970310647810As is often the case in this area, David never says WHY people in this country are incarcerated. Before I do that, it is helpful to know what the ecosystem of confinement looks like. There are about 630K ppl in local jails.
https://twitter.com/jeffontheright/status/1437174888050176004That said, I agree that there are cultural histories and norms specific to groups within the broader culture. I think it’s unwise to act as if that diversity of experience doesn’t exist or matter. HBCUs, Ebony and Jet, the “black church”, etc. all came to be in a specific..
https://twitter.com/rolandsmartin/status/1436394185179926552That’s why I believe that people are made in the image of God and that their value is inherent—NOT dependent on whether they are wanted by their parents, how they were conceived, or how other people feel about them.
https://twitter.com/DavidAFrench/status/1419521296325648384@DavidAFrench For example, you tie redlining to wealth disparities btwn groups. No one denies that inheritance passed down through generations contributes to wealth. So does income. Yet you never mention how differences in marriage rates & households impact income & wealth.