Very sad, Derrion Albert (age 16), an honor student at Fenger High School was beaten to death during a group brawl. Based on his clean record and on the footage, it looks like he was an innocent bystander who simply was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
The question is - what can be done to address this violence?
Unfortunately, within the confines of democracy, the state can do nothing to civilize the uncivilized. And no policy or program can bring peace to communities and sub-cultures that are violent. The reason that I emphasize sub-cultures is because the behavior of this mob does not represent African-American culture, but a toxic ghetto sub-culture.
As pessimistic as this sounds, the best we can hope for is that the families that are committed to and capable of improving the lives of their children will get the hell out of Roseland and other pathology filled communities. And that the majority of the children of those who relocate to better communities will not recreate the pathologies that plagued Roseland.
You are welcome to agree or disagree with the ideas expressed in this post, but hopefully no one will utilize the puerile response of "that's racist." With few exceptions "racism" is used as a magic word to end discussions, rather than honestly explore social and economic phenomena.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GgpHG7gFjk
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