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I worked with an older african american many years ago who in his own words grew up in the ghetto. He told me once that, "If we don't beat our kids at home the cops will do it in the street." Not advocating either way, but the perspective stuck with me.

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> I wotked with an older african american many years ago who in his own words grew up in the ghetto. He told me once that, "If we don't beat our kids at home the cops will do it in the street."

I suspect a thorough investigation of the African Americans beaten in the streets by cops would find that being beaten by their parents as a child is not substantial protection against being beaten in the streets by cops.

Its a convenient rationalization, though.

I would like to see a thorough investigation BY African Americans rather than merely OF by African Americans.

We have an unfortunate history where investigations OF African Americans BY white Americans led to not only incorrect but also very unfortunate conclusions.

Entirely possible. I don't know that he was rationalizing as much as passing on accepted wisdom. Undoubtedly escaping depends on more than one variable.

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