Fortunately, Americans can decide for themselves what they want to read and believe. Unfortunately, the dunce who supplies the posts at the other Real Flatbush blog is unaware of the crime rate in black communities compared with white and asian communities.
The blogger seems oblivous to his/her own internal motivations that include blaming whites for the social pathologies impairing far too many blacks in Brooklyn, NY City, the US and the world.
Bottom line, about 95% of the violent crime committed in NY City is committed by blacks and hispanics. For the past two years almost 100% of the murders in NY City have been committed by blacks and hispanics. Fortunately, murder and violent crime is still the work of a small minority of blacks. But unfortunately, when it comes to education, blacks are the group of public school kids who fill the bottom ranks. Decades of standardized tests have repeated the same conclusions -- whites and asians do well, but blacks and hispanics lag, and they lag by a considerable margin.
Critics, especially black critics, reflexively claim the poor academic showing of blacks is the result of white indifference or contempt. However, these results appear worldwide. There are no nations in Africa successfully educating more than a handful of students.
The Dangers of the Ditmas Park Blog
Racism is Universal. In the middle of a debate over levels of African migration in Australia,the 3 major news channels in Australia all seized on (similar to the practices of Politico and the Ditmas park blog) what they said was evidence that young African migrants weren't fitting in.
Luckily in Australia, they actually have a Media Watch that holds the media accountable for false reporting and sensationalism.
Just this past week, the ditmas park blog is continuing their sensationalist, false and sometimes racist reporting about "certain segments" of the population who are "trouble makers". In their "moderated comments" section they have people complaining about "thugs" (code word for black teens) on the corner lately since the weather has been nicer.
They've got the public all wild up on the basis of a few isolated incidents, that goes on on every neighborhood in the world. They have even offered free self-defense classes because of "the latest strings of incidents."
It's interesting that when a group of black teenage boys are hanging out in front of an establishment for just a few seconds, it's a "problem" that "needs to be dealt with". But a group of white hipsters hanging out in front of a bar or coffee shop, is "great for the scene" and that they are being "scene kids" and comments about "how cool it is to be outside on a warm sunny day."
The latent racism of the Ditmaspark blog can be very dangerous to this community. It is used to not only degrade people, but to dehumanize. If left unchecked or not marginalized can lead to hate crimes, as was the case in Australia. The young teen in the video that had nothing to do with any "mayhem" was subsequently savagely beaten and murdered. We will continue to monitor this situation.
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