Deteriorating Family Culture In Our Cities

Current Event

According to 58News.com; August 5, 2011

MILWAUKEE — Aldermen Bob Donovan and Joe Dudzik release a joint statement about Thursday night’s violent mob attacks at the State Fair. This is the exact press release sent to CBS 58. Nothing has been omitted.

“As elected officials, we are shocked and concerned about the senseless violence displayed by the large mob outside of State Fair Park last night. On behalf of our city, we apologize to the victims and good patrons who endured or witnessed such horrific behavior.

Sadly, what transpired near State Fair Park last night is only the most recent mob riot spawned by a culture of violence that has been brewing in Milwaukee for some time.  And let’s face it, it also has much to do with a deteriorating African American culture in our city.

Are large groups of Hispanics or Hmong going out in large mobs and viciously attacking whites?  No.

We are reaping the harvest that we’ve sown. How so? There are repercussions for the staggering illegitimacy rate in our African American community. There are repercussions for having little to no positive male involvement in the lives of African American children. There are repercussions for single-parent homes where children aren’t properly supervised, and where they aren’t held responsible for their actions. There are repercussions for a staggering, decades-long near 50% unemployment rate for African American males in our city.  There are repercussions for having a failing public school system, and an outdated juvenile justice system.  There are repercussions for having one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the U.S., and for having kids raising kids.

The community was shocked when the violent mob of African American youths attacked white people in Kilbourn Reservoir Park on July 3. Then, a few eyebrows were raised at the F-bombs and shocking disregard and disrespect for Milwaukee police officers shown by a large and unruly group of African Americans at N. Richards St. and W. North Ave. last Saturday night.  And now this horrific mob violence near State Fair Park. But for those who live in some city neighborhoods, this violence has been like a steady rain for far too many years now. And the reality is this summer it seems we have five or six shootings each and every weekend!  Unfortunately, this behavior is now all too common in some parts of the Milwaukee community.

Our hearts go out to the older generation of African Americans in this city who remember when their community had one of the HIGHEST marriage rates in the city. Sadly, many of these same residents are now scared of their own children and grandchildren.

Although we hope our law enforcement agencies are able to bring some of the thugs who were involved in these attacks to justice, no amount of millions of dollars in government spending or resources is going to truly address this problem.

We can no longer wish this violence would just go away, and we cannot ignore it; we must see it for what it truly is.

We cannot begin to address the underlying causes of the violence without change. We believe that change must come from within the African American community, where new seeds must be sown.”

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Federal Government subsidies vs. The Constitution and Families

Founding Document

Per James Madison in Federalist 45

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State.”

We the People:

I commend these two well-meaning Aldermen, because they were willing to identify a problem despite the risk of racial demagoguery against them.   However, this has more to do with government.

When one follows this in time, the unconstitutional federal subsidies do indeed coincide with the deterioration of African-American families.  As author and economist Thomas Sowell stated; “the black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and discrimination, began rapidly disintegrating in the liberal welfare state that subsidized unwed pregnancy and changed welfare from an emergency rescue to a way of life.”   In addition, the subsidies that discourage marriage are starting to have this impact in all ethnic groups. We must stop the federal government from buying votes by tempting single parents into permanent federal support.  If such destructive forces weaken any families, they weaken all families and the foundation of self-government.