It's not wrong. It's just not optimal. It's reactionary and dysfunctional and gets in the way of solving the problem.
Maybe your cynical take is true but we still have to try. I know there are human beings in poverty culture who haven't given up and would welcome something hopeful. Maybe only 5%, let's say. But if we help that 5% and they…
It's not wrong. It's just not optimal. It's reactionary and dysfunctional and gets in the way of solving the problem.
Maybe your cynical take is true but we still have to try. I know there are human beings in poverty culture who haven't given up and would welcome something hopeful. Maybe only 5%, let's say. But if we help that 5% and they are able to bloom, that might inspire others.
And, if you don't like my ideas, how about we canvas the black community to get their ideas about what they feel would work? How about create a coalition or partnership of majoritarian money partnered with black cultural insight to develop a path forward?
One thing's for sure. Sitting around and wringing our hands or slinging barbs at each other has gotten us nowhere. And just throwing cash at it hasn't worked either. We need some creativity to solve this problem. We need to figure out what would spark people into caring about their lives again.
You can't move people from complaining and feeling helpless to a commitment of time and energy like taking classes, even if the classes are free. It's a good idea but it has to be done in a series of steps. Starting with convincing people that they can take some control over their own lives.
Well, then maybe start with that free therapy idea. Or free possibility seminars. I get where you are coming from but we have to hold space for possibility if we want to see change.
It's not wrong. It's just not optimal. It's reactionary and dysfunctional and gets in the way of solving the problem.
Maybe your cynical take is true but we still have to try. I know there are human beings in poverty culture who haven't given up and would welcome something hopeful. Maybe only 5%, let's say. But if we help that 5% and they are able to bloom, that might inspire others.
And, if you don't like my ideas, how about we canvas the black community to get their ideas about what they feel would work? How about create a coalition or partnership of majoritarian money partnered with black cultural insight to develop a path forward?
One thing's for sure. Sitting around and wringing our hands or slinging barbs at each other has gotten us nowhere. And just throwing cash at it hasn't worked either. We need some creativity to solve this problem. We need to figure out what would spark people into caring about their lives again.
You can't move people from complaining and feeling helpless to a commitment of time and energy like taking classes, even if the classes are free. It's a good idea but it has to be done in a series of steps. Starting with convincing people that they can take some control over their own lives.
Well, then maybe start with that free therapy idea. Or free possibility seminars. I get where you are coming from but we have to hold space for possibility if we want to see change.