"Young" Males: All Colors: All Classes
In December, 1946, the General Assembly of the newly-formed United Nations issued, based on unanimous vote, a resolution affirming genocide as a crime. It issued its Convention on Genocide,
put in force January 12, 1951, after ratification by the required 21 nations. The United States did not ratify the Convention in 1951. The U.S. did ratify the Convention in November of 1988. President Reagan signed the bill. The Convention reads:
" any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national,
ethical, racial or religious group as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring
about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Brewton Berry, Ph.D.(Edin.), Race and Ethnic Relations (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951) p. 193.
In the early 90s, I remember reading an article in The Economist concerning the under-performance of young males in public schools in developed nations. Peter Drucker warned of the dangers of any society permitting large segments of its male population to be permanently idled. After watching for several hours, two shows aired last night on PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/tsr/education-under-arrest/ , and http://180schooldays.org/?gclid=CLf4-tfNnbYCFQzhQgod_zQA-g, I can't see how any person with an I.Q. above 50 can escape the conclusion that state governments in this country are heavily involved in practices and policies that place millions of black, brown, and poor white children (especially male children) in conditions that clearly can be described as "genocidal".
Even people in classes and racial grouping who feel "safe" from the conditions revealed in the shows cited; the overall under-performance of males versus females in educational attainment, remain. It seems to persist across many academic fields. It is reflected directly in our unemployment vs employment statistics. It figures directly in the school-to-prison industry.
We've let this silent rot of our social fabric persist for too long! We're fools if we think that any of us, or our children, can fully escape the consequences!
Stay Vigilant! Protect Our Children!
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