I can remember when that would be "Un-Think-able"!!
Technically, I am a Member of the Silent Generation,; but I was born only 5 years, or less, before the first "Baby Boomers" arrived. In my Community (Segregated, and full of every possible skin-shade of Black); NO ONE would tolerate a child (below the age of 21) behaving with "dis-respect" toward ANY BODY!! Physical "discipline" was administered by any adult (over the age of 21) who witnessed such behavior from a child in our Community. That is hard to find -- today!!
What Happened? "Integration" ( as perceived by individual Blacks); and the introduction of Guns and Drugs, by Whites, to what was left of those Communities after LBJ's "War on Poverty"! Male Youth Gangs (all Races) were endemic in Urban America after World War II, The Black Youth Gangs were transformed by White, Institutional changes; to Public Housing, Public Education, and Racial Politics, after the Riots that followed the Assassination of Martin Luther King. Blacks quickly lost control of their Schools, their Kids, and the governance of their own Communities. In small Towns, like the one I was raised in, most Black Communities quickly "disappeared"! While Blacks were busy Integratin' ; Whites were pursuing new strategies.
It is "unnatural" for Children to raise themselves, on the streets of Urban Ghettos, designed and controlled by our Real Estate Industry!!
Then there is "Dis-Respect"!! Historically, Blacks have been forced by Law to suffer disrespect from Whites, and, all others who felt Superior to people with any hint of African descent! Lower-classes among Blacks were prone to "hair-trigger violence" whenever they sensed disrespect from another Black!
I witnessed a murder by switchblade between Black adults, in my youth; but, again, no such event occurred between Children!! The Black Communities (all classes) made sure of that!
Stay Vigilant! What does it profit a People to gain material wealth at the expense of their Children?? Until a viable Community is invented and in place, that can insure a healthy life start for Black Infants; (regardless of the skin shades of its inhabitants) -- No CURE for Black Youth Gun Violence is possible!
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