Quote Originally Posted by Total_Blender View Post
It seems like theres a stereotypical emphasis on "bottom feeders" to mean inner city blacks, but really there are probably 10x more White people recieving welfare and social services than Black people.

Regardless of race, people from poor areas are more likely to participate in crime. There are just as many poor white areas like trailer parks as there are black ghettos. If we reformed the prison system to give prisoners more basic literacy and vocational rehabilitation it would probably help a lot.
Why reform the prison system when we should first focus on our education system? The people in prison already fucked up, there are books for them to read in prison if they want to take the initiative to better themselves.

This thread's been an interesting read, I'll keep some of the finer points in mind since I was just asked by a pastor friend of mine to speak to the innercity youth at his church about how I stayed focused and graduated college and kept a job for so long. I've been stumped about how to relate to these kids since I grew up in one of the whitest cities in GA before moving to atlanta 6 years ago.