Sunday, July 24, 2016
Racism,Digital Democracy & Black Ethnic Expectations
I decided to investigate Internet and Smart Phone democracy and social media expectations in relation to USA racism,policing and
some police perceptions of blacks as potentially violent.The investigation was a tall order but some leads turned up :
An old 1997 but useful article by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Spring 1997 on Ghettos:The Changing Consequences of Ethnic
Isolation, was useful because it gave a then and now picture of the issues. Not much has changed since 1997 but the article gave a great deal of insight into the subtleties of the mechanics and rationale of Ghetto ethnic isolation.
I then examined the matter of Indian Life on Reservations and how a trial US Government Policy (The Dawes Act) impacted the indigenous peoples.
Next, I took a microscopic review of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how its'prevalence among black victims of US Racism could have adversely impacted the tensions between the police and the black communities.Finally, I did a quick read on how "Racism Can Cause PTSD Similar To That Of Soldiers After War ".
Naturally, my brief investigative fact- finding here gives an over-simplification of the matters but it is a good starting point to share with my blog readers interested in delving a little more into the social problems. It appears that the lightning speed of digital democracy (Internet and smart phone use ) has conditioned the public to expect instantaneous solutions to such problems that have persisted in entrenched neighborhood,city,state and US governmental institutions (including legislation and policies). Hopefully,someone can offer some more immediate and long-term but enduring and beneficial solutions to this USA connundrum.Read the following links, begin a dialogue and suggest some constructive and peaceful action-oriented problem-solving:
https://www.bostonfed.org/economic/nerr/rr1997/spring/glsr97_2.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/us/40d.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttraumatic_stress_disorder
http://www.medicaldaily.com/changes-dsm-5-racism-can-cause-ptsd-similar-soldiers-after-war-246177
Don't forget to break out the internet dictionaries and encyclopedias to get explanations of some of the big words I used in this blog piece !
Or better yet, grab your neighborhood professor by the elbow and take him or her to lunch and talk, question and talk about the issues !
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