I wonder if one of the reasons black people are so focused on prostitution in this country (please find yourself virtually any rap album out there today if you doubt this) is that many black leaders have made deals, saying we will work with you if we get our cut.
Jesse Jackson is a pimp, who has prostituted the communities he claims to serve. He was there when MLK was shot. He has been around since then. Let us call that 40 years or more. What good has he done for his community? Where are the jobs? Where is the wealth? Why are crime rates high? Why do 40% or more of inner city kids drop out of school? Who has won? He has.
Jackson himself has made a killing, and has taught his son the family business as well. He has made a career out of it. So have Louis Farrkhan and Jerry Wright, who drive nice cars, live in nice homes, and can look forward to very comfortable retirements some day. None of them have done a damn bit of good for their constituents, but do pimps really care about the working girls who keep them in the green? They just need to convince them they need them, that they can’t do without them.
You have to wonder if becoming a pimp–or talking in strongly positive terms about that or being a gangster–is not in some way reacting against that reality. This would not be conscious, but in the air in areas where everyone lives on public assistance of one form or another. If you have been subordinated in some way, you feel a compensating need for being in control.
We can and should fix our inner cities. Plainly, though, it is not getting done by current methods, even though the money flowing to it is making some people very, very rich.
I feel for these kids. This situation is intolerable. But the solution is clearly not more public assistance. My financial overhaul would help: http://www.goodnessmovement.com/Page14.html
I also presented some ideas here, in my piece on the future: http://www.goodnessmovement.com/Page8.html
I do not have the data–which would involve talking with specific people over an area–to do better for now. I will content myself with pointing out the naked immorality of most supposed black leaders.