Government 'leaving black youths to die.'

The real core issue which appears to be highlighted time and time again is the lack of sufficient funding to impoverished children.

No need to single out particular race groups or religious quarrels. The whole system needs more thought-

remember when we used to think about things?

child poverty has risen to over 3 million that is an increase from 2005

and who said make poverty history was not a complete farce?

Dont you notice the amount of wagering war on everything we do in this country?
war on crime, terrorism, drugs, knifes,

why is there no war on homelessness or dying children?

Perhaps if we stopped piping money to our military and to our churches then perhaps our children may actually have a chance in life

why single out races, cultures and lifestyle?

is that not just simply distracting everyone from the real issue at hand

which is were not funding children in poverty?

It's interesting
Guns appear in the community
Drugs flow in
Jobs dissapear
After school activities dry up

Then we wonder. What's wrong with that community?
Hmmmm.....

A lot has been eloquently delivered on this issue to warrant a global reorientation in the understanding and inclusion of disadvantaged groups. In my own humble opinion this problem will persist because the core issue which though is more predominant in ethnic communities is not the solely attributed to them. The problem is the nonchalance with which the capitalist society overtly believes the pursuit and creation of wealth would conquer all. They even exhalt trickles from philanthropy like that'll absolve them. A society should deal with these issues before kids start going wayward and not wait until the eleven hour to try effect change. When adults that should know better don't and a system that's meant to protect doesn't the recipe is geared for anarchy. The issue is the same way throughout the world. All societies should start valuing human life a little more over money maybe then we might actually see where we are going wrong as a specie.

I suppose that an article on UK measures can have some relevance to US problems, but I don't think that these funding issues are quite as much "on the chopping block" as their UK cousins.
Being a part of the "majority", I see that there are disadvantages to being any color here in the US, but none so much as the white kids. White kids in the inner cities are not given minority treatment anywhere, even when they are the only one in a school of hundreds. They have no access to special funding because of their race, their families have no advocates when they are discriminated against, and they have no real role models (can you name me one person in our government that you would ever give a child to emulate??). They are repeatedly made to see how crappy the white man has been to the country through the employment of slavery, the coolie system, the civil rights movement, and more; yet nobody comes up to say that its okay to be white in the same way that we celebrate diversity in all of its other forms. I'm not saying that the history of old white men is anything to be proud of, but we're doing nothing to let inner city white youths be empowered either. Racism is rampant on every side of the system here, and we ought to acknowledge that it happens to all kids, and that it is wrong no matter who the finger is pointed toward.
That said, we all need to wipe the slate clean and start treating everyone equally. You are what you do, and if people don't want to get out and do for themselves, white black, brown or yellow, then they must lie in the bed they've made. The programs available to disadvantaged people of color in the US is outstanding - if you don't believe me, spend a couple of days at your local DHS office and see the program outlines they have - and if people use them properly they will get out of poverty. That, and the FAFSA sees no skin color when awarding college grants. There is no external reason that every inner-city child can't go to college. Getting through high school may depend on the parents, but college is not out of reach for anyone, especially disadvantaged youth.

I find some of these comments so right on but I am confused. If this is what people believe in, then why would you give your support to someone that I have only heard say that he "supports the Bush faith based" idea? Bush took away the funding for these programs that Clinton (Mr.) and Gore were giving money to (since he had a surplus and all), even though they were proven to work, and decided that the churches and the volunteers should be the ones responsible for these programs, which we see isnt working. And our new candidate said he too supports that. But the candidate that wanted to go back to helping these kids was rejected?

i think what their saying is, the community programs in the "hood" are going to be shut down, ive seen it already here in west palm, they shut down the YMCA and Boys and Girls Club here in west palm, but they got like 4 of them on the extra good side of town, and not only the YMCA and Boys and Girls Club, but here, in the white neighborhoods, they have other programs like Teen Center and Skateboard Facilities, u can come in without a BMX bike, skateboard, or something along those lines. Its just like in the hood out here, there tearing down the houses in the ghetto to bring up the properity value so high noone can even afford to stay in the house they've been in for 15-20 + years., they call it Project Gardens (Gardens is a county here thats the nicest and expensive county, and guess what, only white people seem to live there)....soo.....

kaf, you should be angry at the feds for taking your money and making bombs to blow up the middle east, which is where most of your money goes.

The amount of your income that actually goes to funding community programs is negligible.

Spend a little more on schools and outreach. It's always a good investment.

To be quite honest this is not a surprise, or even something that can even be fully explained to allies of the Black community or even the People of Color Community as a whole.
People of color make up a majority of the population in the inner cities, and the ethnic group that suffers the most statistically is the Black Community. I am not saying that races or ethnic groups do not suffer, because if you are a Person of Color you are automatically placed at a disadvantage in social constructs, no matter how much you believe in the United States government, myth of meritocracy, or just plan old luck.

All of this traces back to history, and Black folks were purposely abused, mistreated, misunderstood, and neglected from the beginning of the birth of the stars and stripes. There is no more slavery with whips and picking cotton any more; however, there is what some call "modern day slavery." Blacks are only a small piece of the population, but are the endures of constant and utter disadvantages everyday more than any other racial group on as big of a scale as they do.

Educational dropout rates, violence, imprisonment, drugs, poverty, low wages, single parent households, are all things that rain down upon the Black Community, and the main reason and what it all comes down to are resources. If a community doesn't have adequate resources, they cannot flourish. If you don't have the proper funding for youth programs like this article so well illustrated, then how are people and more importantly youth supposed to empower themselves if they are stripped of something that can help them?

The resources to help communities should be given no matter what race you are; however, some need more than others, and in the United States case, the Black Community needs a lot of help. As a member of the Black Community, I agree with what the title of this article is stating. Without the proper resources, the youth of the Black Community, whome will eventually turn to the adults, have no where to turn to except for what's around them in their community, and considering their is not a whole lot or positive, you have no choice to turn to negative. If you don't have anything you can only fight so much, and strive so much to make it in the lime light, but in the end if you can't flourish and can't survive, you will die, and it is sad to see that there can't be more given to help people survive.

It truly doesn't matter what race they are kids in general should not be neglected by their parents or government.

why is this question even asked ? government is not their parents. government did not give them birth.

they have no right to take my posessions or part of my weekly pay any more than i have a right to take from a bank.

as to tax cuts for "the wealthy" 50% of the population dont pay tax, they recieve .

whenever the tax rate is lowered ,investment and job growth and tax revenue go up. too bad we elect politicians who always spend even more.

I sincerely hope those who give a damn about our social welfare plan on voting democrat this year. Tax cuts for the wealthy don't usually help fund these programs for those kids in less fortunate situations.

Hey white kids are being left out but there is a deeper concern for African American kids because of the higher concentration of violence centered in the inner city. Everything trickles down in a Recession and the ones hit hard by it are the VERY less fortunate. White kids fall victims to the streets but lets face it Community is the key........if your neighborhood is surrounded by drug culture and gang violence you are more likely to fall victim to those vices. (no matter ethinicity) Add in factors such as poor education and poor wages this leads to a since of hopelessness. I'm only talking about it from my standpoint because thats all I've ever experienced.........but let me just say we can't ignore problems that will effect all of us in the long run.....meaning if we don't invest in young adults then we will be troubled with their short comings........its up to us.....well really its up to the government to rebuild the inner city along with the families....NOT moving them out in replace of BIG BUSINESS corporate interest. Peace

Exactly! This is not really a matter of neglecting BLACK youths, but children and teenagers in general. I also think that it is a little overdramatic to equate a cut in funding with a death sentence ...

I don't know if they are directly neglecting black youths with the funding cuts, but they would also be neglecting white youths with the cuts.