Youth culture - Race etc etc - David Starkey debate!
Quite an interesting debate here and I think a lot of people will agree with David Starkey. Personally, I think he makes some relevant points, but in the main, what he says is very dangerous, divisive and counterproductive. Saying David Lammy ‘Sounds White’ I mean WTF does that mean or insinuate!!
My take on it is that is ‘Youth’ thing not a ‘Black’ thing, but I think there is a reason why a certain group of black kids are rioting, looting etc. It’s because they have no sense of pride for being British and no feeling that there is any hope for them or that working hard and being a good person will actually allow them to have the opportunities they deserve. And I think they probably have a right to feel this way. We need to find a way to get people feeling like a community and being proud of their community and wanting to improve it not destroy it. We need for black kids from Peckham, to have the same opportunities as White kids from Oxford.
I’ve been out of work for a while and I know how easy it is to feel detached and that nobody gives a shit or wants to help you (because they don’t) As long as kids feel there is no hope and they have no respect (i.e. from the police who constantly harass them) etc, why we would we expect them to act any differently? It’s very easy for people to sit in their Ivory towers casting judgement on people, but they don’t live in the neighbourhoods that these kids do and have to wake up every day thinking ‘what’s the point!’
I’m not saying what is going on in our society isn’t completely wrong and that anybody found guilty needs to be dealt with, ‘m just saying we need to actually think a bit more about why this is happening!!
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