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Minority Report

Happiness Is...

• According to an AP and MTV study, white kids are way happier than minority kids. I wonder why. [KC]

• Shannon Reeves, director of the GOP African American Leadership Council, has kind of a hard job. [USAT]

• I was pleased to see that Jesse Jackson was touring the inner cities to talk about drugs and gun violence until I realized that he was doing it in the UK. Don't they have people to do that there? [BBC]

• Here in the states, the Black-Brown Summit in Dallas addressed crime and incarceration rates in the black and Hispanic communities. [WFAA]

• So being mistreated can often lead people to drink and drugs? Who would have thought? [SD]

Aug 21, 2007 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 6 Responses

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Tagged: Addiction, Crime & Punishment, GOP, GOP African American Leadership Council, Jesse Jackson, Mental Health, Minority Report, Politics, Shannon Reeves, UK

Comments (6)

No. 1 · blkmaleperspective

I hate when people go overseas to speak and help kids when there are kids suffering right here in our own homeland. When someone famous from across the water comes to help the hood, let me know.

Posted: Aug 21, 2007 at 12:57 pm

No. 2 · blackmistressdiva

Well…Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro did offer to send help to the Gulf Coast after Katrina. I'm sure they would have visited, too, if it were not for those pesky assassination attempts on their lives by the US government.

Posted: Aug 21, 2007 at 1:12 pm

No. 3 · daria

Though disparities still exist, black brits are significantly better off than black americans in regards to drugs, teen pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, stis, violence, etc.

Posted: Aug 21, 2007 at 1:36 pm

No. 4 · JillyBean819

"white kids are way happier than minority kids."

Maybe in regards to socioeconomic status. But, I would imagine that black kids have more of a connection to their family than whites. White kids seem to enjoy going to school and blowing away classmates…mostly b/c the parents have no idea what going on in their lives.

Posted: Aug 21, 2007 at 3:08 pm

No. 5 · JillyBean819

"So being mistreated can often lead people to drink and drugs? Who would have thought?"

Hell yeah, look at the Native Americans. They were royally screwed and now most of them live on reservations and have alcohol problems. Good old USA.

Posted: Aug 21, 2007 at 3:10 pm

No. 6 · solitaire

I don't see how black kids have more of a connection to their familes, when most are raised by a single mom/grandmother/cousin, or pretty much anyone minus a father.

These stats don't surprise me at all.

Posted: Aug 21, 2007 at 4:16 pm

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