Stefano Esposito/Sun-Times August 10, 2020 I do not condone rioting and looting. I have seen this up close while living in Baltimore. When rioting and looting occurs everyone loses – the looters, the store owners, the community, the police, and the politicians. There has been no national or statewide plan or initiative put forth to address any of the grievances on social justice. The congress cannot put together a plan that supports the people at the bottom of the economic ladder, regardless of their race or ethnicity. Those suffering the longest will have the greatest outcry – violence, looting, and riots. By any measure, it is the Black community that has been suffering the longest. Expect the long hot summer of unrest to extend right into the fall. The facts underscore the reasons for the explosion of anger and violence seen in Chicago. It is a precursor for unrest in more cities with large, concentrated Black populations in the coming months. How long should the American people expect Black folks to wait for resolution of the social justice grievances to be addressed while there is persistent unemployment and underemployment across the country? Add to that the trauma of the disproportionate number of Covid-19 deaths in the Black community. Quite frankly, I am surprised that we have not seen these events take place before now. Let’s consider the facts surrounding the Black community in Chicago and the country in general.
Looting and rioting is the outcry from people who have been ignored. What is the response going to be? If it is more robust policing and incarceration, the cycle continues unabated.
There has been no national or statewide plan or initiative put forth to address any of the grievances on social justice. The congress cannot put together a plan that support the people at the bottom on the economic ladder regardless of their race or ethnicity. Those suffering the longest will have the greatest outcry – violence, looting, and riots. By any measure, it is the Black community that has been suffering the longest. Expect the long hot summer of unrest to extend right into the fall.
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