If you are serious about understanding how a great American city has become the murder capital of America this would be a good book to pick up. It foretells what America could become. Save Detroit and we save America.
watch this speech by the current mayor of Detroit, it is a good perspective on how Detroit got to where it is and what his plans are for rebuilding Detroit.
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Solutions for Detroit:
So where are we? The homicide rate neighborhood to neighborhood is predictable in Detroit. The factors affecting homicide are: 1) % of households headed by a female 2)% below the poverty level 3)% below HS education 4)% population 15-34 5)% unemployed and 6)% of vacant structures.
he 1943 riots in Detroit and the 1967 riots have the same root causes (read the previous posts on those riots). The current riots in our cities are essentially about the same issues. So, in 80 years we have not been able to solve this issue of "law and order". This must mean that we do not understand the root causes and therefore are not addressing the issue correctly. We can't keep trying the same stuff and expect different results. We must try something different. Something bold. Because what is happening in Detroit foretells what could happen in America.
More on what has surprised/shocked me the most in researching Detroit. The previous post listed the following 2:
Concluding chapter(s) of my research into Detroit.
As Charles Wilson (GM president) once said "what's good for GM is good for America and vice versa", I now believe that what is good for Detroit is good for America. Detroit I now believe is a window into the soul of America. Why do I say that?
Those still with me on my "autopsy" of Detroit, Here is a look at two neighboring zip codes in Detroit. 48205 is the deadliest zip code in America and the neighboring zip code is Grosse Pointe Woods.
For context, please read this post after reading the previous post.
The following three topics cover the social and human dimensions of inner-city Detroit. The topics are education; gangs, guns, and drugs; the fabric and structure of the black household (absent father).
Solving the cycle of crime in Detroit-A play in three acts. Choreographed by 70 years of history, narrated by me and performed by memorable characters from Detroit's history-from Henry Ford, Coleman Young, Kwame Kilpatrick to Mike Duggan, and many others. Bob Pearlman, Scott Behiel here is the playbill for the first two acts (you can follow the details in earlier posts).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-detroit/2013/07/26/132c2932-f478-11e2-9434-60440856fadfstory.html?fbclid=IwAR04Zh8sdCJWEwvcdehHixgYsTyvrsc1Dv1SZ-o3ZC3Vel21QNmXMpvFvg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-detroit/2013/07/26/132c2932-f478-11e2-9434-60440856fadf_story.html?fbclid=IwAR3FwTGx9qmk1iWI6U6o7tZjqBXwOXl8qhNd9KnUblF78ANZZde45Ntgrl8
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