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You're an ally to being a douchebag. You should put that on your resume, by the way. Opens a lot of doors, being an internet ally.

I don't even think he's black. Just further evidence of his massive trolling.

Uhm... that's pretty typical when comparing a player at the beginning of the career and another at the end. Generally speaking, goalies (or any skaters) don't improve after 35 years old. In fact, a very bad year is usually a sign that their career is coming to an end. No question that Zadina has a much better chance at outperforming 2019-2020 than Howard. No matter what you think of Z's skills, it is just a fact that potential is higher when you're younger than when you're older.

What the f*** do you think they "teach" in diversity training....? Oh, wait. That's right. You've never had a job, so you wouldn't know.

LMFAO. Have you not heard of Diversity Training? It's literally mandatory in almost every leadership and business position. Edit: YOU'RE A SOCIOLOGIST MAJOR THAT'S NEVER HEARD OF ANTI-RACISM TRAINING? slk;flksdafksdf Do you just Reddit and LGW all day instead of listening to ANYTHING your lecturers say? Do you even open your books...? Got it. So you're a brainwashed liberal arts student. Nice. Says a lot. Should have tried for a real degree.

Since you can't read, you goddamn idiot.... "You spout your agenda as if it's gospel. It's easy to do since your fight is so selfless, right? There's no accountability for you whatsoever because if your intentions are right, what harm could you be doing?" "By your logic are all Asians the same? All Africans the same too?" "While you rag on the nhl, you say nothing about lack of diversity among players in nba and nfl with 83% and 70% black respectively and namely all from a single country no less. Why not? It goes both ways. I’m a fan of meritocracy. Are you implying teams pass over more higher skilled minorities in the draft?" "Do you think minorities should also undergo anti-bias training to prevent them from thinking all whites are racist?" "Do you see racism everywhere? Like if you turn over a stone it might jump out and bite you?" So try again. You're a ******* troll and you derail every thread you post in. This place would be a lot better off without you. And, it seems, this country, too. Take your bulls*** somewhere else. You're a troll, the vast majority of your posting history is of trolling and you continue to troll in this thread. You started with the insults immediately following my initial two posts... which you claim differently here: "They were able to speak respectfully, even though I disagree with them, unlike you who just flys off the handle like a psycho..." Because you're a waste of time and a waste of F'ing oxygen. Since you can't read, you goddamn idiot.... "You spout your agenda as if it's gospel. It's easy to do since your fight is so selfless, right? There's no accountability for you whatsoever because if your intentions are right, what harm could you be doing?" "By your logic are all Asians the same? All Africans the same too?" "While you rag on the nhl, you say nothing about lack of diversity among players in nba and nfl with 83% and 70% black respectively and namely all from a single country no less. Why not? It goes both ways. I’m a fan of meritocracy. Are you implying teams pass over more higher skilled minorities in the draft?" "Do you think minorities should also undergo anti-bias training to prevent them from thinking all whites are racist?" "Do you see racism everywhere? Like if you turn over a stone it might jump out and bite you?" So try again. You're a ******* troll and you derail every thread you post in. This place would be a lot better off without you. And, it seems, this country, too. Take your bulls*** somewhere else. You're a troll, the vast majority of your posting history is of trolling and you continue to troll in this thread. You started with the insults immediately following my initial two posts... which you claim differently here: "They were able to speak respectfully, even though I disagree with them, unlike you who just flys off the handle like a psycho..." Because you're a waste of time and a waste of F'ing oxygen. Four years and 12,000 posts of trolling......... You obviously don't have a job. Would love to take a vote... top 13 most active people, and who is the leading troller. Let's call it... Dabura, GMR, CRL, kliq, kipwinger, F.Michael, akakabuto, marcaractac, leftwinger, Neomax, krsmith, 91 Ryans & nyqvist. I think most people would agree that's the people that are the most active. Write-ins for 14 & 15 if you'd like. 100% you're at the top of the troll list. You have no respect for anyone of any other opinions - whether it is on politics, society or - you know - the Red Wings. You talk down to people, you disregard statements or questions they ask and you act like a petulant child when people disagree with you. And if you're proven wrong, you go back to trolling. I'm looking at that list, and there's some names of people that fight with each other regularly that is definitely annoying to a casual reader.... but you.... you're a troll and probably part of the reason more people don't want to sign up and post here. Edit: Take it from someone with less than 300 posts... you're definitely part of the reason.

Each had questions that you didn't respond to. T-R-O-L-L. More proof CRL cannot read.

I posted two legitimate responses with data and actual FACTS. You the proceeded to call me "sweetie", "toxic" and "(in)decent". Then you brought up that I must live in a trailer park. And completely disregarded anything I said regarding white-related causes, glossed over black-caused problems and called me racist for it! No, I stick by my words. f*** you. You are a ******* douchebag troll. Go back and read from the start. You're a ******* douchebag. So that's why you got pictures of the home. Because you're a cuck. And proved your dumbass wrong.

"WOKE"??? Did you seriously just use that term? Are you a 14-year-old preppy blonde girl??? Toddler probably has a better credit score than you do, loser. You blatantly disregarded two lengthy, intelligent messages. You're a troll, and SHOULD be banned.

No alcohol in our house, sans some of my wife's wine. Dad was an abusive alcoholic... I don't even dabble in it. But I make some mean chili, salsa, burgers, ribs.... I make up for the lack of alcohol with some killer food. And a toddler that freakin' listens... why the hell we decided to have another......... we are dumb.

Can confirm, it's happened before lmao. Seriously though, it smells like straight dog. So, if you come over, come hang out in the back family room. That's not only a sleep trap, its an allergy/smell-like-old-dog trap.

I already told him that. Still too racist. EIGHT colleges in Ohio have hockey. There are eight college basketball teams within 50 miles of the Ohio/Michigan line.

2) I've learned that when entering topics of debate like this, it is crucial to define certain vocabulary and agree upon it. Clear cut, I define racism as the belief that someone of another race is intrinsically inferior to you or other races. If you two want to define it in any other way, please let me know. This. I 100% cannot stand "ghetto" of any color. I went to school with ghetto that was of ALL colors. It is a LIFESTYLE - NOT an intrinsic aspect of anyone's birth. Black people aren't born ghetto. Those that are ghetto, are raised in it and raised to follow those lifestyles. It's not a color. That's why, there are ghetto white people and ghetto Latinos in Detroit, L.A., my Ohio city.... etc. Hell, Eminem made his LIVING as being a ghetto white dude. People associate that with color, because that's what they've been taught Black is. I think THAT, of all things, is the most racist assumption. I have found, that most people who believe "blacks need saving", are speaking for inherently racist standpoints with no actual interaction with black people on a regular basis. I lived it. Black people don't need saving from white racists. Black people need saving from gang culture. Hell, most white racists will never meet a black person in their lives - they're always the idiots missing teeth living in a town of 89 and not a black person within 80 miles. Bet CRL will be coming in next to thank you for saving your black wife. Without your good deed, but what would have come of her?!

Because there is much, much greater emphasis in the United States on football and baseball. The amount of money the elite players make on the field - not including endorsements - are 3-5x the amount. Highest earners in the NHL average $12-13M. Highest earners in (non-sport) NASCAR average $17.5M. Highest earners in the NFL average $35M. Highest earners in the MLB average $35M. Highest earners in the NBA average $37M. There is more money in the other American sports. There is more money thrown at it from the broadcast companies (majority of their revenue). There are more viewers. And, thus, there is more youth following. 48% of NCAA football players are black. 54% of NCAA basketball players are black. 69% of NFL players are black. 74% of NBA players are black. They just flock to those sports unlike any other. Do we have a racial diversity problem there, when 14% of the population makes up 74% of a sport's player base? 93% of NHL athletes are white. But only 25% of all players are from the U.S. The majority are from Canada which, last I checked, rubs it in the faces of Americans that Canada is a cultural safe haven for all people. But... must be my racist ass in Ohio that prevents black people from playing hockey? Meanwhile, neither my high school NOR MY ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT! offered a hockey team, because I went to a poor public high school so................................. once again, income, not race, issue.

https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizations/2018/demo/p60-263/figure1.pdf Guess Asians are racist too, eh? Did you know, income disparity is so large, that the top ten U.S. earners skew that data for "white people" so largely, it's incomprehensible? Bezos, Gates, Buffett, Zuckerberg, Ellison, Page, Balmer, Brin, Boomberg, and the three Waltons combine a net worth of $805 BILLION. And that has not been recalculated since their windfalls during the pandemic, of which we know Bezos alone has increased his wealth (which is mostly Amazon share related) to become the first man with $200 BILLION net worth. The MEDIAN net worth in the U.S. is $98,000. The MEAN (or AVERAGE) is $700,000. THAT is how much the super wealthy "skew" all these statistics about how much better the EVIL WHITE MAN has it. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/11/01/how-wealth-inequality-has-changed-in-the-u-s-since-the-great-recession-by-race-ethnicity-and-income/ We don't have a race problem. We have an accessibility problem to folks that aren't in the upper income brackets, period. https://brokenclipboard.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/the-elitist-game/ According to The Trusted Source for Sports Parents, the average cost for an entire season of youth football is $558 per child. After football came baseball, which was averaged at around $385 with a bat being a majority of the cost. Ahead of both of these was lacrosse, which tallied up to $565 and was only less expensive than ice hockey. While this is certainly a large amount of money, it is relatively inexpensive when compared to the expenses that come along with playing ice hockey. To put it into perspective, one pair of Bauer Supreme ice hockey skates is available for pre-order with a $950 price tag. Ice hockey is a serious commitment financially and has been since the conception of the game. Since the dawn of ice hockey there has always been an imbalance, with regards to class status, in the opportunity one has to compete in the sport. In the early days of ice hockey in North America, circa 1904, there were five teams in the first professional league (IHL): four American teams and one Canadian team. An analysis of newspapers from hosting IHL cities and non-hosting cities in 2004 showed just how much class can alter the perception of hockey (Mason & Duquette, 2004). One of the American cities that hosted an IHL team was Pittsburgh, which is known for its working-class people who spent most of their days working in steel mills. The newspapers in IHL cities focused on the physicality of the league, and also incorporated more detail about the game and how much blue-collar people were supportive of the teams. On the contrary, the major Canadian newspapers, which had less space for stories, were only highlighting the violent nature of the IHL and the absurdity of player salaries in such a low skill level league. The reason these players were less skilled than the elite Canadian teams is because they didn’t have the same amount of income to spend on hockey, and thus never got the proper training and equipment required to be successful. With higher circulation numbers the major Canadian newspapers had given the IHL a violent reputation that scared off new recruits and essentially halted the progress that lower-class people were making in regards to playing hockey. Hockey was dominated by the middle and upper class before the IHL and when it disbanded in 1907 the class-based dominance started up once again (Mason & Duquette, 2004). With the restoration of the elite view of Canadian hockey the lower class began getting weeded out of the game and middle and upper class took control. Even a century later the aforementioned imbalance still holds true because families with an average income just cannot afford to have a child play hockey because of the incredibly steep costs that come with playing. The material circumstances, or “the economic conditions underlying the society,” are why it is so difficult to immerse someone into the game of hockey (Dobie, 2002). The initial costs are staggering and that alone can deter someone from wanting to start playing hockey. The reason hockey is the smallest, as far as viewership, around the United States when compared to football, baseball, and basketball, is because it isn’t as readily available to start playing and thus receives less recognition. Steve Wulf, Senior Writer at ESPN and father of a hockey player, broke down the average cost of playing hockey throughout a child’s youth career. In 2013 he tallied a grand total of $48,850, which he admits doesn’t even cover many variable fees such as gas, food when traveling, and mileage put on the family car (Wulf, 2013). $48,850 – in 2013 the average household income was $51,939, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which is only $3,089 more than Wulf’s estimated average cost. These figures go to show that even a family with the average income in America would have a tough time setting aside enough money each year for their son or daughter to play hockey throughout his or her childhood. With these substantial costs many families are almost eliminated from the possibility of having one or more of their children play ice hockey at any level. The aforementioned average expense of $48,850 is exactly that, an average. Many hockey players who want to play at a high level also incur much higher fees when it comes to things such as private lessons, teams that travel more frequently, and top-of-the-line gear, which they hope will give them a competitive advantage. The pieces of high-end equipment that are most sought after are helmets, gloves, sticks, and skates. If parents were to buy their kid top-of-the-line gear, just in these four categories, it would cost them $1,690, which just isn’t realistic for most families. This calculation also doesn’t consider the fact that sticks break frequently and kids’ bodies grow as well, resulting in purchasing of new gear almost every year for some pieces of equipment. With the annual purchasing of some new gear and season dues, a family that isn’t at least middle class would have a very tough time buying the necessary equipment to allow their child to play, let alone succeed. As a whole, being a member of a lower class family does not crush your chance of playing hockey, but it does hinder the chance of playing at an advanced level. Paying for the bare essentials, gear and team dues, will allow you to play but without outside lessons and additional training odds are there won’t be much advancement for that player. While hockey, just like other competitive sports, provides kids with life lessons it might not be worth the cost for some families when they can have their child partake in a much cheaper sport such as soccer or basketball. Unlike most other sports, hockey requires that all parts of the body be protected during play and thus has the largest quantity of gear, resulting in much more purchasing of equipment as the player gets older. I have played organized hockey since I was five-years-old and my parents always made sure that I had good-fitting gear and equipment that would ensure my safety. Paying for hockey wasn’t an issue because they were incredibly passionate about the sport and wanted me to compete in something I loved as well. The thought of not being able to play hockey solely because of the financial burden that it imposes on families is very disheartening. I never ran into the problem of wanting to play more hockey, or practice more, and not being able to because my parents couldn’t afford it; and I just finished my last year of playing ACHA hockey. If I got to play whenever I wanted, got the gear I needed, and devoted so much of my time to playing and still never played professionally then imagine how hard it must be for someone who doesn’t have those options. While everyone’s goal may not be to play at that high of a level some people never even get the chance to try hockey and see if they enjoy it enough to pursue that dream. The high cost of playing ice hockey is a deterrent for many families and that is why it has not and will not grow to be as large as other sports in the United States. Lower class families don’t really have a chance to play hockey and middle class families have to decide if they want to spend a large chunk of their income on one sport, rather than paying for a cheaper sport and doing other things with their remaining income. The culture of hockey is very much that of a blue-collar family, in that it requires extensive work and financial dedication to be successful, but those same principles exclude those very people from being able to partake in the sport. Many National Hockey League (NHL) players played junior hockey before making it to the League, but those costs are the steepest of them all, and fewer than 5% of those junior players make the NHL. Ice hockey is becoming too expensive for most families and even if a child begins playing at a young age it is still a massive financial commitment that can often times not be upheld. As long as the cost to play hockey is so high it will continue to be less dominant than those sports that people of all class levels can play.

And, no, the NHL doesn't have a COLOR diversity problem. The NHL has an INCOME diversity problem. Poor kids cannot play hockey. Which, is something else I already said, but you're a ******* douchebag. My 255 posts, of which 4-6% are in this thread... or your 12,377 posts of trolling and being a piece of s***. Right.

I never once said blacks don't work hard. I specifically asked you to explain how successful black people do it. And you, in typical fashion, avoided the statement. It's real simple, and kids of all color can follow: work hard in school + stay out of gangs + work hard after school = success. Hard work doesn't care what color your skin is. Also, you're the one that mentioned double-wide trailers you piece of s*** trash. Opposite. Soft on the outside and hard on the inside.

Dude, f*** off. Typical troll just wants to be fed. That's why there's only 20-30 people online anymore on any given day, because people like you are literal douchebags and make this place so unpleasant. Why don't you start by reading my first two posts again, v...errr....yyy... sl....oww....ly this time. Maybe you'll learn something. I hear you're ****... but apparently for BBC too?? LMFAO Timeshares??????????? OH BOY! Good luck. You obviously need financial education. Anyway, I screenshot it for you, since you missed it the first time around. Black responsibility.... Not their responsibility... Conclusion.... . Prove me wrong.

It's not. lol

That couch also belongs to the dog. The sectional is in the family room. No cc debt, no student loan debt. Because I worked hard. Which, coincidentally, pays off.

Bet I make more money than you. Twice the father you'll ever be. A better friend, a better husband. Better neighbor, better citizen. Oh, and that's a mortgage with 6 years left on it. So, yeah, I qualified for a $300,000 mortgage. But, I'm also smarter than you. Not going to be house broke just because you want a number. So while my family is vacationing in Orlando for the fifth time in two years next month with literally ZERO credit card debt, I'll be thinking of you and your insults. Lets see your apartment. Since you made this into a dick measuring contest.

CRL IS A DOUCHEBAG https://imgur.com/gallery/jrk2qAL

Because gang control and gang life is cyclical. Flat out, if you can redirect at-risk children away from gangs, their outcomes improve TREMENDOUSLY. Black people have every right to attend a four-year public institution and, in many cases, receive scholarships and grants that make it nearly free - particularly if they are poor. But, when you have black fatherlessness at 70%, you have mothers trying to work multiple different jobs - leaving their children's influences to take hold early. And I can promise you kids are already in gangs by the time they get out of middle school. I went to a public high school in a city with 27% Blacks/AA and a school system that is 47% black & 10% Hispanic. I was raised with an abusive alcoholic father. I had the most brilliant young man and the worst case of laziness and apathy. I had every excuse not to finish high school, not go to college, etc. Now I'm married, with a child and one in the oven, professional job, 4-bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2300 sq ft <double wide> on a quarter-acre <rented trailer park> lot... ... because I decided one day I wanted to be successful. I decided I had a reason to be better than my surroundings. Because I decided I wanted to be a dad that my kid could be proud of. My son LOVES me, and I love him and his mother the same. My aunts and uncles literally give us crap because "they've never heard of co-parenting". I take a 50% share in my child's life. My parents house is 1900 sq ft, 3 beds 2.0 baths. But my house is worth 4x as much because I decided that I didn't want to live in the ghetto. Their house is in the same zip code that just had the highest incidents of opioid overdoses in the entire STATE of Ohio in 2017. My father, this May, was involved in a situation where a bullet hit his vehicle when a guy in a truck was getting shot at by a man in another vehicle. And they want to know why they don't see my son weekly like my ghetto loser of a sister drops her two kids off every day of the week?? Because sometimes it's about the COMPLACENCY and CHOICES people make. I sucked it up with a $1300 mortgage payment working two jobs while my wife also worked full time. I put in an 8-5 and then served in the evenings 4 days a week. We got our mortgage paid down, refinanced in February, and now I'm going to have a $180,000 home paid in full by the time I'm 35. I don't want to hear ANYONE ***** about skin color. Put in the fricken' work and say F your circumstance. Since I know you won't click the link and get educated... my next post will have the data and article for you from OJP. https://www.ojp.gov/program/programs/gangs Gangs There is no single definition of a gang, but there are a number of widely accepted criteria for classifying groups as gangs (Decker and Curry, 2003; Esbensen et al., 2001; Klein, 1995; Miller, 1992; Spergel, 1995). This review used the following criteria: (1) the group has three or more members, generally aged 12-24; (2) members share an identity, typically linked to a name and/or symbols; (3) members view themselves as a gang, and they are recognized by others as a gang; (4) the group has some permanence and a degree of organization; and (5) the group engages in a significant level of criminal activity. For these purposes, adult organized crime groups, hate groups, ideology groups, and militia groups were excluded. Gangs in the United States There were approximately 28,100 active gangs across 3,500 jurisdictions in 2009 according to law enforcement estimates. This represents an increase of more than 20 percent in both indicators since 2002 (Egley and Howell, 2011). In 2009, it was estimated that there were 731,000 gang members, a figure that is unchanged from 2002. Gangs have been reported in all 50 states and have had a persistent presence in all cities with a population over 250,000 every year since 1996 (National Youth Gang Center, 2005). Gang problems remain the most widespread in large cities (populations of 100,000 or more) with nearly 99 percent of law enforcement agencies in these cities reporting multiple years of gang problems (National Gang Center, 2009). One in five (20 percent) public schools reported gang activity in the school during 2007-2008 (Dinkes, et. al. 2009). In 2007, 23 percent of students ages 12–18 reported that there were gangs at their schools. Over half of schools with 1,000 or more students reported that gang activities occurred during the school year, while less than a quarter of schools with less than 1,000 students reported the problem. Gang Membership Outcomes: Offending and Victimization Being a member of a gang increases the likelihood of involvement in criminal activity and violent offending and being a direct or indirect victim of violent crime. Gang activity has been documented extensively to include the full range of violent and property offending, as well as drug distribution, weapons trafficking, prostitution, extortion, and other economic crimes to finance the gang (Langton, 2010). Gang members offend at significantly higher rates than non-gang involved youth, including other delinquent "street offending" youth (Esbensen et. al., 1995). A number of studies have confirmed that gang members are significantly more likely to engage in violent, property, weapons, and drug offending than those that are not gang-involved (e.g., Battin-Pearson, et. al. 1998; Thornberry, 1998). The evidence also suggests that gang membership itself facilitates higher offending rates, as opposed to gangs simply being collections of more frequent offenders (Thornberry et. al., 2003; Zhang et. al. 1999). Greater organization within gangs appears to lead to higher rates of offending by gang members. Members of more organized gangs report more sales of different kinds of drugs and more violent offending than do members of less organized gangs, with even incremental increases in gang organization resulting in elevated levels of offending (Decker, et. al., 2008). Gang members are also frequent witnesses and direct victims of violence, including threats and injuries with weapons, assaults from fellow gang members and rivals, family violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence (Decker, Katz, & Webb, 2008; Whitman & Davis, 2007; Fleisher, 1998; Miller, 2002). In-depth interviews with female gang members revealed that sexual victimization often comes from within the gang in the form of "sexing in" initiation rituals, and ongoing sexual exploitation and other mistreatment by their male peers (Miller, 2004). Risk Factors for Joining a Gang Risk factors are conditions within the individual or in the physical or social environment that increase the probability that someone will join a gang. The probability for gang membership increases with the accumulation of risk factors, particularly when multiple risk factors exist across multiple domains (Howell and Egley, 2005; Hill et al., 1999; Thornberry, et. al., 2003). Individual Risk Factors Commonly identified individual risk factors for gang membership include early onset of delinquency (especially violence and drug use), violent victimization, including child physical abuse or child sexual abuse, and risk seeking (Howell and Egley, 2005; Esbensen, et. al. 2010; Fleisher, 2003; Miller, 2004). Family Risk Factors Commonly identified family risk factors for gang membership include family poverty, other gang members in the family, poor parental monitoring, and a non-two parent structure or changes in caregivers (Howell and Egley, 2005; Esbensen, et. al. 2010). For example, marital conflict and family instability were found to foster situations that reinforce aggressiveness and coercive behavior in children, which have been moderately associated with gang involvement (Williams and Van Dorn, 1999). Ethnographic research characterized the families of gang kids, compared with those of non-gang affiliated kids, to be more extreme in disorganization and conflict, including child abuse and neglect, which is further exacerbated by parent's drug use, criminal behavior, and low income (Fleisher, 2003). Peer Group Risk Factors The most commonly identified peer level risk factor for gang membership is association with delinquent or gang involved peers (Howell and Egley, 2005; Esbensen, et. al. 2010). For example, youth with non-delinquent peers committed an average of 1.6 self-reported acts of violent delinquency during a year, while youth with delinquent peers committed an average of 5.1 violent acts; gang members committed an average of more than 11 violent acts (Battin-Pearson et al., 1998). School Risk Factors Commonly identified school risk factors for gang membership include low commitment to school, low achievement, low aspirations, perceived lack of safety in school, and frequent truancy, suspensions, or expulsions (Howell and Egley, 2005; Esbensen, et. al. 2009; National Youth Gang Center, 2011). Community Risk Factors Commonly identified community risk factors for gang membership include poverty, presence of gangs, availability of drugs, perceived lack of safety, low neighborhood attachment, high community arrest rates, and availability of firearms (Hill, Howell, Hawkins, et al., 1999; Hill, Lui, and Hawkins, 2001; Howell and Egley, 2005; Lizotte, Krohn, Howell, et al., 2000). Program and Practice Findings As described above, the factors leading an individual to join a gang tend to be a complex mixture of individual, family, peer group, school, and community characteristics. Similarly, the harmful outcomes and consequences of gang membership impact the individual, family, peer group, school, and community. Gang prevention, intervention, and enforcement approaches have taken on a similar scope and diversity with various levels of emphasis on law enforcement and criminal prosecution, individual and family therapeutic, social systems, public health, and community empowerment orientations. CrimeSolutions.gov identifies a number of evidence-based programs that are "promising" and "effective" at addressing issues related to gangs. Efforts are ongoing to identify and integrate a wider range of effective gang prevention, intervention, and enforcement practices. The National Gang Center identifies a number of principles and characteristics found to be associated with successful practices: Conducting local gang problem assessments to help target programs, services, and enforcement activities to the right neighborhoods, families, gangs, and individuals Using a coordinated mix of prevention, intervention, enforcement, and reentry programs and strategies to improve the chances for both near term and long term success in reducing gang activity Building trust between prevention, intervention, and enforcement professionals and building a common vision that is shared with community members Developing and maintaining a local steering committee with executive authority to make organizational changes if necessary to improve community response to gangs Activating operational teams for each strategy (prevention, intervention, enforcement, reentry) that coordinate activities and share information with the steering committee. (National Gang Center, 2010) References <click the link and then you can find them yourself, douchebag>

"snowflake" says the guy that whines about holding other HUMAN BEINGS accountable for violent actions. You paint all black people with broad strokes... and white people with broad strokes... sounds like you're the racist. What do you say to the successful black people? What do you say to the violent criminal whites? Crickets, I'm sure.

Nope, he wants to start talking down to people, I'm going to shout. Completely overlooked anything I said that is wrong with society and the way it treats black people. Then proceeded to use derogatory terms like "sweetie" because he cannot process the fact that he's talking in circles with no legitimate solutions. He's an F'ing idiot, by example of this thread and others that are on unrelated topics.