An Unenlightened Electorate

 

I was 11 years old in 1974 when President Richard Nixon resigned, and Vice President Gerald Ford became the 38th President of the United States of America.

There are people older than me that remember when Lyndon Johnson became President after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963.

I guess there are not too many people who remember when Harry Truman became President after the death of President Franklin Roosevelt in 1945.

 

President Joe Biden could end his presidency before the 2024 election. Our octogenarian President could resign in a few years if he wins a second term. There are Democratic Party voters that want President Biden to end his quest for a second term ASAP. They may fear an unenlightened electorate more than old President Biden and old former President Donald Trump. 

 

 

Marc Sims

Chicago

President Richard Nixon resigned from office on August 8, 1974.

https://youtu.be/_e9Ot63lSiw?si=JBn2f48-ETF-zGLJ&t=621

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crime Prevention & Enforcement

 

 

 

Chicago's Mayor Brandon Johnson is a Black African American man.  Many neighborhood criminals in Chicago are African American male teens and men. Mayor Johnson should be able to persuade some of these teenagers and grown men to stop committing crime.  Mayor Johnson, with the help of Chicago's crime prevention organizations, Chicago's philanthropic community, and Chicago's business community should constantly remind these men they can help them become productive residents of Chicago.

Maybe Mayor Brandon Johnson, the Chicago Police Department, and the Cook County State's Attorney can also remind criminals that eventually they can be arrested and kept off the streets of Chicago.

Marc Sims

Chicago

Marc Sims is a lifelong Chicagoan obsessed with presenting information that will reduce

Unless there are government intervention, philanthropic intervention, and behavioral modification, nothing is going 

to change.

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Clip by Marc Sims

 

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4617440/user-clip-black-lives-matter-henry-louis-gates

 

 

Ain't Black Enough?

 

 

 

 

 Ain't Black Enough?

Patrick Mahomes may not be Black enough for most Black people, or any other people.

In popular American culture, and definitely not politically conservative public schools, I assume there is rarely a discussion of the social construct of race. Also a discussion of words like miscegenation, mulatto, quadroon, octoroon and the concept of the one drop rule.

As this pertains to African Americans, don't get me to start talking about African American (Black) self-hate and distrust. A subject that should be discussed in public because I believe it is one reason why lower income African American neighborhoods struggle.

In this modern era Patrick Mahomes and any human being that has even a smidgen of Black Sub-Saharan African genetics can be as Black, or non Black (African American) as they want to be.

Marc Sims

Chicago

 

 

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson defines the four classes of black America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74QaYU320Lg

 

 

42 Million Ways To Be Black

 Henry Louis Gates Jr. 

 

Clip by Marc Sims. 

 

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4888541/user-clip-42-million-ways-black

 

 

Colorism The Global Phenomenon:  Just A Few Questions Podcast

Marc Sims talks with University of Illinois Springfield Professor Dr. Sarah L. Webb about the effects of colorism. (Part 1)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/colorism-the-global-phenomenon-dr-sarah-l-webb/id1515521382?i=1000538614930

Have A Conversation About Colorism: 400 Plus Podcast

Marc Sims talks with University of Illinois Springfield Professor Dr. Sarah L. Webb about colorism in the African American community. (part 2)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/have-a-conversation-about-colorism-dr-sarah-l-webb/id1546284697?i=1000538617582

 

 

 

CPS School Choice

 

 

 

When a parent chooses a school for their children they want the best education possible. They don't want their children poorly educated, bullied, beat-up, or worse.  According to WBEZ news African American parents, more than other parents, do not send their children to the neighborhood school. Also many CPS teachers do not send their children to the Chicago Public Schools.

Even if Mayor Brandon Johnson is successful in getting the state of Illinois to satisfactorily fund the regular CPS neighborhood schools many parents will still want school choice for their children.

 

Marc Sims 

Chicago

 

 

 

Mayor Johnson explains what is behind his plans to remake CPS

https://www.wbez.org/stories/q-and-a-mayor-johnson-explains-what-is-behind-his-plans-to-remake-cps/4f3b7ec2-caf2-4571-8120-8ccd82da1de4

 

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s sprint to remake Chicago’s public schools

https://www.wbez.org/stories/mayor-brandon-johnsons-sprint-to-remake-chicagos-public-schools/59460645-d720-4fdf-b24d-1623b901a4ac

 

Black parents are caught in the middle of Chicago’s school choice debate

https://www.wbez.org/stories/black-parents-caught-in-chicago-school-choice-debate/2b6e965b-fbd7-4ebe-979d-9db7fe5ad5c7

 

 

When neighborhood schools won’t cut it, Black families opt out

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/10/6/23900367/chicago-schools-choice-black-families-private-schools-education-alden-loury-column

 

 

In Chicago, at least 39% of public-school teachers send their students to private school. 

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-school-choice-and-the-hypocrisy-of-chicago-teachers-union-leaders

 

 

 

Lead Beyond The Chicago Teachers Union

 

 

 

 

I want Mayor Brandon Johnson to be successful, but I hope he leads beyond the Chicago Teachers Union social justice agenda. 

Mayor Johnson's top focus should be reducing neighborhood crime ASAP.  That means now, not one year or 4 years from today. 

One way Mayor Johnson could immediately reduce crime is to make public offers to Chicago's street criminals. He can offer them a job, mental health counseling, or a bus ticket out of the Chicago area to start a new life.

The Chicago Teachers Union has their agenda, but neighborhood crime needs to be immediately reduced.

Marc Sims

Chicago

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeldwfOwuL8

 

The (Education) system is designed to make people compliant.

Karen Lewis Chicago Teachers Union President (2015)

https://youtu.be/oSgEPw8cdgw?t=4151

 

 

One of the most important things that keeps people out of the criminal justice system is education. It's one of the most important protective factors against justice system involvement.

Jens Ludwig

UChicago Crime Lab

https://youtu.be/1FNFyLX-HWQ?t=1973

 

 

Social justice is justice in relation to a fair balance in the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals' rights are recognized and protected.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice