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excuse my ignorance but what is a flash mob?
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cant compare NT to the public...you should know thatOriginally Posted by rashi
Originally Posted by UPandCOMING32
Originally Posted by rashi
What if the mayor was White?
he'll still be RIGHT for what he's saying...yea a lot of people will go against him (white man making comments about another race)
what about.....if the kids who were doing this were white,and the same mayor made the same comments?
If White kids were doing it, people would be like (especially on this board).
"White people..."
"Well, they're White."
"Man, you don't see brothas doing this."
Originally Posted by Josednk1068
excuse my ignorance but what is a flash mob?
like an organized riotOriginally Posted by Josednk1068
excuse my ignorance but what is a flash mob?
Originally Posted by Mr DragonFly Jones
..he'd still be right.Originally Posted by rashi
What if the mayor was White?
Originally Posted by illwill8710
Nutter is right but he has taken way too long to take action. Flash Mobs have been a constant problem for the past three years in certain areas of the city(south street, center city, etc.). Furthermore Nutter has severely cut funding for youth summer jobs and afterschool program for the past few years. Some of the blame can be pointed right back to his actions as well.
[h2]Federal cuts mean fewer summer jobs for Philly kids[/h2]
Federal cuts have resulted in fewer summer jobs for teens in Philadelphia.
A year ago, 36,000 Philadelphia teens applied for summer jobs and about a third of them were given work for the summer. This year, the city only has about 5,500 jobs available—and there are twice as many applicants.
Mayor Michael Nutter says that equation is not good.
"It will have an impact on the justice system, our Philadelphia Police Department and departments all over the United States of America will end up picking up the collateral damage as a result of acts of Congress to cut the summer jobs program," said Nutter, adding it will be "a disaster all across the United States of America."
Demetrius Lacey, one teen who did not get a summer job, said he's upset at a missed opportunity.
"As a student preparing to begin my college career, it's important to understand the professional world," he said. "The Workready program would not just teach me technical skills, but soft skills such as proper professional dress, resume writing, networking, interviewing skills."
The Urban Affairs Coalition is collecting donations to hire more teens for the summer.
http://www.newsworks.org/...philly-kids&Itemid=1
Originally Posted by RufioRufioRufio
nevermind. i cant believe u guys gonna hate on him for saying these kids to stop bein idiots
Originally Posted by o fenomeno
hes completely right tho.
Originally Posted by Josednk1068
excuse my ignorance but what is a flash mob?
it's only a matter of time before a cop seriously injures some 'poor' kid and a full blown race riot breaks out.
I'm glad and relieved that this hasn't yet then especially since this has been going on for such a long time as I'm just learning from some of the Philly residents in this thread. That's definitely next to happen though.
I love how y'all think the future is promise to you.Originally Posted by dadecounty11
Originally Posted by CincoSeisDos
Originally Posted by DoubleJs07
The part that you bolded....where is the Mayor wrong? He's generalizing, but A LOT of people need to wake up. Doing things in the "now," rather than focusing on their future or consequences for their actions.
This is so unfortunately true but their is a reason for thisOriginally Posted by Quincy Powell
Why are African-Americans so judgmental of each other?
Rhetorical.
Great post.Originally Posted by bboy1827
I like it, riot in the streets until these kids get jobs or something to do with their summer. Not down with riots turning into gang violence, but that is the consequence of people, not just youth or adults, without jobs, frustrated, angry and bored. Most of these kids are doing it just to do it to be honest. Still, can't help to wonder if there was something better for them to do would they be flash mobbing or if their parents cared that there 11 year old was out at all hours of the night. Hopefully the people will stand up in a positive way, opposed to more restrictions of freedoms. People will demand that there be some type of summer programs for kids, preferably jobs or sports. Stop firing teachers and cutting school funding; maybe kids won't be spend their summers running around in the streets potentially getting criminal records that will follow them in far into their futures.
and before someone says "they are kids, they know what their doing'' there is a reason we have a juvenile court system; or age of consent laws; or child labor laws; or any other laws that "protect our children"
Oh and the things you learn in school, the jobs that you get during the year, the clubs that you want to be a part of, the sports that you want to play are all factors in what you do with your summer. For instance, football players have 7 on 7 summer workouts what have you.