Note hedera’s comment on the other post about no food, though. Well, some coffee & teabags, maybe, but it’s BYO other than that.

I’ll attempt to embed links, but i’m not too savvy with that. In case I screw up, here’s the direct path. http://www.rockridgeresidents.org/images/stories/crime/090615/090615_vpad.jpg

http://www.rockridgeresidents.org/images/stories/crime/090615/VPAD_Areas.JPG

You’ll see this for a variety of beats & all areas, so you can see whether crime is really down, or just being moved around. The nice thing about using a single graph with all areas is that you can detect that visually, plus see crime trends over time.

You’ll see a graph & two tables, both tracking ‘incidents against persons (aka violent), property, & major drug offenses (ie, sales not possesion)”. I have tables & graphs for breakouts for just violent, just property, but that’s overload for putting into a ‘comment’.

From your kids, don’t tolerate any grade less than a B. I don’t care if you have to encourage them, reward them, yell at them or beat them, learning to learn is what going to raise your social status.

But to pay for such an education, parents have to save since education isn’t cheap and like Ken said, neither is getting your own business and such. I don’t care what you need to do, but save save save and accumulate wealth. Be stingy and don’t live beyond your means. Always make every last penny count. Find the best deals (chinatown has some of the lowest prices for groceries and other things cause chinese people are cheap by nature) and over time, you’ll have enough in your bank account to buy the things you’ve been waiting and saving for,

Think of the long term, but to do that, you’re going to have to sacrifice in the short term. There is hope. There’s definitely hope, but you’ve got to try, and over time, you’ll see results.

As for public policy, like Ken said, people need to step out of the sidelines and get involved and take some action. Every little bit helps, no matter how small.

So get rid of public housing. (or otherwise, provide it for everyone.) That’ll light a fire under some butts.

Education.

There is something to be said though for working hard at ANYTHING. Work hard, really hard, and you can build up a hotdog stand biz, barbershop, or anything and then jump into real estate. (the real money)

Koreans understand this. Ethiopians understand it.

With the other minority groups, the emphasis on education is the exact opposite. There is none. And if any of them tries, then they’re labeled as “uncle tom” or “acting white”. Sheer stupidity. Stop trying to be the next Kobe Bryant or P Diddy and hit those fucking books. There’s a much better chance of working hard to become a doctor or engineer than being the next Michael Jordan.

And one more thing. Black people have to control their own kids so that they stop attacking and robbing helpless asian immigrants who can’t even speak english. It’s insane that 3 young black men would think it’s ok to hit an 88 year old chinese man in the face and then take fuckin’ $10 from his wallet. And for what? Just so that he can have some spending money when he goes to the liquor store.

Is this racist? Maybe, but I’m speaking from personal experience. I don’t see any young asian men doing the same thing.

You blacks need to get a better grip on your future. You parents need to beat the shit out of your kids who even think about committing crime or dropping out of school is OK. And force your kids to A’s in school and make college an expectation, not an option. You really want to get Oakland out of the hole? Sacrifice, save and scrimp and force your kids to get an education because education is the only thing that’s going to get them more money and be more productive. And when that happens on a bigger scale in Oakland, and more money is generated in Oakland, which means more taxes and such, then Oakland will thrive.

But it’s going to take sacrifice, hard work, and a committment to education and saving. The asian immigrants are doing it because it’s part of their culture. Do the same.