If you’re in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday swing by the Heritage Foundation for a discussion about what people really need to focus on: morality. I’ve blogged time and again that immorality, not racism or any other “ism,” is the most pressing problem in “inner cities” and urban areas.
Drug and excessive alcohol use, criminality, illegitimacy, government dependency, refusal to work — unless people are willing to give up these destructive things, there is little point in talking about economics, or entrepreneurship, or raising the academic bar. When destructive factors disproportionately affect a racial group, that group must be honest about what’s going on and individuals must consciously make an effort to change and reverse the generational pattern.
That’s what I think, anyway. Nothing else seems to be working, so at this point, my ideas are just as valid as anyone else’s.
Panelists for Moral Reconstruction: A Model for Urban Transformation Conference include John McWhorter (latest op-ed, Ending Victim-Like Thinking — also see these must-reads: Mainstreaming Men and Defined by defiance) and Ward Connerly. Location: 214 Massachusetts Ave NE. Date: July 26. Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The blurb:
Our nation’s Gulf Coast Region continues to face serious and ongoing problems in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This Town Hall style Conference will focus on solutions to these vexing policy issues. Transformation of the human spirit, however, is a key ingredient, because the destruction of this spirit is at the heart of the great breakdown witnessed during and following in the wake of these natural disasters. Our conference will seek to outline options and identify solutions that could serve as a model for rebuilding, not only the Gulf Coast, but also for transforming America’s inner cities and urban areas.
Hope to see you there.
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- Vanguard
- Star Parker’s Forum At The Cato Institute
- Individuality
- Cowboy Capitalism
- How Not To Be Poor
- Black Conservatives and Black Liberals: What’s the Difference?
- New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi, on Lockdown
- The Burden of Acting White
- Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
- Baby Daddy
- Black Marriage
