There is truth in this documentary, but there is also deception. The historical narrative leaves out major critical elements. Its validity is debatable.
I'm not denying the horrendous treatment of African Americans in this country, to do so would be absurd. Its continues to be a stain on our nation.
But to blame literally everything that has gone wrong on the white man devil in not only unproductive, but disingenuous.
When Peralta makes the claim that African Americans in Los Angeles shunned low paying, service sector jobs because they felt entitled to better, he lost a lot of credibility. What entitled them to better? They lacked education and training for better paying jobs, people work hard and sacrifice for such jobs. So, it seems black folk in LA just want another handout for something they haven't earned.
African Americans themselves need to be at least a tiny bit accountable for their repeated failures, in education, business, etc. Other ethnic minorities who faced repression at the hand of the white man devil have risen up and improved their lot. Why are African Americans still near poverty levels and incarceration rates they were 40 or 50 years ago? Why are there still inner-city war zones in big cities across the nation?
I believe the ineptitude and corruption among African American leaders is a big part of it. 50 years of the failed welfare state, which has decimated the African American family unit is another huge part of the problem.
These issues aren't even mentioned in the is documentary. Peralta's narrative is essentially the same as that of 'Black Lives Matter', basically that African Americans are always victims and deserve to be on the government dole forever.
The actions of the BLM folks are setting race relations back decades. These people seem less concerned about making the lives of African Americans better, than about pushing their own dangerous agenda.
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