What to do with the rust belt and the inner city?

[ElmerMudd]

The white unemployed, under-employed, undereducated from the rust belt that powered Trump into office have much in common with minority unemployed, underemployed, undereducated from the inner-city.

The two groups think they are both very different from the other but their problems are very similar.

The USA's biggest problem is how do we get the combined group employed.

 

[Moonglow]

Rebuild them as we have done in foreign lands....

 

[waltky]

Pave `em over...

... put up a parking lot.

 

[ElmerMudd]

Pave `em over...

... put up a parking lot.

People from both sides just make smart ass comments but no one has a good solution.

 

[BuckToothMoron]

The white unemployed, under-employed, undereducated from the rust belt that powered Trump into office have much in common with minority unemployed, underemployed, undereducated from the inner-city.

The two groups think they are both very different from the other but their problems are very similar.

The USA's biggest problem is how do we get the combined group employed.

They are similar the way you described, but also very different in more ways, and thus require different solutions to the employment problem you posed.

The rust belters are primarily white blue collar workers who have seen the industries that used to employ them disappear. They are generally better educated than those inner city minorities, and likey come from a more stable environment regarding family and neighbors.

The inner city unemployed minorities probably have a higher high school drop out rate, are more likely to have been raised in a home without 2 parents, live in an area with higher violent crime. They also may not have a sense of something lost as in a job gone overseas.

I would think providing a better primary and secondary education system for inner city minorities would be a great start. It's hard to have the tools and confidence to pursue meaningful employment with out a decent high school education.

Trump says he will bring jobs back thru tariffs etc for those in the rust belt. Who knows if he will or can.

Being a white, privileged bigot (sarcasm), it seems to me there are cultural issue within inner city minorities. There is not enough value or importance placed on education and too many children are born out of wedlock. BTW, I am not the only one who feels that way- some blacks express the same sentiment.

CNN's Don Lemon says more than 72 percent of African-American births are out of wedlock
"Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should," Lemon said. "Especially without planning for one or getting married first. More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. And the studies show that lack of a male role model is an express train right to prison and the cycle continues."

Let's start with that and see where it gets us.