Milwaukee's black infant mortality problem

Posted on November 15, 2011 by jewamongyou

The City of Milwaukee is concerned about babies dying:

The Journal Sentinel said Milwaukee had an “infant mortality crisis.” Milwaukee’s infant mortality rate in 2009 was 10.4 deaths for every 1,000 live births, according to the city’s health department. As noteworthy as this overall rate is the racial breakdown: For white babies, the rate was 5.4; for blacks, 14.1, the JS said.

The city has set a goal of reducing the infant mortality rate for blacks by 15 percent, and the overall rate by 10 percent by 2017, the JS said.

One wonders, if the white and black infant mortality rates were equal, would there be quite as much concern?
It would seem that race affects infant mortality more than socio-economic status.  One study came up with the following graph:

Of course, high infant mortality among American blacks is not confined to Milwaukee.  It is the norm all over America.  Some people, noting this, try to explain the racial disparity as a byproduct of racial discrimination.  Ziba Kashef writes:

According to Dr. Michael Lu, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecologyand public health at UCLA, researchers have found that even when they control for such varied factors as poverty, housing, employment, medical risk, abuse, social support and so on, 90 percent of the differences in birth weight between black and white moms remains unaccounted for. “Most studies have looked at black-white differences during pregnancy, for example, differences in prenatal careutilization or maternal behavior,” he says. “What we’re finding is that these differences really explain very little of the disparities in birth outcomes.”
Even genetics fail to provide answers. To test the hypothesis, Dr. James W. Collins, Jr., associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Medical School, compared birth outcomes of African American and Africa-born mothers in Illinois over a 15-year period. He assumed if there was something about African genes that caused poor birth outcomes, the statistics for African-born women might actually be worse. But Collins and his colleagues found that the babies of African-born women had birth weights similar to those of white American women and higher than those of black American women…
If the cause is not a shared gene, perhaps it’s a shared experience. For instance, the immune system begins to develop in utero and matures over time. During certain critical periods of development, Dr. Lu points out, the immune system can be adversely affected by certain experiences and exposures, such as repeated infections or undue stress. These exposures may pattern the immune system in a particular way that sets the stage for increased risk to poor health and poor birth outcomes. A mother with less than optimal immune response may give birth to a baby with less than optimal immune response and so on.
Chronic emotional stress results from many factors, including physically demanding jobs and a lack of control in the workplace, single parenthood, and financial worries–all problems experienced disproportionately by women of color. Discrimination is also a documented source of harmful stress. One study found that women who gave birth to very low birth weight babies were more likely to have experienced racial discrimination than women who had normal weight babies.

The above theory is now the pet theory within the establishment.  Yes, stress can cause health problems.  For example, in one experiment, middle-aged men were locked in a room for weeks at a time while voices were played over loudspeakers, over and over again, “Your heart is failing.  You’re going to DIE from a heart attack!  You’re going to DIE!”  Sure enough, those men died of heart attacks*.
Perhaps the media, schools, scientists and corporations should stop screaming at black women, “You’re victims of racism.  You’re suffering because of racism!  You’re all going to DIE because of racism!“.  I’d be stressed out too if they did that to me.
But back to the genetic factor.  I wonder if the “Africa-born mothers in Illinois” were from the same region in Africa where most American blacks hail from.  Not all Africans are the same; Africa is a very diverse continent.  Another thing to consider is that the white admixture in American blacks might be causing the problems.  Perhaps premature, and underweight, babies are a byproduct of hybridization.  In any case, it does not appear as if the genetic possibilities were thoroughly examined.
*Fictitious.

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Poverty around the world

Posted on November 14, 2011 by jewamongyou

Each of us has his burden to carry, his own bundle of woes to endure through his life.  One of the benefits of travel is that we are reminded that there are always those worse off, materially, than ourselves.  Following is a selection of images, focusing on poverty, that I have collected over the years.  I’ll start with a family in China, which faced their dire circumstances admirably:

They owned one book, The Sayings of Confucius, and little else.  They refused any donations.

The last Jews of Medzibuzh, Ukraine.  They were not born in Medzibuzh but had arrived after the war.  My paternal grandfather was born in Medzibuzh.  This couple expected donations from visitors and they were not nearly as poor as the Chinese family above, but their house would be considered a hovel by Western standards.  Actually there are still many Jews in Medzibuzh, but they are in the cemeteries:

My search for ancestors was futile since they didn’t use family names until very recently.  The tombstones only say “so-and-so the son/daughter of so-and-so” and the date of death.

This is inside a house in Luxor, Egypt.  Aside from this livestock area, the entire extended family lived in one room.  They had no privacy whatsoever.

Here are members of the family outside their home.  Basically, I wandered the streets, dressed in a galabiyah – but obviously a tourist because of my camera – and accepted invitations for tea.  Of course I gave them a donation.

Beggar kids in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Could you imagine eking out a living selling bananas in Antananarivo?

That mattress is somebody’s home in Antananarivo.

Poverty is the norm in most of the world.  Affluence, such as most of us have in America, is the exception.  We would do well to serve as a model for the rest of the world, not a mecca.

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A "slum" is not a place, it is people

Posted on November 13, 2011 by jewamongyou

Many people were left scratching their heads after reading the latest news about Brazilian police “taking over Rio’s biggest slum“.  Since only a handful of arrests were made, and the vast majority of criminals simply dispersed, doesn’t this action simply spread the problem out to different areas?
Readers correctly pointed out that the goal was not so much to diminish crime as to facilitate the making of profits for the well connected:

It was the most ambitious operation yet in an effort to increase security before Rio hosts the final matches of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. Officials are counting on those events to signal Brazil’s arrival as a global economic, political and cultural power.

Powerful interests are at work here, and I get the impression that the welfare of the inhabitants of Rocinha is not the primary consideration.  If it were, authorities would have taken over the slum long ago instead of waiting for the approach of the above-mentioned sporting events.
In the above article we see a common propaganda tactic:  The implication that nations, neighborhoods and slums are defined by space.  But it is not the space they occupy that gives them their identity, rather it is the people who inhabit that space.  Thus, the proclamation that “police have taken over a slum” means little for the long term.  The slum goes wherever slum-people go.  The only way to get rid of a slum is to get rid of the slum-people – or to somehow transform them.  The establishment left, whether in the U.S. or Brazil, loves to redistribute people and imagine that it has thereby solved problems.   In most cases, the problems end up getting even worse.  It is better to allow criminals to congregate in small areas so that most of their victims will be other criminals.  Spreading them out increases the body count among the innocent.
But many in the establishment left understand the arbitrariness of space.  This is why they advocate for open borders.  Of course, in doing so, they ignore the importance of things such as race, ethnic group and culture.  The establishment left will either ignore, or emphasize, location depending on whatever suits its purposes.

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What do the 99 percenters want?

Posted on November 11, 2011 by jewamongyou

Somebody sent me this essay by George Monbiot.  In a nutshell, he makes a case that the ultra-wealthy did not earn their wealth through hard work, enterprise or superior intelligence.  Instead, they got where they are due to a combination of luck and psychopathic traits.
I must admit I was impressed by the following argument:

Such results have been widely replicated. They show that traders and fund managers across Wall Street receive their massive remuneration for doing no better than would a chimpanzee flipping a coin. When Kahneman tried to point this out they blanked him. “The illusion of skill … is deeply ingrained in their culture.”(2)
So much for the financial sector and its super-educated analysts. As for other kinds of business, you tell me. Is your boss possessed of judgement, vision and management skills superior to those of anyone else in the firm, or did he or she get there through bluff, bullshit and bullying?

But I am deeply suspicious of what the 99 percenters, and Mr. Monbiot, are trying to do.  While it is true that, by most of our standards, the wealthiest people on Earth do not deserve their wealth, could it not also be said that the smartest people do not deserve  their great intellect, with which they were born?  Is it not also possible to claim that the most beautiful women do not deserve  their beauty?  That those born into loving, and intact, families, do not deserve  such good fortune?
At its core, the 99 percenters seem to be upset that life is not fair – and that somebody should make it more fair.  Who gets to decide whom, among the wealthy, deserve their wealth?  By whose criteria?  It is frightening to contemplate the answers to these questions – for images of the French, and Russian, revolutions come to mind.
I have little doubt that the 99 percenters would counter that I am missing the point.  That most of us are being reduced to slavery by the one percent.  I don’t see it that way.  While I admit to having a certain amount of envy toward those whose incomes are measured in billions of dollars, the vast majority of people I know (here in American, at least) have vastly more wealth and freedom than 99% of their ancestors.  Those protesters are part of the one percent and they don’t even know it!

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Pro-white stand up comedy

Posted on November 10, 2011 by jewamongyou

Portland Realist brought this comedian to my attention a while back and I thought I’d share him with the rest of y’all:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dOboLsh-4&w=420&h=315]

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Jewamongyou visits "Occupy Portland"

Posted on November 9, 2011 by jewamongyou

I visited the squalid tent city in downtown Portland yesterday hoping to gain some insight into the “Occupy Wall Street” movement here in Portland.  It’s cheaper than a trip to the zoo.  What I found seemed to be a concentration of down and out, homeless, drug-addicted wannabe hippies mixed with quite a few mentally ill people and some normal people.  I wanted to tell some of them that if they stayed away from drugs, they might be successful in the same corporate America they now hate and envy.  I brought my camera but, to my regret, I forgot to bring my sterilization gun.
While taking a video of some guy ranting, he stopped and shrieked at me to stop filming him, that he has freedom of speech and that I’d better not put his image up online.  I walked up and started to talk to him, but he retreated back to his tent.  I never considered that short clip worthy of posting anyway.  I saw a tall fellow with the largest brow-ridges I had ever seen.  As I approached him, I could hear him say, “I was talking to my P.O. (parole officer)…”.  I felt it appropriate to block out some of his face as it is not my intention to expose him to public ridicule.  He might very intelligent – but he’s still a curiosity, just from an anthropological point of view.  A throwback if there ever was one.
It is ironic that the Occupy Portland people put a lot of emphasis on diversity (as can be seen in some of the photos), yet they do not seem to notice that the cult of diversity is the biggest piece of propaganda being thrown at them by the same government-military-industrial-corporate complex they so despise.
Here are some photos:

The above photos have been reduced in size.  If anybody wants a large-format version, just let me know.

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Was Afro-centrism invented by leftist whites?

Posted on November 8, 2011 by jewamongyou

The establishment Left desires, more than life itself, that blacks excel in math and the sciences.  Each night, before a leftist goes to bed, he prays to the spirit of Martin Luther King that blacks finally reveal their “intellectual greatness”.  There have been so many programs, experiments and “original ideas” to improve the academic performance of blacks that most of us have lost count.
Is Afro-centrism, specifically the absurd belief that the ancient Egyptians were black, just one of these programs?  In an article called “Early African Calendars“, a part of the “Teaching Tolerance”  project of the SPLC, we can see that “tolerance” and truth do not necessarily go hand in hand:

Many math educators believe that learning about the multicultural history of mathematics can help a more diverse range of students achieve math success. Knowledge of their ancestors’ contributions, proponents say, could enhance students’ interest in algebra, for example, which was brought to Europe in books written by Islamic scholars from Central Asia, Arabia, Turkey, and North Africa. The following excerpt and activity, examines the origins of early North African number systems.
Objectives
Activities will help students:

  • understand the multicultural history of mathematics
  • compare the early Egyptian Lunar calendar with today’s Gregorian calendar

Essential Questions

  • How did ancient Egyptians contribute to modern day life?
  • What causes change? What remains the same?

Materials
Reading: Early African Calendars

If almost a third of American blacks believe AIDS is a white conspiracy to wipe out non-whites, and almost two thirds believe that drugs are deliberately imported into black areas by the government, then surely the more reasonable conspiracy that Afro-centric “theories” were planted by whites should be taken seriously.
If not for whites, practically nothing would be known, today, about ancient Egypt.  Their statues and monuments would still be buried in sand, their language unintelligible and their religion and history a mystery.  Thus it is clear that any black who gives credence to Afro-centric theories about Egypt is acting white.  He is a foolish “uncle Tom” who falls for the cheap tricks of white/Jewish organizations such as the SPLC.  A real black American will look for his roots in black Africa, not North Africa.

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Will black Africans mix with Aborigines in Australia?

Posted on November 7, 2011 by jewamongyou

Well folks, I think my writer’s block is starting to ease up a little.  An article on Amren peaked my curiosity.  Given the parallels, in criminality, between black Africans and Aborigines, to what extent will the two populations mix?  My guess is that, in general, they wouldn’t get along.  But this doesn’t mean they won’t mix and, when they do mix, it will usually be an African father with an Aboriginal mother.  I say this because the Aboriginal alcohol problem puts their men at a disadvantage.  Furthermore, black African men do not like their own women very much; given the opportunity, they’ll usually take a non black-African woman.
It will be interesting to see how the offspring of such unions fare. My guess is that, with a few exceptions, they won’t fare very well.*
I visited Australia once, taking the train from Sydney to Adelaide and then north to Darwin.  Here are a couple of photos from that trip:

Myself with a couple of Aborigines I was chatting with in Alice Springs.  Yes, it was hot!

Some Aboriginal women in Alice Springs.  Not seen are the booze bottles.

* A few months ago, I vowed to go through my old posts and soften the language a bit.  I also vowed to remove some extraneous posts, and those that dealt with passing circumstances. So this one has been edited.

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Our "golden years"

Posted on November 3, 2011 by jewamongyou

With both Asian and Hispanic populations rapidly increasing in the U.S., the elderly can look forward to a rosy future.  After all, according to practically everyone, both groups (and blacks, whose portion of the population is also steadily increasing) honor old people.  For example, Ohio State University’s website tells us:

Hispanic families instill in their children the importance of honor, good manners, and respect for authority and the elderly. Preserving the Spanish language within the family is a common practice in most Hispanic homes.

And the Pearson educational support site gives us the following breakdown of ethnic groups and their attitudes toward the elderly:

CHINESE
■ Traditional Chinese values place the family and society over the
individual. Many American-born Chinese may not be as traditional but still hold values of respect for elders and authority.
■ The oldest son has obligations toward the family and is expected
to respect and care for parents.
■ The tradition of “filial piety” is the value of total respect for the
family, especially the elders. This respect for elders was advocated by Confucius, the famous Chinese philosopher and many
Chinese and Chinese-American families choose to follow these
ancient principles.
NATIVE AMERICAN
■ Traditionally, elders are respected for their wisdom, experience,
and knowledge.
■ Elders, regardless of tribe, assume significant roles as teachers
and caretakers of the young.
VIETNAMESE
■ Elders are given high respect in Vietnamese society. They are
considered the carriers of tradition, knowledge, and wisdom.
Age is considered an asset, not a liability.
■ Elderly grandparents and parents stay with the family for support
and care.
■ Elders may prepare meals and care for grandchildren if both the
husband and wife work.
■ In Vietnam, elders are the leaders and decision-makers in the
family and often sought for advice. When these elders move to
the U.S., they can become socially and culturally isolated for
many reasons (e.g., lack of English, age, lack of training for
work). In contrast, the younger family members become more
Americanized and may behave in ways their elders do not approve. This can create tension in families where elders feel ignored and not respected.
BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN
■ Elders are respected, obeyed and considered a source of wisdom.
■ To survive to old age is often considered an accomplishment reflecting personal strength, resourcefulness, and faith.
HISPANIC/LATINO
■ Elders are held in high esteem.
■ Old age is viewed as a positive time in the life of the elder.
■ Care for elders is provided by the extended family. It is expected
that children will care for their elderly parents.

And so it appears that all major immigrant groups feature respect for the elderly.  No wonder immigration is considered so important for our aging country!  Not only will young immigrants work and sustain the social security system, but they will also respect the aging white population.
Unfortunately, there is reason to doubt such an optimistic outlook.  Firstly, a largely Hispanic America is not likely to be as wealthy as a white America since “Per capita income of Hispanics is one half that of non-Hispanic whites, and household net worth is less than one tenth.”   With less wealth, there can be little doubt that the elderly will suffer.  Our current economic downturn has already illustrated this.  A recent Oregonian article spoke of the crisis many elderly Oregon homeowners now find themselves in now that there have been changes to the property tax deferral program.  The reason for the changes, according to the article, is lack of money in state coffers.
It wasn’t that long ago that Obama had seniors trembling with fear and “mad as hell”, when he threatened that social security checks might not arrive on time unless Congress “does the right thing”.  AARP will allow no concessions when it comes to established government programs for seniors:

AARP is adamant that Social Security and Medicare benefits must not be cut in any way as part of any deal to pay the nation’s bills and will continue our efforts to raise the voices of older Americans who rely on these programs for their health and financial security.” she added.

Eventually both the money and the will to provide government benefits will run out.  Even if we accept, at face value, the above claims that immigrant cultures honor the elderly, we should ask, “Whose elderly?”.  We would expect them to respect their own elderly – but this does not mean that the elderly of other groups and races enjoy the same respect.  It would be interesting to see the results of a study (where family involvement, and other variables, are controlled) showing levels of elder abuse at nursing homes by race.
Due to the fact that older people are much more active politically, the inevitable collapse of government social services for them will be delayed for some time.  But older people have a habit of dying.  There will come a time when they will simply be outvoted by a younger, nonwhite and hostile electorate.  Little by little, region by region, old white people will become politically irrelevant.  For those old white people who supported “diversity”, and naively believed that they could import foreigners to work for them in their old age, there will be poetic justice.  I do not feel much pity for them; they will reap what they sowed.  I do feel sorry for those who fought for the truth, worked hard to defend their nation but will still be left out in the cold.  There are a lot of elderly white people who raised children themselves but, through no fault of their own, have no grandchildren.
It will be up to the younger generation of whites to take care of those older whites, even if they are not related to them directly.  We cannot depend on government benefits much longer.
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When Chinese cruelty meets African laziness

Posted on November 1, 2011 by jewamongyou

Actually, I have no evidence that the Africans were lazy; I just thought it would be an eye-catching headline.  In any event, it seems that some Chinese men have been accused of abusing native workers in Mozambique:

Maputo – Mozambique has revoked the visas of three Chinese men accused of beating construction workers with a hammer and scalding them with boiling oil, private newspaper O Pais reported on Friday.
“These Chinese are accused of inhumane acts against local employees of Nantong construction company,” the Ministry of Labour said in a statement, cited by the paper.
One of the accused, Lin Cheng, allegedly “flung boiling cooking oil on Mozambican workers,” it said.
Another, Cai Bingjun, “attacked his associates in several ways, using a hammer, a wooden plank and other work tools,” the ministry said.
The third, Wei Hongfeng, is accused of “having fired a Mozambican for discussing mistakes on his paycheque”.

If those same crimes had been committed in China, most likely the men would have gotten away with it.  But it appears that the mixing of cultures (diversity) didn’t work out very well in these cases.  Hopefully, back in China, those men will not be in a position to commit similar crimes (assuming they are actually guilty).
Incidentally, while in Madagascar, I met a woman who had been to Mozambique.  She told me that she had caught a man, red-handed, trying to pickpocket her.  This was in a crowded street and when the locals saw what had happened, they beat the living daylights out of that pickpocket.

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