The other day I wrote an intentionally controversial article. There is a place for robust polemics now and then - and the problem of feral blacks rampaging through our cities is something that needs to be addressed in uncompromising terms.
all I'll ask is...where is Britain's answer to Thomas Sowell?
Wherever he's been hiding for the last 50 years, we need him.
Sowell wanted to get blacks out of the victim mindset and into aspiration, that is commendable and I wouldn't dream of 'remigrating' a Thomas Sowell type out of Britain.
Trevor Phillips is our closest equivalent, though a very distant one, and he has only recently and slightly edged away from the metropolitan consensus.
It is, however, a telling indictment of that consensus, that even previously staunch supporters have started to move away from the ideological cliff edge.
Tony Sewell who sat on a commission to review racial disparities in Britain and fairly reflected that while racism exists in England, it was not the cause of the poor performance of black children, which was down to poor parenting. His view was balanced but of course this was not accepted by left, liberal commentators.
Only Pete North can see a wasps nest and whack it hard with a stick. If you don’t get lynched you may be able to start a conversation. I wonder if part of that involves the rest of society looking in the mirror? We have a low trust society because that is what we have created. A certain underclass - that gets the attention here - has come out of our laboratory. We provided all the ingredients of critical theory, victim culture, no blame/no shame culture, the decolonised curriculum, the demolition of marriage and family life. And yes, there are cultural differences but if the older culture sets no expectations and rots its own foundations, what do we think is going to happen?
It's too late for conversations, especially this stale old liberal vomit. Multiculturalism is dead, time to bury it, it's rancid corpse is stinking the place out.
If you overfill the pot, sooner or later the contents spill out and the mess cannot be contained. Multiculturalism may be dead but serves its purpose to hollow out the monoculture. Is there a monoculture that has not also been killed off in the process?
Well, fixing it is straightforward, really. We need to return to kids being raised by families - a mother and a father in the same home. It's clear that that's all that's needed for decently-behaved kids. (This is true for black kids and white kids).
The tricky bit is making it happen. The only way I can see is to drastically reduce welfare for single mums; that would make women think very hard before raising a kid alone. But, of course, society wouldn't allow such drastic reduction of welfare...
That's a separate issue. I agree that we should be promoting families and having children, not least to stop our own extinction. I'm just not sure that that solves the problems that Pete describes.
I totally agree that is only a part of the answer.
The other essential ingredients are a far stricter law enforcement based on the proven policy of Zero Tolerance but that in itself must be backed up with far more police and reopening local police stations, a huge increase in court time to hear cases and finally an increase in prison places.
Yes, we need to drastically alter our policing & criminal justice system, at a cost of millions more in taxpayers' money, all to accomodate the behaviour of certain easily identifiable groups. Do you realise how insane you sound?
If I have misread you then please reply but in suggesting my comment was insane gave me the distinct impression your outlook on the serious state of our country was diametrically opposite to mine.
So I think you are the one not thinking clearly and may even be as bad as having a mind set adopting suicidal empathy which is a seriously misplaced belief that being benevolent is always better than being harsh under any set of circumstances.
First there is no need for any new taxes just a huge cut in the welfare budget to redirect money to law enforcement without which our society is doomed.
Second the easily 'identifiable groups' of lawlessness are growing by the day and have no respect or fear of the law and left unchecked will greatly add to and increase the near total collapse of society.
What's happening now is that the country is unravelling along the path predicted by Dr David Betz in his recent work on the coming civil wars in Western Europe.
The end result is very like to be civil war. Not war as in armoured battalions charging into battle as per Ukraine, but more akin to Ireland during the troubles. Disorder, killing theft, state oppression and constant violent defiance of state control.
Clapham has had all of that except the killing in the past few days. If you were walking down Clapham High Street with a small child, and your child was trampled to death by that mob of savages, is that not pretty much a child killed during a war? If you tried to defend your child, you'd be killed in the war too.
This is how civil war comes to Britain, and it's going to get a lot worse before it gets worse.
Golly this is difficult to read but can't really argue with it. The cities must try to get to grips with this lawlessness with zero tolerance approaches and fast justice/detention centres. I'd also like to see parents fined for their lawless children, especially absent fathers. Politicians must back this approach with the nec. laws and new prisons. Long term the country must re-emphasise Christian morality, British values and strong family life through the institutions and public services. Problem families from all cultures must be singled out for special treatment plans and even segregated from the rest of us if they cannot change.
Sadly just can't see any of this happing, not without massive changes to economic prosperity in this country with decent jobs and incentives etc.
We currently offer more lenient sentences if the perpetrator pleads guilty; the logic being that it reduces the pressure on the courts & judiciary, increasing the throughput.
I would modestly propose that accepting voluntary sterilisation should also confer 30%-50% sentence reduction. Maybe sweeten the deal with a six-pack of strong lager and a fistful of lottery scratchcards.
'What's in it for Whites?' is the only question that Whites should be asking. The Whites running away from the question of race and 'What's in it for Whites?' are moral cowards who would rather sacrifice White lives and White futures than be a 'bad person' in the calculation of fake moral order where the darkie is god's chosen and Whites are their servants.
The problem with black kids (although not exclusively a black problem but it’s worse with this caste) is absentee fathers whether the mother is black or white. The fathers aren’t around to act as a good role model to their kids and mothers who can’t or won’t control them. Many “families” with kids from multiple fathers who simply don’t give a shit about their offspring. We need a conversation about this so well done Pete.
Sowell had to earn his credibility the hard old fashioned way against actual racism in his era. Today's "academics" like Kendi et al are basically just marxist activists given tenure and funding. There are some growing black voices of reason like Musa AlGharbi - but again he is American.
Can’t fault your logic although it’s a bit shocking to see it in print, guess that’s thirty years of gaslighting by the establishment.
all I'll ask is...where is Britain's answer to Thomas Sowell?
Wherever he's been hiding for the last 50 years, we need him.
Sowell wanted to get blacks out of the victim mindset and into aspiration, that is commendable and I wouldn't dream of 'remigrating' a Thomas Sowell type out of Britain.
Trevor Phillips is our closest equivalent, though a very distant one, and he has only recently and slightly edged away from the metropolitan consensus.
It is, however, a telling indictment of that consensus, that even previously staunch supporters have started to move away from the ideological cliff edge.
Trevor Phillips? While he wants aspiration for Blacks, he has literally said he wants that by dispossessing white Brits.
This is like believing Robert Mugambe is on your side because he thought Blacks had the ability to run Rhodesia: It was aspirational.
How's that working out for Sowell? You're sound asleep, deep in a lovely liberal dream. Wakey wakey, Reality would like a word with you!
Tony Sewell who sat on a commission to review racial disparities in Britain and fairly reflected that while racism exists in England, it was not the cause of the poor performance of black children, which was down to poor parenting. His view was balanced but of course this was not accepted by left, liberal commentators.
My comment below was meant as a reply to yours...
Only Pete North can see a wasps nest and whack it hard with a stick. If you don’t get lynched you may be able to start a conversation. I wonder if part of that involves the rest of society looking in the mirror? We have a low trust society because that is what we have created. A certain underclass - that gets the attention here - has come out of our laboratory. We provided all the ingredients of critical theory, victim culture, no blame/no shame culture, the decolonised curriculum, the demolition of marriage and family life. And yes, there are cultural differences but if the older culture sets no expectations and rots its own foundations, what do we think is going to happen?
It's called suicidal empathy: a nation's capacity to employ empathy & compassion to the ultimate detriment of its own existence.
It's too late for conversations, especially this stale old liberal vomit. Multiculturalism is dead, time to bury it, it's rancid corpse is stinking the place out.
If you overfill the pot, sooner or later the contents spill out and the mess cannot be contained. Multiculturalism may be dead but serves its purpose to hollow out the monoculture. Is there a monoculture that has not also been killed off in the process?
David Horowitz, a founder of the New Left in the 60s saw this in San Francisco.
Good black citizens with families complained that liberal politicians incentivised the single parent family model.
It turned him to the Right.
Well, fixing it is straightforward, really. We need to return to kids being raised by families - a mother and a father in the same home. It's clear that that's all that's needed for decently-behaved kids. (This is true for black kids and white kids).
The tricky bit is making it happen. The only way I can see is to drastically reduce welfare for single mums; that would make women think very hard before raising a kid alone. But, of course, society wouldn't allow such drastic reduction of welfare...
Why is that all that's needed? What if both parents are followers of the feral lifestyle?
They are the clear exception to the rule.
Well if we don't promote and support families as well as stigmatise most single parenthood then we will never turn things around.
That's a separate issue. I agree that we should be promoting families and having children, not least to stop our own extinction. I'm just not sure that that solves the problems that Pete describes.
I totally agree that is only a part of the answer.
The other essential ingredients are a far stricter law enforcement based on the proven policy of Zero Tolerance but that in itself must be backed up with far more police and reopening local police stations, a huge increase in court time to hear cases and finally an increase in prison places.
Yes, we need to drastically alter our policing & criminal justice system, at a cost of millions more in taxpayers' money, all to accomodate the behaviour of certain easily identifiable groups. Do you realise how insane you sound?
If I have misread you then please reply but in suggesting my comment was insane gave me the distinct impression your outlook on the serious state of our country was diametrically opposite to mine.
So I think you are the one not thinking clearly and may even be as bad as having a mind set adopting suicidal empathy which is a seriously misplaced belief that being benevolent is always better than being harsh under any set of circumstances.
First there is no need for any new taxes just a huge cut in the welfare budget to redirect money to law enforcement without which our society is doomed.
Second the easily 'identifiable groups' of lawlessness are growing by the day and have no respect or fear of the law and left unchecked will greatly add to and increase the near total collapse of society.
I await your response.
Very well said.
Excellent read! Really enjoying your writing.
I concur with everything you say.
What's happening now is that the country is unravelling along the path predicted by Dr David Betz in his recent work on the coming civil wars in Western Europe.
The end result is very like to be civil war. Not war as in armoured battalions charging into battle as per Ukraine, but more akin to Ireland during the troubles. Disorder, killing theft, state oppression and constant violent defiance of state control.
Clapham has had all of that except the killing in the past few days. If you were walking down Clapham High Street with a small child, and your child was trampled to death by that mob of savages, is that not pretty much a child killed during a war? If you tried to defend your child, you'd be killed in the war too.
This is how civil war comes to Britain, and it's going to get a lot worse before it gets worse.
I emigrated from South Africa to the UK to get away from this insanity, but sadly it seems to be rapidly taking hold here as well.
I very much appreciated the previous article in which you took a risk and stuck your neck out. Hopefully you won’t get a “polite visit”
the polite -> the police
Beware Plod at 4am.
Golly this is difficult to read but can't really argue with it. The cities must try to get to grips with this lawlessness with zero tolerance approaches and fast justice/detention centres. I'd also like to see parents fined for their lawless children, especially absent fathers. Politicians must back this approach with the nec. laws and new prisons. Long term the country must re-emphasise Christian morality, British values and strong family life through the institutions and public services. Problem families from all cultures must be singled out for special treatment plans and even segregated from the rest of us if they cannot change.
Sadly just can't see any of this happing, not without massive changes to economic prosperity in this country with decent jobs and incentives etc.
We currently offer more lenient sentences if the perpetrator pleads guilty; the logic being that it reduces the pressure on the courts & judiciary, increasing the throughput.
I would modestly propose that accepting voluntary sterilisation should also confer 30%-50% sentence reduction. Maybe sweeten the deal with a six-pack of strong lager and a fistful of lottery scratchcards.
https://youtu.be/UEAMeSbPY6s
'What's in it for Whites?' is the only question that Whites should be asking. The Whites running away from the question of race and 'What's in it for Whites?' are moral cowards who would rather sacrifice White lives and White futures than be a 'bad person' in the calculation of fake moral order where the darkie is god's chosen and Whites are their servants.
The problem with black kids (although not exclusively a black problem but it’s worse with this caste) is absentee fathers whether the mother is black or white. The fathers aren’t around to act as a good role model to their kids and mothers who can’t or won’t control them. Many “families” with kids from multiple fathers who simply don’t give a shit about their offspring. We need a conversation about this so well done Pete.
Sowell had to earn his credibility the hard old fashioned way against actual racism in his era. Today's "academics" like Kendi et al are basically just marxist activists given tenure and funding. There are some growing black voices of reason like Musa AlGharbi - but again he is American.