Venezuelan Exodus From Chavez, to US

As predicted here, the rise of socialism / totalitarianism in Venezuela (even when occasionally endorsed by mob vote) has caused productive people there to flee to freedom, which of course usually means the US. The article notes that these immigrants have brought billions of dollars out of the Venezuelan economy and deposited it into banks in their new home nation, the US. But of course with the magic of socialism, Venezuelans won't miss or need that fleeing capital: the govt just needs to declare healthcare, education, housing, and food as "free" and "universal"... and of course raise the "minimum wage" and impose price caps against "gouging". That'll work (if by "work" we mean create more immigration to the US).

Source of Black Youth's Bad Rep

Even black adults are leery of young black people. The statistics very clearly demonstrate that young black people are demonstrating a much higher rate of bad decisions (violence, drop outs, hours of reading, teen births) than the national average. This story from a black newspaper writer riding the city bus in Detroit exemplifies those statistics, and the resulting reputation.

ACT "Racial Bias" Fails to Stop Chinese Immigrant

Last year 22 students scored perfect on the ACT, including this Chinese immigrant in Michigan. I wonder about the racial composition of these 22. The US is about 70% honkey, and die-hard lefties claim that standardized tests like the ACT are "racially biased" in favor of honkies. Thus their assertion predicts that more than 15 of these 22 students should be honkies.

I, in contrast, make an alternative assertion: these tests are biased in favor of students who devote time to serious academic matters, including reading, writing, and confronting math problems. I further assert that non-white immigrant kids from Asia on average spend more time than the average white kid in the US. Thus I predict that a racial breakdown will identify fewer than 15 white kids, and a number of Asian kids much higher than their fraction of the test-taking population.

Why So Few Grocery Stores in Detroit?

That's an easy question; a more interesting question is: Does it really take a formal "task force" to figure out the answer? Hardly. The behavior of Detroit residents scares-off grocery stores. Detroit city officials have for decades decided to create a regulatory and tax structure much less favorable than those in the surrounding suburbs. And of course too many Detroit residents have decided to behave in a much more criminal fashion than their contemporaries in the surrounding suburbs.

The article quotes a black Detroit council member as citing "racism" to explain why white-owned grocers shun Detroit. That's another reason for businesses to avoid Detroit: ignorant public scapegoating. Meanwhile, nothing prevents black millionaires from creating fabulous grocery stores in Detroit... nothing besides poor city management and residents generating some of the nation's worst crime statistics.

Lack of Grocery Stores in Detroit for Obvious Reasons

That's an easy question; a hard question is: Does it really take a formal "task force" to figure out the answer? Hardly. The behavior of Detroit residents scares-off grocery stores. Detroit city officials have for decades decided to create a regulatory and tax structure much less favorable than those in the surrounding suburbs. And of course too many Detroit residents have decided to behave in a much more criminal fashion than their contemporaries in the surrounding suburbs.

The article quotes a black Detroit council member as citing "racism" to explain why white-owned grocers shun Detroit. That's another reason for businesses to avoid Detroit: ignorant public scapegoating. Meanwhile, nothing prevents black millionaires from creating fabulous grocery stores in Detroit... nothing besides poor city management and residents generating some of the nation's worst crime statistics.