Want anything different, they dont they, maybe they know, especially in a place like la, like they know that theres help available, but they they would rather spend their lives high and drunk. Racial minorities experience homelessness a disproportionate rate, for example, black or africanamericans make up 13 of the general population, but 40 of the Homeless Population, young black people have also an 83 higher risk of becoming homeless. Than their white counterparts. I think its pretty clearly a result of the past history of Racial Discrimination that you know the United States uh was in many ways the apartite country up until the 1960s at least in large parts of the country uh had official legal discrimination on the basis of race and even though thats ended um that doesnt mean that there arent going to be intergenerational consequences. Uh, if people are board into poverty, the more will, theyre much more likely to die in poverty than people who werent bored into poverty, and thats going to be true of people of any racial background, but of course the longterm effects of jim crow, of that system of racial segregation are going to mean that those effects are distributed differently, but the the real point i would emphasize about this is that while the Racial Disparity definitely shows that you know its not just matter of. Meritocracy or hard work or something that that this are factors beyond peoples control. The goal is people like you know my friend alfreed would always say, the goal uh shouldnt be to have society where we have exactly proportionally distributed uh wealth and poverty, the goal should be vastly more economically equal society, mean its its not that the its not that. The problem is that we have a disproportionate number of black people as opposed to white people sleep in the streets, its that in a reasonable society, no one would be sleeping in the streets. The overrepresentation of black and native americans and the Homeless Population is no accident, it is a result of historic and ongoing racism from slavery and violent land theft to informal and governmentbacked housing discrimination that persists even till this very day. Research shows that because of these massive burdens, people of color, particularly black and native americans are more likely to experience poverty and other vulnerabilities that place people at risk of homelessness. Its really sad, i i believe that uh, now is theres never been a better time than ever in the history of the world for uh a minority in america to rise up and and make an amazing life for themselves, but i feel like theres certain community. In certain cultures that are told from young age that you will never be anything because of the color of your skin, you will never be anything because this group over here is oppressing you, you are the oppressed, you are the oppressed, they are the oppressors and i feel like the black Community Unfortunately has been victims of that uh messaging so long that uh maybe some of them believe it, my message would be, no, youre not a victim, youre not oppressed, youre not, theres nothing wrong with you because of the color of your skin, get out there and get it, crush, its amazing, its a beautiful thing, you know, and uh, thats its interesting because i feel like in america that is what the the leftest, progressive, liberal mentality wants to tell the black communities that you are oppressed, you are less than because of the color of your skin, you will never amount to anything, and uh, thats thats a horrible way, and so i feel like lot of people fall into that victim mentality, but economic and. Social vulnerabilities dont tell the entire story. Data shows the poverty alone does not account for the disproportionate representation of black americans experiencing homelessness. For example, the homeless response system, which trioges, supports and rehouses people experiencing homelessness, has not been designed to identify or respond to racial disparities. They fall into the other cultural programming that comes through the black community, which is like uh uh, rap music, drug culture, gangster culture, violence, these things are perpetuated in that community, and its hard for anybody to rise up out of it, but no. Youre not a victim, you dont have to commit crime, you can, you can, you can thrive, and i know being a white man saying these things it may be construed as insensitive, because yes, i know that thats very hard living in uh, an impoverished community, uh, lack of resources, lack of healthy food, i know all this stuff to be true, but still theres ways to rise above and theres never been a better time than now to do it, um, and so i, i mean, i my heart goes out absolutely to anybody thats suffering with uh, homeless. This drug addiction and then once you get caught up in the system uh again i know you could also make the same claim about how the africanamerican uh population is disproportionately represented in the prison system and so you know i think it goes back to drug laws too once the drug laws get reformed then you dont have so many black people getting harassed by the police and then you dont have so many people getting caught up in the system and then you dont have so many like violent shootings and so its kind of a it kind of stems from lot of these core issues but um yeah i just i just feel like yes, theres probably an overrepresentation of of uh africanamericans both in the prison and Homeless Population. The political debate in the us seems to be in a state of partisan deadlock. Democrats and republicans seem to be in a constant state of fighting over small and big issues facing the country. This political rivalry of course has its toll on the lives of americans. Here in the United States you have uh. The Progressive Left democrats, you have the hard conservative right, um, you know, conservatives, you know, trying to both push equally opposing stories. I dont subscribe to any of it. Im outside of both. I can sit back and i can watch both of them fighting with each other and be like, well, thats cute, thats hilarious. I can get some entertainment out of it, but ultimately i dont think that theres a that these politics or political debates will bear any fruit, and its only designed to keep us fighting with each other. But uh, i think again, like with the homeless issue, again, i believe that that is used as a political football is what we call it, like a Political Tool thats kicked back and forth to uh, get votes or support one way or the other, you know, its like uh, its its they they use people to their advantage, and thats one of the most deplorable awful things about politics is that people dont mean anything, theyre just uh, whether theyre being sent off to war to die or if theyre just being you know used as as uh political props with you, homelessness or just whatever, you know, politicians dont care about anybody, and they just um care about their own power and and and wealth really, indeed, severe polarization makes democracy vulnerable, in healthy democracies, opposing sides are seen as political adversaries to compete against and at times negotiate with one another. In deeply polarized democracies though, the other side comes to be seen as an enemy needing to be vanquished. In this tribal dynamic, each side views the other out group party with increasing distrust, bias and enmity, perceptions that if you win, lose grow. The problem with this pervasive atmosphere is that problems like Affordable Housing and homelessness do not get solved. Super inflation. Chair will now entertain requests for one minute speaches. For what purposes the gentlemen from florida seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, pursuent to clause 2a1 of rule 9, i rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the house. Under rule nine, a resolution offered from the floor by member other than the majority lead within two legislative days after the resolution. Mit dem anspruch an Eine Stellungnahme des gesundheitsministeriums und von professor lauterbach mit einer vierwochigen wir gehen wir ein mitter nach hinten dann wir mehr. Hey b, where