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Podcast: Redeemer Broadcasting : A Plain Answer
Episode: A Plain Answer: Narrative Matters for High Crime Communities - Dr. Walter E. Williams
Description: Today we re-air an older interview with the late, Dr. Walter E. Williams. We see high crime in some key cities such as Chicago, and even more locally, Newburgh, NY. The common narrative blames this high rate of crime on poverty and racial discrimination. In the year this was recorded, the former year there were close to 800 homicides in Chicago alone (So far this year, its over 500). Yet in the 1950's this was not the case, and people were far poorer and there was more discrimination. Our guest points to the family as key to reducing crime, and not welfare...