Bill Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time,” called out the media during the most recent episode of his show for not addressing black-on-black crime in Democrat-run cities like Chicago.
Maher made the remarks during a panel discussion with Brown University economist Glenn Loury and international relations scholar Daniel Bessner.
“Like Chicago, most of the shootings are young black men killing other young black men,” Maher said. “Is that not correct?”
After Loury noted that that was Maher said was true, Maher wanted to know why its never brought up in the media.
“Why doesn’t anybody talk about that?” Maher asked. “Why aren’t there a hundred giant black celebrities, who would have the respect of those people, saying, ‘What are you doing to yourselves? Why are you killing each other?’”
Maher later said that he thinks that bad schools in predominately black neighborhoods are one reason that crime in those areas is higher.
“One in 3 children in America cannot read at a basic level of comprehension,” he said.
“Eight-five percent of Black students lack proficiency in reading skill. We already spent a lot of money on schools. So, are you going to keep telling me that more money will fix this because I feel like this is much more connected to the problems of people who can’t read.”
“Yes, they’re going to have problems with gainful employment, and it seems like, you know, a lot of times the solutions that come from the left seem symbolic,” he continued. “They don’t seem like we’re addressing what really needs to be done, which is get kids learning, get them reading, get them to have a job.”
“It doesn’t seem like the money is getting to this problem if 85% of black students lack proficiency in reading skills,” he added.
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