Monthly Archives: September 2014

Updated 2018 08 19: Minor edits, added links to related articles Detroit documentary — Gangs, drug dealers, economic decline, bankruptcy  (1hr 22min) is an interesting YouTube video by Al Profit.  It describes a vicious circle but pays scant attention to fatherlessness in families. Two things struck me about the documentary. One is that the cycle it chronicles, ‘Gangs, drug dealers, decline of the economy’, does not necessarily describe the correct sequence of actions and consequences. The other one is that it barely mentions an obvious, major contributing factor of the decline and decay of Detroit, fatherlessness, although it is alluded to in passing.  Right at the beginning (@3:19) a man states: “This … Continue reading →