Assimilationist ideas substantiate calls to civilize these “super-predators” back to nonviolence through tough laws and tough love from mentors and fathers. Antiracist ideas substantiate the recognition that Black people, like all people, don’t need surveillance, policing, and prisons; they need more higher-paying jobs within their reach, especially Black youngsters, who have consistently had the highest rates of unemployment of any demographic group, topping 50 percent in the early to mid-1980s.
