Does St. Louis/US Cities suffer from Relative Deprivation? Crime and Violence continues to spiral out of control and the perpetrators are young men 10-25 who constitute the age group with the highest rates of arrest for all offenses and especially violent crimes, murders and robberies. Recently, 2 persons were killed, and 7 others were injured after a lone gunman. 19-year-old African American, Orlando Harris, went to his former high school CVPA with an AR-15 & over 600 rounds of ammo. Harris killed 16-year-old Alexandria Bell, who was a beautiful young lady with a promising career in the visual and performing arts. The second, was Jean Kuczka, a 61-year-old physical Ed teacher. The question on all our minds after this is, another shooting and why did he do this? Why would a young man with no prior criminal record become so violent that he would be so enraged has to turn his former school into a battleground. According to reports from eyewitnesses and victims, the gunman shouted just before he started to shoot, “you’re all going to die.” Another student heard him say, “I’m tired of this d…” school and “I hate this d*** school.” Taniya Gholston, 16, was in the dance class when the shooting started. “He said like, ‘I’m tired of this damn school,’ and, ‘I’m tired of everybody in this damn school,’” she said. If those words reveal anything, it is that Harris was frustrated and troubled and seem to blame the school and sought to resolve the problem through what he believe was the only way that resolve his problems. For Harris, the school was the source of his problem and sought to kill everyone except the ballet teacher Raymond Harris. That was inconsistent with his statement that everyone was gonna die at the school yet he stopped short of killing this particular teacher. This needs further investigation and understanding as to why he changed his mind about this teacher. Nevertheless he carried out his heinous plan but due to quick response by the police, was taken out before he could continue his rampage. Press conference reports by the local police suggested that there are unconfirmed reports that Harris had a mental illness in the past but this has not been confirmed, however he left a note saying he felt isolate. Nevertheless, the issue of motive goes beyond Orlando Harris, and must be situated within the wider concern that Crime and Violence continues to spiral out of control and the perpetrators are young men like Orlando ages 10-25…Social movement theory asserts that when one begin to see other people, they begin to compare themselves drawing conclusions about themselves relative to that position. This theory then leads to a conclusion from scientific research and various studies within Social Marxist Materialism of Relative Deprivation, where society of higher income inequality are more prone to higher crime rates than communities that have lower income inequality. Today, US national data and PEW research studies show that crime has spiked and that much of it is occurs within certain cities and communities. The cities that has experienced rapid increases in violent crimes with a weapon and robberies are among the poorest with higher levels of people of colour including St. Louis Missouri where CVPA is located. St. Louis overtook Detroit as the most violent cities in the US with the highest murder rates. While at the same time, St. Louis is among the cities with the highest inequality/disparities with a Gini coefficient of between 0.9 and 1.2. This episode is available as an article in the Neoliberal at Renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com. Renaldo is the auth or of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty and Resistance available worldwide in all formats. Subscribe to the show for free at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal and support us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support. The Neoliberal Corporation, Serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges.

Is Relative Deprivation theory key to dealing with and understanding crime and violence? What is Relative Deprivation? What does it have to do with Crime and Violence? This was part of my Lecture presentation recently to a group of students in my class. I lay out argument in the podcast which will be available as an essay in renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com later. We conclude the podcast with a segment entitled "The Hero Within Life’s Journey", where I share a thought in prose about "the hero of life". 

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Question: Is Penn State a Philly school? Yes, and No. Technically, they are within the greater Philadelphia region and are closely connected to the city. There is a deep symbiotic relationship between the college and the city, in that both the students and staff at the college and the Philly residents consider the school to be a Philly school. Moreover, locals are fed into the school and enjoy some discounts from living in Philly and attending the University. However, geographically, the school is located right at the border of Philadelphia and Abington, where the school is actually located. But relationships go beyond borders and boundaries, and such is the terms of their proximity. 

We met up with some students from Penn State for the Podcast series and asked: “What’s life Like Living in Philadelphia” or your city and how do they compare? What is lifelike at Penn State? The 1st group of students we talked with were four young men; one resides in D.C. and the others are from Philly, but they all live on the campus. They were all concerned about the violence in Philly but said that they are in the nicer parts, but yet find it exciting and fun in Philly city despite the violence. Another young man in the group said that he was scared for his life and loved ones. The 2nd group of students were international students from China who revealed that they wanted to stay in the U.S. after they completed their studies at Penn State. We discussed with them that this may be possible with the new decision by the courts allowing international students to work in the country after they graduate. According to the article we obtained from Georgetown University LinkedIn page: “A U.S. appeals court has affirmed a federal program that allows international students to live and work in the U.S. after they graduate — a decision that Georgetown and 150 other universities advocated for in a 2021 amicus brief. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a 2016 update to the federal government’s Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, which allows international students to work in the U.S. for up to three years after they complete their degree,” (https://bit.ly/3VbIGcjvia Georgetown University LinkedIn Page, on 10/11, 2021, see the full article at Georgetown Applauds U.S. Appeals Court Decision To Allow International Students To Work in U.S. - Georgetown University). 

We then transitioned to the next segment where we interviewed a young lady, Destiny, while at Chick-Fi-La Northeast Philadelphia, who stated that she wanted to move out of Philly because it is “unsafe”. When asked, where would you move to? She replied, “to Miami”. We then discussed whether Miami is actually the best place for certain demographics and the standard of living there and minimum wage. After the discussion, she stated that it is something that she needs to explore further but wants to go to Penn State University and is exploring that possibility. After our interview with Destiny the other college students, it leads us to ask, “What About Students from Non HBCU’s? Such as Penn State, Georgetown & Penn? We raise that question & discuss this issue in segment 4 of the episode due to yet another Stephen A Smith’s backed, ESPN/Firsttake program that supports HBCU students. There has been a myriad of programs and awareness surrounding HBCU’s but there are black and brown students who are doing well at non HBCU’s who need support and help but there has been little to none.

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What can Judges do to help prevent recidivism and how can we make our society better? The Neoliberal Round Podcast met up with the Hon. Judge Stephanie M. Sawyer who was a speaker at the Day of Community Enlightenment in Germantown Philadelphia. We interviewed some of the attendees, local business talent promoting their craft. Ms. Jackson, author of “I’m not hypocrite I’m human,” talked about the event at the beginning and provided insights into the aim of the program.

Who is Hon. Juliet M. Sawyer? Hon. Stephanie Sawyer

Although Stephanie M. Sawyer was born in Queens, New York, her home city is the City of Philadelphia where she was raised and has continuously lived since, she was a very little girl.  She is a product of the Philadelphia public school system attending J.R. Masterman, Philadelphia High School for Girls, and she went on to earn her undergraduate and law degrees from Temple University.  Judge Sawyer is a single parent of two children who was raised by a single parent where she learned her commitment to the community and her understanding that hard work is the key to success.

Judge Sawyer is currently a Municipal Court Judge in Philadelphia County, having her judicial nomination confirmed by the state senate on June 30, 2014, she was then sworn in on July 16, 2014.  Prior to this appointment, Judge Sawyer was the sole practitioner of her own Center City based law office which she maintained for almost two decades.

What was interesting was the passion with which she shared about how judges were part of the problem and how they can be part of the solution in relation to incarcerations, convictions and the mitigating recidivism. She talked about her efforts as a Judge and member of society and community to raise awareness and provide opportunities to vulnerable populations and those re-entering society to develop certain literacy skills, such as business and critical thinking. In fact, she revealed that she will be launching a foundation to this end in the beginning of November 2022, (Th Neoliberal Round Podcast will be present at the event.)

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News commentary, Biden Overhaul’s Marijuana Policy, OPEC Slashes Oil Output Ahead of US Mid-Terms, is it strategy to interfere in US Politics? What does pharasaicalism have to do with Republicans and duplicity? Is it on abortion? And What is Relative Deprivation? What does it have to do with Crime and Violence? We raise and answer these questions on the podcast episode today as we provide commentary on several major news surrounding "Duplicity, Politics and An Introduction To Relative Deprivation-in relation to crime and violence. The episode is split up in several segments. Each segment is interspersed with beautiful background transition music from Spotify and Anchor. The Episode also has curious, dramatic and dynamic background music mixed in original sound and noise to enhance your listening pleasure and experience. The Segments include:

1. Preface to the Episode

2. Introduction to News Commentary 

3. Duplicity is to "do as I say, but not as I do"

4. Introduction to News Commentary Cont'd

5. News Commentary: President Joe Biden Overhauls US Policy on Marijuana, Reverses Federal Offences.

6. News Commentary: OPEC plans to cut oil outputs by 2 millions barrels per day, is this a strategy to interfere in US Politics-Mid-term elections?

7. News Commentary: OPEC plans to cut oil outputs by 2 millions barrels per day, is this a strategy to interfere in US Politics-Mid-term elections? Cont'd

8. News Commentary: OPEC plans to cut oil outputs by 2 millions barrels per day, is this a strategy to interfere in US Politics-Mid-term elections? Cont'd

9. News Commentary: OPEC plans to cut oil outputs by 2 millions barrels per day, is this a strategy to interfere in US Politics-Mid-term elections? Conclusion

10. Announcement: Philly Homes For Youth is looking for an Organizer and the issue of Homelessness. 

11. Segment Introduction

12. What's Life Like Living in Philadelphia: Host of the Series Recounts being nervous while conducting interview with BDOT in the store days before BDOT was killed in said store. 

13. Duplicity, Politics, Pharasaicalism and Introduction to Relative Deprivation

14. Wrap Up.

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This is a Video Trailer of the Series, "What's Life Like Living In Philadelphia" where we have been interviewing Philadelphians all across the city for the podcast series. Parts 1 to 3 is available and Part 4 will be out later this evening October 11, 2022. This trailer is also available in audio on all major streams including Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Podvine, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Radio Public, the Alexa App etc. The Video is available only on Spotify but can also be accessed on YouTube via #Renaldovids and our social media feeds (@ #renaldomckenzie, #renaldocmckenzie, #theneoliberalcorporation on Twitter, facebook, tiktok, LinkedIn and Reddit. 

This video was shot on location in Germantown where B-Dot who was just interviewed on the Podcast series was murdered inside the very store we conducted his interview. We talk about this on this trailer episode, which is an excerpt to Part 4 of the episode, What's It Like Living In Philadelphia. The episode will be released later this evening October 11, 2022 US Easter standard time. 

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This is a Bonus video podcast to Part 4 of What's Life Like Living in Philadelphia (and is available in video on Spotify and audio on all podcast streams and the Alexa App). We are doing a Podcast series on "What's It Like Living In Philadelphia". On the first part of the series, we got an interview with B-Dot a young man who frequents the Yahay's Conveinent Store in Germantown Philadelphia at the corner of Chelten and Chew. That was on September 29, 2022 that we conducted the interview inside the store. We attached the audio interview with him at the beginning of this bonus video podcast. Yesterday, October 11th, 2022, my producer and I were stopped at the store where we did the interview with him and noticed a placard on the store with pictures and people going up to write on the placard. I had just heard that a young man was shot and killed in the store, so I got out the car and went up to the store-wall with the placard and as I got closer I realized it was the same young man we interviewed just days ago who commented that Philly was dangerous but that he loved it in Philly and that to be safe we gotta stay to ourselves, know our company and stay around good people. It was quite shocking! while there we met two loved of his closest friends, a mother and daughter whose son/sibling was B-Dot's best friend. We did a video interview with these close family friend, which is available on the Spotify platform, and via our Youtube channel: renaldovids and our social media feeds at Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok (at #renaldomckenzie or #renaldocmckenzie). The audio is available on all other podcast streams such as Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Radio Public, Google Podcast, Podvine, the Alexa App, renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com. You may subscribe for free at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal and donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support.