Whats really contributing to the quality of life here in Bemidji?

Quality of life has been poor for many in this city for a long time regardless of bar closing. If the city didn’t rely so much on liquor taxes and criminal fines to fund insensitive systematic institutionalized racism and focus more on the disparities that encourage such superficial predicaments, we’d have a lot less of the scenario of internalized oppression that encourages criminal activity, or the false sense of racial superiority complexes contributing to racial tensions here in a community where poverty and oppression are treated with such racist disregard. Discrimination and racism would be less of a predominant factor in the society of Bemidji if accountability was valued more than the ignorant blame that divides this city where racism has been discretely conditioned into the mentality of its citizens. If people put more effort into educating themselves rather than trying to find comfort in ignorance I believe we’d have a balanced society here. Most that acknowledge, partake, and encourage racism here more than likely inherited wealth and opportunity off the exploitation of stolen lands and resources, or the mistreatment of Native people. They should then also inherit the accountability of the injustices we endured and are still enduring to this day by the racism most entrust their livelihoods to. We’re all at fault here, even the oppressed that allow stereotypical behavior to devalue their own quality of lives need to put their energies into preventing this racism from overwhelming their livelihoods. This shouldn’t be a matter of entitlement where the discriminated and oppressed feel obligated to the emasculating entitlement programs or for the over privileged who feel as if their more of a priority in the workforce. People that are racially denied opportunities are prone to poverty, despair and hopelessness. We should all concern ourselves of the suicide rate plaguing our county rather than pushing it into obscurity for such an over exaggerated situation. How much more of the Native youth must we sacrifice for the comfort of the over privileged few that give themselves say on public matters? This leaves those of us that are acute to these predicaments to formulate a conclusion that the county/ city officials and figureheads of the area see more revenue generated through disparities rather than solutions. I’m getting rather tired of using the word racism as well, but I’m getting more tired of seeing it protected and denied when it’s so obvious.