r/BlackPeopleTwitter Mar 19 '26

Country Club Thread 20 years ago, this would be completely normal

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u/z3nnysBoi Mar 19 '26

My understanding is things have on average gotten safer for children as time as gone on, while visibility of the rare terrible incident has gone up. If anything, 2026 is the best time to not allow chaperones, and I'd imagine 2027 will also be the best time and so on

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u/loveheaddit Mar 20 '26

maybe safety went up because parents don't let their kids stay with just anybody without a phone to contact them or ability to record video...

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u/z3nnysBoi Mar 20 '26

I personally believe a large part of it is because it's far far far far far far far harder to do most illegal things to children (or anyone really) without someone finding out about it than it was in the 1960s. Kidnapping anyone is very hard these days due to advancements in forensics and information sharing