ahh, the soft bigotry of low expectations...
“Acting White” by Ron Christie a powerful and sad book about the failure of the black community.
It is the brilliant leadership by example of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and their followers that are responsible for the factoid there are more 18-14 black males in jail than there are in college. Maybe prison trade schools might help the numbers....
Yeeep!!!
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I don’t think the article addressed this, but I’d like to, b/c it makes me quite sick.
Another problem brought about absent fathers is that the boys get coddled by the mom, in essence the boy becomes a surrogate husband. The single black moms spoil the lil boys and sometimes even let them sleep in their bed into their preteens (or maybe later). So it shouldn’t be surprised that such coddled boys dont want to work hard.
And since a lot of black people believe that racism affects black men, not black women, black women get more pressure to succeed. And black women do succeed, at least in the middle class. And then *some* black women have the idea that “I have a job/house/car so I dont need a man” even when there are kids so the low expectation cycle for black men starts all over again this time in the middle class. Not to mention grabbing hold of a woman who is successful (or has a welfare check) is a disincentive for him to work. It’s almost like he’s the woman and she’s wearing the pants.
Im done but ooooh that felt good!!!