I agree with Dr. Carson’s logical thinking. However, I wished he had addressed the important role of a father in the home. Too many black children and white children for that matter are being raised today without two parents in the home to provide guidance and direction. This breakdown of the family structure IMHO has been the biggest reason for the deterioration of our society. And one of the biggest reason for this is that our government rewards such behavior with welfare programs.
Is this what you mean?
Why are there so many young black men in the streets of America with defiant attitudes that frequently lead to incarceration or death? Could it be that a large number of them grow up without a father figure to teach them how to relate to authority and the meaning of personal responsibility? This is not to say that mothers cannot convey these important social lessons...
Or you talkin' bout something else?
What you and the good Doctor are seeing and commenting upon has been the goal of big government builders. Destroying the family unit is extremely effective in that. I think we can declare their success.
Actually Dr Carson did address this farther down in the article
I the 6th paragraph he wrote:
Why are there so many young black men in the streets of America with defiant attitudes that frequently lead to incarceration or death? Could it be that a large number of them grow up without a father figure to teach them how to relate to authority and the meaning of personal responsibility? This is not to say that mothers cannot convey these important social lessons, as mine did. But in too many cases, these young unwed mothers have never themselves been exposed to personal responsibility and self-esteem, and the vicious cycle continues. As a society, we must concentrate on ways to break this tragic cycle that has produced a higher poverty rate in black communities across America with the increasing frustrations that underscore potentially explosive, tinderbox situations, as we have seen in Ferguson.