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I have a lot of respect for Jesse Lee Peterson.

He tries to become a positive force for young Black men in his community. He makes a difference in their lives.

It is sad, that this is all that many of them really need, a man there even if an adoptive uncle of sorts to give them good council, keep them busy and out of trouble.

What is unfortunate, is that people in the Black communities are convinced that they have problems nobody else goes through.

“Oh me oh my, my dad isn’t here and the White man did this to us...” On and on it goes, supported by older people who never took any responsibility and can’t let the kid in on that. So they blame the easy patsy for all their problems on Whites or come other boogie man.

White kids are the victims of divorce too. Sometimes they lose both parents early in their lives. Losing a family at three can destroy the primary linkage to relationships for a lifetime. These are very important years for a kid. They will mourn the loss of their parents for years, even decades after the fact.

How are you supposed to develop a relationship to people who may leave? How does this kid process the desire to see his/her parents get back together five years later, not realizing at least one of them is already remarried with replacement kids?

If these kids are lucky, they may see their mom every few months, and their dad once every two or three years. The unlucky ones never see them again. Somehow they survive.

The media loves to play the blame game right along with minorities. It thereby fails them and society by enabling them to do all manner of evil, as if it is justified.

The victims of these enabled kids, are then justified to do things too because something negative happened to them.

Ultimately that’s what “Black Lives Matter” is all about. Blame Whitey because no Black person is capable of taking owner ship of what they and the other members of their race are doing to each other.

Jessie tries to unravel this one young man at a time. He deserves kudos and support.