Posted on 06/19/2025 5:16:26 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
.....Before I became a parent, I thought I’d raise my children with the same firmness that my West Indian teachers used at the small Episcopalian elementary school I attended in Brooklyn, N.Y. They were quick to discipline and had high expectations for us. I figured being strict would help prepare Black children for a world that rarely sees them as innocent — but that was before I became a mother, feeling the heavy responsibility of raising Black boys.
The effects of racism aren’t just for the history books. Black Americans carry the weight of discrimination and injustice from those before us, determined not to pass that trauma on to our children. No matter how hard I try, being their parent often feels like a tough balancing act. I feel caught between protecting them from the harsh realities of life in this country and giving them the opportunities to make mistakes and learn.
As a mother, physician and health equity advocate, I have seen how our health care system affects Black children, who often face longer wait times in emergency rooms, higher chances of being diagnosed incorrectly and a greater risk of not surviving through their first year of life. These health outcomes are connected to wider issues, including education.
For example, a report from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation found that Black boys face systemic bias in schools. Misunderstandings about their behavior in preschool can lead to harsh punishments, robbing them of their chance to learn and play. By middle school, harmful stereotypes can lead to them being excluded from gifted programs, hurting their confidence and interest in school. The Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on affirmative action in college admissions will likely limit opportunities for Black students in fields such as medicine and law.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
And it starts in school, where they are delivered by their parents (okay, mother) without adequate discipline.
Knew a woman who worked in a daycare center. The ‘misunderstanding’ they were dealing with was one black boy his taking things from other kids. If some other kid was playing with something that he wanted he’d just walk up and take it. If the other kid resisted, he’d cold cock him or her. When the mother was brought in for a consult on his behavior she saw nothing wrong with it. Made some comment about the other kids having toys like that at home they could play with, so they needed to get over it. The center finally had to expel her son, which of course in her mind was because he was Black, even though there were many other Black kids at the center. I’m sure that kid will be faced with a long list of ‘misunderstandings’ in his life. One of which will eventually land him in jail or the morgue.
The word “White” did not appear in the article, but if it had, I’ll bet it would have been with a lower case w.
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Mentors and real fathers. Fathers should be mentors.
Exactly.
That entitlement mentality has infected a LOT of the world.
Even with that, most people make mistakes that they only notice AFTER posting. Nearly all online SM platforms now all you to do this, except for FR.
I usually do repost a corrected comment if the mistake is really bad, but I’d rather be able to correct the comment without a duplicate post.
No mention of the father. From her about page. “Dr. Blackstock currently lives in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York, with her two school-age children.”
I bet when she is worried about her kid running down the street with dollar bills showing in his hands, she’s not worried about some white kid taking them from him.
Yah, more BS from an entitled TWOT. Immigrants from “WestIndies” are compeltely different. One culture assimilates and emphasizes growth and adulthood — and intact families. The other arrives with demands and see systematic racism everywhere.
The victim’s “perspective” is irrelevant. Show me the facts.
The sting of truth spot on.
That cannot be a real name.
Not one word about blacks taking responsibility for their own behavior and decisions. As the saying goes: “Always offended, never ashamed.”
She embraces the principles of cultural Marxism by exhuming the rotting or desiccated carcasses of racist expressions from prior generations for the philosophical underpinning supporting White Privilege, Black Lives Matter, and Critical Race Theory. In truth though, the country malingers under a burden of virulent mythologies producing black urban cultures with shattered families, indiscriminate abortion, and rampant criminality. In these cultures, blacks re-segregate themselves and reject Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream of a symphony of brotherhood.
Before this latest resurgence of racist enterprise Thomas Sowell said,” Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists'.”
Im now so fatigued that I stop reading every headline and article when I get to the word “black”.
When my daughter was in elementary school, she a black kid named Michael were always the two best students. When they got to junior high Michael suddenly stopped being a good student and so my daughter asked him about it. He said that making good grades in school would make him look "too white" in his neighborhood, so he chose to be accepted in the hood instead of making something of his life.
P.S. This article of FULL of bull****!
This is the TRUTH......and it’s why America is rejecting the machinations of the Marxist left Democrat Party. They are a curse upon the nation. The vast majority of Americans know it.
Wow! What a great story. Thanks for sharing. Yes, we need much more of this.
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