Posted on 03/28/2009 2:36:54 PM PDT by Michael Eden
ladyjane, you are right, of course.
The sad thing is that the black family was a strong community before the advent of the 60’s and the liberals desire to “help”.
Blacks are victims, but not of white society, but of liberal policies. They can recover, but not until they take back control of their families and communities by throwing off the yoke of government intervention.
At this point I’m not ready to agree that liberals are to blame. Blacks themselves have a responsibility to behave lawfully and responsibly.
You yourself said your kids had some really decent black friends. How did they escape the liberal manipulation? Perhaps because of personal responsibility?
Years ago, someone here on FR asked: How is it that boat people can come to this country not speaking English and with no money and within two years own a couple of nail salons and drive BMWs?
We live in the land of opportunity. If you can’t make it here, you can’t make it anywhere. Blaming the liberals for massive failure is a dead end.
p.s. I’m reminded of a kid in the first grade who is uncontrollable. The parents want to blame everybody - the school, the teachers, the policies. In fact, it’s the kid who needs to shape up.
In regards to both your responses. My point is exactly that the liberal policies of the 60’s worked to displace fathers and therefore fractured the family. The family is the bulwark of a stable society.
At this point with what we know, blacks have to take back their own dignity and realize that they have not been helped by government entitlement policies. Bill Cosby had it right and it’s funny how now that Obama has been elected, Bill has been silent.
These boys and others that my children know and have been friends with come from intact families with strong fathers and mothers who reject the BS victimology of the liberals and encourage and support their children’s education and work ethic. This is true for the successful white kids they know as well.
The first grader is not served when excuses are made, it will only allow further bad behavior. It is the parents though that must reject victimhood, otherwise, they are setting him up for failure.
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