[Paradox]

Peer pressure has more of an effect on teenagers than parents and community. The first thing that needs to be addressed is the reality that inner-city school kids are scorned by their peers as acting white if they study and take an interest in school.

Correct, this is largely a cultural problem, first and foremost, of the urban, black community. However this is now extending into non-black communities, like latinos and now white kids. The triumph of YOism..

[wintertime]

Correct, this is largely a cultural problem, first and foremost,
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It is a problem of fatherless kids born to unmarried welfare moms. Unfortunately this cultural dysfunction is spreading into all racial and ethnic groups.

Expect to see the rise of the “Clockwork Orange” generation.