Posted on 03/01/2014 4:18:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
ON THURSDAY afternoon, two couples sat stoically in a White House audience filled with those working to change the lives of black and Latino boys. That the parents of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis, two boys whose shooting deaths outraged a nation, could reach through their grief to take in President Obama's vision for saving other sons speaks to their resilience. More importantly, it speaks volumes to all of us.
It speaks to the fact that Obama's new initiative for boys of color, "My Brother's Keeper," will require much more than the $200 million-plus foundations will spend to effect change. It speaks to the fact that we must commit to something much deeper than money.
We need commitment by parents to be present in the lives of their children. We need commitment by the media to cover images that move beyond stereotypes. We need commitment by our political representatives to set aside their ideological banners and pick up the mantle of leadership. Most of all, we need commitment from boys of color to live up to the standard of excellence, rather than living down to the code of the streets.
We all share the blame for the quandary facing boys of color, because most of us have watched silently as the statistics have piled up against them. Consider this: One of two black boys and one of four Latino boys grows up fatherless, which makes them far more likely to be poor. Boys of color are more likely than their white counterparts to be suspended or expelled from school. This leads to higher dropout rates, which leads to higher incarceration rates, and ultimately leads to an adulthood in which they are less likely to participate in the workforce.
"We've become numb to these statistics," Obama said...
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
In a move to also appease the LGBT crowd, Obama will starting a similar program called “My Brother’s Keester”
One in four is NOT twice as high as one in two.
LOL!
Perfect name for a Socialist piece of crap like this.
"My Fellow Bruthas Suckin at the Government Teat" would be a much more practical name.
As long as this is funded by leftist foundations, I could care less. Since this is about as racist as one can get, NO taxpayer dollars should be used.
Are they not aware that he murdered his brother?
This is surrealistic.
Do you really think it won’t be long before this is government funded to the tune of multiple billions of dollars?
Pastor James David Manning would be an excellent man to head this effort.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1sJDhJ-6iE
You betcha!
Calling Pastor Manning
The media's been lying for the black community for years. The MSM has covered so completely that we know a crime has been committed by a black person BECAUSE any mention of race will be missing...
Solomon Jones should be making a plea that everyone - blacks, whites, the press etc. should START TELLING the TRUTH. That's the 'start' that could help solve the black communities problems.
Consider this: One of two black boys and one of four Latino boys grows up fatherless, which makes them far more likely to be poor.
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Well, then, someone needs to head up an initiative aimed at the girls. This program could tell them what their mothers have apparently failed to convey, i.e., that a woman should not sleep with a man to whom she is not married. Pretty sure such a program, if successful would bring the percentage of illegitimate births pretty dang close to zero.
...program, if successful = program, if successful,
It probably will be. I’d like to see a court challenge based on race.
Keepin’ your bro’ up with a steady supply of EBT supplied purple drank between Knockout rounds. Mo’ bettah than joblock.
Of course it isn’t...I was paying more attention to the message than the math.
Maybe those in the race hustling business have, but we conservatives have been warning about it for years, and have been called 'racists' for doing so.
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