“That’s what bothers me about high profile Blacks. Of course they shouldn’t be seen as any different than Whites when it comes to issues of wrong-doing, but I want high profile Blacks kids can look up to, emulate.
When a Barack Obama, or a Bill Cosby, or a Charles Barkley, or any other high profile Black acts anti-socially, it gives kids the idea it’s okay unless you get caught.”
I don’t see a lot of young Black men imitating Bill COsby in anyway other than the alleged indiscretions. COme to think of it, I do not see any young Black men behaving like Obama. No matter what we think of him, he tries to impart a professional appearance and a certain ability that is clearly lost to most young people.
Don’t you think Obama has displayed actions that should be shunned by Black youth? Lying, doing unConstitutional things, race baiting, stepping into criminal matters in public, rather than letting the trial take place without that stigma, these are things (at least in part) that foster the beliefs of problematic Black youth. “Hey, even the president believes in White Privilege” and that we’re getting treated unfairly. So it’s okay if we act out. We deserve to!”