There’s too much violence
in black communities:
Is there an answer?
Hint: Values Matter © 2017
Part 2
In the long term, the black community is overdue for a second cultural revolution. The first cultural revolution was the “Black is Beautiful” cultural revolution. The second cultural revolution has to focus on black parenting, which has been horrific in many respects. Bad parenting needs to be called out.
When you think about it, so many of the problems African Americans face are actually symptoms and the effects of bad parenting.
When you look at our abysmal school drop-out rates, the parent(s) has to share much of the blame. How can a young person expect to be employable if he/she has dropped out of school and doesn’t have the skills to get a decent job? A child comes into the world with a blank slate. The parent can impress upon that child socially acceptable values that will lead to the child’s success, or the parent can impress a victim’s mindset.
Like the first cultural revolution, the second one needs to be promoted. Let us promote it in the following ways:
• In music.
• In television program.
• In movies.
• In barber and beauty shops.
• On talk radio.
• In conversations with each other.
• In books.
• In magazines.
• In tweets and posts.
In sum, let us promote the idea that values matter, not just in other communities, but in our communities too. No one group or political party has a monopoly on values. All decent people have values. Like other parents, black parents also are responsible for teaching their children values.
The result will be safer and more prosperous black communities that will also diminish the desire of some of us to move 20 or 30 miles away from each other just to live in more peaceful neighborhoods.
in black communities:
Is there an answer?
Hint: Values Matter © 2017
Part 2
In the long term, the black community is overdue for a second cultural revolution. The first cultural revolution was the “Black is Beautiful” cultural revolution. The second cultural revolution has to focus on black parenting, which has been horrific in many respects. Bad parenting needs to be called out.
When you think about it, so many of the problems African Americans face are actually symptoms and the effects of bad parenting.
When you look at our abysmal school drop-out rates, the parent(s) has to share much of the blame. How can a young person expect to be employable if he/she has dropped out of school and doesn’t have the skills to get a decent job? A child comes into the world with a blank slate. The parent can impress upon that child socially acceptable values that will lead to the child’s success, or the parent can impress a victim’s mindset.
Like the first cultural revolution, the second one needs to be promoted. Let us promote it in the following ways:
• In music.
• In television program.
• In movies.
• In barber and beauty shops.
• On talk radio.
• In conversations with each other.
• In books.
• In magazines.
• In tweets and posts.
In sum, let us promote the idea that values matter, not just in other communities, but in our communities too. No one group or political party has a monopoly on values. All decent people have values. Like other parents, black parents also are responsible for teaching their children values.
The result will be safer and more prosperous black communities that will also diminish the desire of some of us to move 20 or 30 miles away from each other just to live in more peaceful neighborhoods.