Before the
next Ferguson Mo. type drama jumps off in another American city or suburb. We
African Americans have to challenge all news and popular culture media to disseminate
positive images of African American men and boys. Also we African Americans have to ensure that
all low income Black boys and teens are well behaved and can read and write at
grade level.
American
citizens need to have a deep discussion on how slavery, racism, discrimination,
bad public schools, the brake down of the Black family, public policy, and the crime
justice system has help create and sustained the Black underclass. Now after that is done we Americans have to
challenge all news and popular culture media to disseminate positive images of low
income African American men and boys.
Also we Americans have help ensure that Black boys can read and write at
grade level.
My hope is
that every police office in the United States would fear political and economic
retribution from an educated and organized Black community if they shoot or
murder any African American.
Marc Sims
Chicago
Black male dropout rates are more than one and a half times
those of white males, and when you look at the percentage of black men who
graduate on time — in four years, not including those who possibly go on to get
G.E.D.s, transfer to other schools or fail grades — the numbers are truly
horrific. Only
about half of these black men graduate on time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/opinion/charles-blow-michael-brown-and-black-men.html
