Bill Cosby had the wisdom to CHANGE from an Al Sharpton fan, to a person who has decided to look at the facts and do something positive.
Firstly, many Black Preachers, False Priests, Liberals, and the Democrats have to stop blaming the problems of Black-Male Un-Employment and Violent Crime, on Whitey. “Black Leaders,” such as Sharpton, Jackson, Pfleger, and other Hate Mongers only enrich themselves and exacerbate the societal pathologies.
2007 FBI Statistics show that Blacks murder at a rate that is 5 times higher than the White Murder rate. Most Black crime is committed on other Blacks. Preachers like Wright and Pfleger are an important part of what causes Black Crime rates. They, in their own ways, would seem to be accessories to these crimes.
As I approach my 80th year, I can remember the poverty and near poverty conditions of the mass of working White folk as I grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. They lived very hard lives, but their children got first class educations in both Public and Parochial Schools. Most of their children went form a “survival” living standard, to a “millennium” Living Standard, in one generation.
I lived on the edge of Harlem; and many evenings would walk with friends and relatives the 4 miles up thru Harlem to watch the Giants play Baseball in the Polo Grounds at night. After the game, we walked back down thru Harlem. In those days blacks and whites could walk safely in black or white neighborhoods without fear. There was no fear of crime. Poor neighborhoods were safe! (The first time I ever heard of a MUGGING was about 1958.The Age of Liberalism blaming Crime on Poverty had started.)
Why? My opinion is that one of the reasons is that Black Ministers of those days preached peace, morality, education, and better days ahead. The second is that Teachers and Police enforced the rules on all peoples equally.
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The lowering of standards in Education is a most important reason for black male un-employment and improper use of the English language. I once had a co-worker who had immigrated to this country in 1909 from a Jewish farm community in Eastern Poland. When he came here he was 8 years of age; didn’t speak English and didn’t speak Polish; he only spoke Yiddish. He went to Public School on the Lower East Side; was put in a First Grade Class; he was told by the teacher, thru a fellow student, that he could only speak English in the Classroom. After about six months, he was punished with a Yardstick whenever he made a mistake in his English. After a year and a half, he spoke a very good English. If a person doesn’t speak good English, he is going to have trouble in his/her Education, self-esteem, and employment.
Another co-worker, who had emigrated to the Lower East side about the same time from Sicily, when he was two years old, had a similar experience. When he entered first grade he could not speak English, only Sicilian. He remembers being beaten with a Red Pointer for the same reasons as the Jewish fellow. He also learned good English usage in a very short time.
I know of a school in the SouthBronx, that today educates “inner-city” boys in the poorest Congressional District in the Nation. All 108 of this year’s graduates had NY State Regents Diplomas; 107 of them will attend Accredited 4 year Colleges; one young man decided against College because he wants to become an Electrician. One of them won a four-year Scholarship to Harvard.
Why is this school so successful? When students enter the school, they leave the “street” outside. English, Mathematics and American History are heavily emphasized. Self-Dicipline is the rule. High standards are enforced; bright futures are expected.
This is no “baby-sitting” venture. In my opinion, the National Public School System must change to some form of this system to benefit all American Students, and, in particular, Black American School Children.
High Standards, High Society; Low Standards, No Society!
If Mr. Hutchison wants a solution, he must stop looking for excuses; he must insist on a disciplined and effective Education System; stop blaming others; stop ”Religious Preachers” from spewing Hate for a living; and insist Communities work with Authorities to stop violent Crime! That is CHANGE!
Sincerely, Jack Brennan
