that number of African-American males of that age have a criminal record
involving violent crime and have made themselves unhirable for life because
they mistakenly thought it would be cool to be "gangstas". Who's fault is that?


Let's not play the blame game. There is enough fault in both the black
community and the country as a whole to go around. I was just pointing out one
of the facts in the "us versus them" dilemma that the original writer was
describing. The community has a choice. You can continue to blame "them," drug
users, minorities, mentally ill, the homeless, etc., or you can choose to do
some little thing to bridge the gap.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)