[TonyB06]

Thanks for the article, ST,

I concur w/ the article's theme but the shots at Jackson, Lowry, Mfumi, were unfair. Thug culture defines too many of "our" youth because not enough of US do the job. It's my responsibility to shape the cultural development of my kids and as many as I can influence beyond my home, not Jackson, Lowry, television, et. al. National programs/efforts are nice, but....

I may take a shot for this but I don't get all bent up about "unequal" confinement rates vis-a-vis whites. I'd rather holla and expend energies getting others join the fight to catch children before their minds are criminally-influenced. Restoring once-incarated bros/sisters is important, but it's more important, IMO, to make sure there are less of each category to begin with.

To fix anything requires breaking it down to its component parts. All of the Church community and D9 community early-childhood intervention projects are critically needed (and are still not enough) but we all need to step it up. Nobody's coming to fix our house, so we best get to work.