[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by Steeltrap
Coming from Mr. Cosby, not mocking. I am with the personal responsibility vibe -- that's how I was raised by my older parents. And these days, there's no great benevolent spirit coming to rescue us.

We need to be more critical of our own, including demanding that we strive for excellence in education, and discipline in the home, and try to teach kids that there's a time and place for certain things, and the educational/work environment is not the place to speak "ebonic" dialect, among other things.

Maybe it's easy for me to say because I'm not a parent, but I'm going by what type of values I have.

More importantly, the world has changed and the majority society is definitely suffering from compassion fatigue (as you can see in some posts on GC). Moral appeals don't work anymore, particularly if your own isht isn't together.

I agree ! We are so quick to let our people (i.e entertainers especially) off the hook when it comes to a having a smidgen of accountability, not even realizing that its OUR community that is lacking role models at every turn. Yes, I agree that the first role model in a child's life should be the parent, but what if the parents (which more times will also include their extended family) aren't up to par? We need as may positive role models for our youth (especially black males) as we can get.