The No. More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. And the studies show that lack of a male role model is an express train right to prison and the cycle continues. What Lemon describes is a culture problem. It's not that there isn't culture, it's whether or not it is the type that truly promotes human flourishing.
Watching videos like the one below, our hearts go out to any mom or dad hopefully, both trying to raise a child right in such carnage. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College where he studied history and political science. Prior to co-founding Charlemagne Institute, he served as the Director of Development at the Center of the American Experiment, a state-based think tank in Minnesota. Devin is a contributor to local and national newspapers, a frequent guest on a variety of talk shows, such as Minneapolis' KTLK and NPR's Talk of the Nation, and regularly shares culture and education insights presenting to civic groups, schools, and other organizations.
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Offenders by Age: Offenders by Race: The data on offenders also tells a troubling story: Young, Black males are overwhelmingly committing most of the murders. Looking at the troubling statistics, is it reasonable to be reminded of Don Lemon's a Black, CNN anchor somewhat famous and controversial comments during the George Zimmerman acquittal in "'Black people,' Lemon said, 'if you really want to fix the problem, here's just five things that you should think about doing.
Add a Comment. Join the conversation This trap of a culture of gun violence in black youth went unaddressed from to , and for decades before and in the years since.
How could the president do nothing in his home? Here we are in , one week after a highly bloody Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, during the Coronavirus outbreak and during violent protests around the nation over the Floyd death during an arrest.
Most of these ridiculous liberal fantasy ideas come from who? Woke white people. The people who think they are helping black people are getting innocent people, mostly black, shot, assaulted, and killed. Kevin Downey, Jr. Is a comedian and columnist. When he isn't writing or performing on stage he is collecting surf records and perhaps practicing his mixologist skills at his tiki bar. His apartment, the Atomic Bunker, looks like it was furnished from George Jetson's garage sale.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. All rights reserved News Punch. About Latest Posts. Baxter Dmitry. Baxter Dmitry is a writer at News Punch. He covers politics, business and entertainment. By ignoring mass murder in Chicago, white liberals feel better — about themselves. Because when it comes to the slaughter of black young men, liberals in general and liberal journalists in particular fear that playing up this kind of bad news could give ammunition to bigots, who might use the information to bolster their already nasty opinions of African Americans.
More than 70 percent of black kids are born to single mothers in America. It seems that white liberal guilt knows no limits, thought it should be noted that conservatives try to stay clear of issues like fatherlessness too.
But so do the nameless victims who are gunned down every day in places like Chicago.
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