Sometimes We Fail
With the current climate, a cry that I hear called out on a regular basis is the question, "How can we prevent our young black men from being gunned down in the streets by the police?"
Parenting is a hard gig. Parenting young black men in one of the most dangerous cities in the world (not to mention one of the most racist cities) is even harder. I can lay out all of the blueprints, plans and ideas that I want, replete with real life examples, and still not solve a perceived problem. Everyone's circumstances are different and you can't just have an ACME Young Black Man's Survival Guide printed and distributed with hopes of a 100% success rate from it's readers. The unfortunate answer to the above opening question is, "We can't". The reason we can't is because sometimes we fail. None of us are perfect…and because this is a fact of life, sometimes things are going to go disastrously wrong. If you were a teacher and someone came up to …
Parenting is a hard gig. Parenting young black men in one of the most dangerous cities in the world (not to mention one of the most racist cities) is even harder. I can lay out all of the blueprints, plans and ideas that I want, replete with real life examples, and still not solve a perceived problem. Everyone's circumstances are different and you can't just have an ACME Young Black Man's Survival Guide printed and distributed with hopes of a 100% success rate from it's readers. The unfortunate answer to the above opening question is, "We can't". The reason we can't is because sometimes we fail. None of us are perfect…and because this is a fact of life, sometimes things are going to go disastrously wrong. If you were a teacher and someone came up to …