In the ghetto, better a carjacker than a chemist
by Tironius, created Wednesday, May 07, 2008, with permalink
“Hip Hop” celebrates perversion; better to be a thug than a doctor in certain circles. Cynthia Tucker of Yahoo! News:
Read more: “Thug culture celebrates the worst possible examples—Yahoo! News” If black men like Thiam enthusiastically abandon a passable reputation for the notoriety of a prison record, then black America is in serious trouble. If it is better to be an outlaw than to be a teacher or a chemist or accountant, then young black men will continue to go to prison in record numbers. If it is more acceptable to be violent and reckless than to be a responsible father and husband, then marriage will continue to decline in black communities