February 24, 2003 at 12:00 am #18504
valerie
Member
Have you ever been to a probation office? I had occasion to go to one on business. What a mess: 90 percent of the people there were black. They don’t know how to say hello, goodbye, yes ma’am, no sir or much else without a grunt or a grumble. They can’t seem to fill out the paperwork or have an appropriate response to a question. You mentioned that you teach your children empathy. These people who make up a lot of the black community haven’t been taught to read or write, much less basic behaviors. Most don’t have positive role models. You’re not going to fix something that has been broken for a long time.