Bfgrn
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Being prepared is one of the first things I learned in school, in fact it's second nature to me.
Then my first question JeannieD; if you do prepare, how could you possibly be right leaning? The truth has a very liberal bias.
Your turn: Has Obama exacerbated the racial divide, or has he helped to close the gap? What steps has he taken?
I don't believe President Obama has exacerbated the racial divide. As a matter of fact, I give him credit for calling out black fathers for not living up to their responsibilities.
Maybe your right wing sources just forgot to tell you?
Obamas Fathers Day Remarks
excerpt:
Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.
But if we are honest with ourselves, well admit that what too many fathers also are is missing missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it.
You and I know how true this is in the African-American community. We know that more than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled doubled since we were children. We know the statistics that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and twenty times more likely to end up in prison. They are more likely to have behavioral problems, or run away from home, or become teenage parents themselves. And the foundations of our community are weaker because of it.
How many times in the last year has this city lost a child at the hands of another child? How many times have our hearts stopped in the middle of the night with the sound of a gunshot or a siren? How many teenagers have we seen hanging around on street corners when they should be sitting in a classroom? How many are sitting in prison when they should be working, or at least looking for a job? How many in this generation are we willing to lose to poverty or violence or addiction? How many?
Yes, we need more cops on the street. Yes, we need fewer guns in the hands of people who shouldnt have them. Yes, we need more money for our schools, and more outstanding teachers in the classroom, and more afterschool programs for our children. Yes, we need more jobs and more job training and more opportunity in our communities.
But we also need families to raise our children. We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception. We need them to realize that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child its the courage to raise one.
There is no sin except stupidity.
Oscar Wilde