Half marathon race done. Blogging is back on.
The below underscores a huge problem with certain black communities. It is reminiscent of the father that told me that his son, who died while being detailed by customers of a store he was trying to steal from, is just like any other son. And that all black boys steal at some point in their lives and therefore condemning his actions and acknowledging that his son's actions are directly responsible for his own death is "wrong."
I called and continue to call bullshit on that. But he's not alone. From
Miami:
On Thursday, police say Johnson burglarized a home south of 79th Street near I-95 — just blocks away from where he lives.
The 54-year-old woman told police her surveillance system alerted her to the break-in of her home. She said she rushed home and found the teen climbing out of a window.
“She observed a subject leaving the home through the rear,” said police Det. Dan Ferrin.
Just like Michael Brown of Ferguson fame, Even being caught on camera in the act of committing a crime is not enough for folks to shut up. But what marks this as an egregious case of fucked up parenting is this:
“You have to look at it from every child’s point of view that was raised in the hood,” said Harris. “You have to understand… how he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school? You have to look at it from his point-of-view.”
So as long as you were brought up "in the hood" you should be excused from the consequences of criminal behavior. In fact you shouldn't be held to any standard of civilized behavior because you gotta get that money and clothes so you can get this hoes.
