Who Cares About The Black Children?
I recently visited Murii
• cipal Court to testify on
behalf of a friend. While I
sat waiting for my friend’s
case to come up, I thought I
was going to vomit from
the dismal show I saw
apted out on, Jbe courtroom
stage. It disturbed me"
when I found that I could
discern the stories to-be—
valderdash long before the
judge ruled thmg^Sases.
Some of these incredible
stories were excellent can
didates for the Buffoonery
Hall of Shame. My nausea
was exacerbated as I
watched young blacks pa
role in one after another
for an assortment of
crimes. I wondered bow
many of those young blacks
might not have been fight- '
mg to avoid prison terms
had their parents given
them a few good spank
ings when they were
little children.
As I watched the young
blacks plead their cases, I
recalled the rash of home
break-ins and small article
thefts that have plagium
my own neighborhood. I
was haunted by the
thought, “Who is to i»i*wh»
for the destruction of the
black community’s future
here tn this courtroom
today?” This question was
quickly answered when I
looked around at die other
people observing the pro
ceedings. Clearly the Mack
parents bear the brunt of
the responsibility for their
young people being harshly
incarcerated.
When I was a child, if I
had brought something
strange into the house I had
better been able to tell my
parents where it came
from. If I could not give a
credible story to explain
.how this -strange object
came into my possession,
I got a whipping. Further
more, my parents would
get the truth out of me and
the object was returned to
its rightful owner. We
thought at the time our
parents were too strict, yet
we never got into trouble
with the law for stealing,
booking hack on my pa
rents’. policies, I give
thanks that they were real
ly interested enough in
their children to see that
we didn’t start a life of
crime.
However, I can remem
ber my oldest brother
getting my father hauled
down to court because be
had done something stupid
and he knew he would ha ve
to undergo Papa’s wrath. I
can still hear nay father’s
comments when he came
home. He said, “I told that
judge if he sent that boy
home I was going to whip
him." Papa kept his word
and he never had to go to
court again, for childhoold
foolishness.
My father’s actions do
offer some guidance on
what might help to stem
some of the crime pro
blems currently frlagiring
the Mack community. Dad
was infuriated that he had
to lose a day’s wages over
my brother’s foolishness.
He took immediate action
to see that he didn’t ha veto
repeat this experience.
Father further demonstrat
ed accountability for his
child’s actions.
I feel the ultra-liberals t
have sold the black com
munity a bill of goods
whereby they have gotten
many Macks believing my
father\actions are extra
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blacks were culturally
deprived so their parents
are not expected to act in
the best interest of their
children.
I also feel that the
public school teachers
*hQMkU»y* the, .authority
to dole out coporal
punishment without fear of
major legal cases.
My. feelings can be
summed up in .three state
ments: Blacks with no self
esteem means dollars in
the pockets of the poverty
pimps. Ignorant blacks
insure job security for the
super liberals. Intelligent
blacks means black heirs
to the American bounty.
Will Black America ac
cept the challenge of the
future or will they remain
the laughingstock of the
nation because their fa
'mily structure is on the
verge ' of imminent
collapse?
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