Environment also has a lot to do with it, more blacks would succeed with better role models and a role model should not be classified as the dude who wears the most bling, has the best $4,000 rims on a $1,000 dollar car, or can rap and take it to the hoop the best. And although I love sports, too many blacks see it as there only ticket out without focusing on education then wonder how they got left behind in the ghetto when their knee, shoulder, or elbow blow out.
Bill Cosby said it best: Black parents will not think twice about buying their kids $250 dollar sneakers but cringe at the $150 dollar cost of Hooked on Phonics.
My daughter is in Middle School and we drive her to school every morning yet the school bus and transportation are free and almost 1/2 of all the absences are the black kids attending her school. So what is holding these children back knowing the education is free, transportation is free, food at school is free, and my company was one of many who donated thousands of dollars in free school supplies. It's not the kids, it's the parents period or lack there of since most have multiply kids by different fathers and no family values, just more of the same.
Heck most unwed ghetto mom's / dad's don't even give a #### about their kids, they do mostly one of 2 things. 1, If the child doesn't listen, he must have ADHD, hey I can now claim maximum benefits with a mentally challenged kid or 2, If the kid is fine, turn over custody to the grandparents so they can receive max benefits. (Saw this a lot when I volunteered with the Red Cross). And with no real family structure, 6 grandparents, 5 different baby daddy, dumb asses with 6 kids by 5 different woman, etc. etc. it's no wonder role models are almost non existent for today's ghetto youth, in particular the African Americans.
Regardless of everything, it's still no excuse for bad behavior...
