A growing concern

I have been watching far too much local news lately. I catch thirty minutes before work, check out the evening news and again watch one of the local news reports before watching the late show. I do not know why I have found the local news so interesting lately, but I have.

One thing that reallu stands out is the amount of murders going on in this city the last couple of months. The main issue with all these murders is that 99.9% of these homicides are being committed by young black men. Not a good sign!

This morning a story about a 15 year old black youth shooting and killing a 28 year old law student when attempting to steal a cell phone. Last week was some sort of drug shoot out where two more black youth were gunned down in the street and the week before someone got shot in the head for refusing to provide a ride downtown.

Over the past month one murder was committed by a white guy, but that was outside the Pittsburgh city limits. In that one the one guy shot the other in a dispute over weed!

Too many murders lately and I hate to say it but way too many by black youths. People scream racism if you point out that the black community needs help raising responsible young adults! However, there is a lack of adequate parenting in the black community and crime follows.

The small minority of sorry ass parents produces enough jail fodder to fill as many jails as the government can build. Then there are the parents who work hard and raise responsible children who become productive members of society. Those are the parents who should be applauded and held up as an example within the black community.

Just the other day I was at the hospital and one of the residents was asking me some questions. He was a black male and I could not help but think how this bright articulate man made it when so many of young blacks fail miserably. I wondered if his parents were wealthy or had college educations. I wanted to know if he went to a public school where it is perceived as "uncool" to excel. So many things swam through my head, but I kept these to myself.

In this age of political correctness i dare not speak such things in public. But, if a few young black men can make it why not a few more. How long will the black community stand by with so many of their young making the wrong decisions. Maybe this is more of an inner city problem, but it affects us all.

Oh well, just my two cents!