reality we deal with in this country and all communities but in the black community. we can separate. i don t want to get into the spicks an data. he uses top line, 30 foot view, the birthrate is actually about 50% with blended families, et cetera for the black community, but that also reflects a split between the urban environment and the suburban environment, which began when more college graduates came out of the 80s. overall, we have lost our way when it comes to the family structure and the family structure that then is followed by the educational structure. we have a generation of parents biologically, they may be patien parents, but educationally, they weren t always the best qualified parent. we see that playing out in the you younger people. we talk about the influence of hollywood, their idolization of basketball players, rappers, football players, when in fact
there s much broader in this american mosaic, a variety of people to choose from. by the way, to go to dr. king s message about church, yes, the family culture is important, yes, the church structure is important. here s the reality. if church was the only solution, and yoi don t think she propose that j a part of no. one of the facets of this we should have a new bussing program to bus them all to church. what we need to do is get the black community to buy back into the value proposition that is america that is our success, that has made others, regardless of ethnicity, a successful part of this country. we ve lost that. the leadership has failed. the president may be able to open the door with a microphone but it really has to be held at the community level. we have to put aside the leaders and those that claim to be leaders and sit down as families and as people and begin to have honest real and open