[Kal3ido]

Im not implying that evey single African American has bad values. And other race's don't have any either. I lived in a couple different places in NYC and(going of my personal experiences) 80% of the black kids have bad values or none at all. They limit them selves to what they see on tv and what goes on around them. Since everyone is so intent on giving there opinions. So your parents instilled good values into you, what about my parents? They installed good ones into us, but out of the three, Im the only one succeeding. Im not saying because I didnt have a picket fence, that it means my parents did not install go values into us. Yes! I have been in trouble with the law, was never in that top 50% of my class and I even been suspended from school on accounts. I never stole, or been disrespectable though. Believe me, I worked hard to get to where I am at now. I rose above what everyone thought I would be, which is pretty much nothing. I always been told it takes a village to raise a child. If that's the case, then if I live in a negative enviroment almost all my life, your thinking might also turn to these negative way's. I never had anyone else, but my mom to encourage me to do better and push me forward. Believe you me, I have seen rock bottom and that's where most of my African American friends are. They either have babies and are not trying to do anything with themselves or their dead. It's not impossiable to rise up against the odds and do better, im a prime example and so are many others. Maybe I'll record my daily life and put it on you tube or something. This would also make a great debate for my club, lol