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Old 11-26-2017, 07:49 PM
 
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It starts at the home. It starts at home. It starts with how you raise your children. If a young man doesn’t have a father figure, he’ll go find a father figure,” the Academy Award-winner told reporters at the Dan Gilroy-directed film’s New York premiere, the New York Daily News reports.

“So you know I can’t blame the system. It’s unfortunate that we make such easy work for them,” Washington said.



“I grew up with guys who did decades (in prison), and it had as much to do with their fathers not being in their lives as it did to do with any system,” said Washington, whose character finds himself working in the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. “Now I was doing just as much as they were, but they went further.”



whoa, first Susan Sarandon. and now Denzel goes against the liberal mantra. I wonder who is next


Denzel Washington to Black America: Stop Blaming the Prison System, 'It Starts at Home'
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Old 11-26-2017, 07:50 PM
 
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I thought RWNJs gave no credence to celebrities
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Old 11-26-2017, 07:55 PM
 
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whoa, first Susan Sarandon. and now Denzel goes against the liberal mantra. I wonder who is next


Denzel Washington to Black America: Stop Blaming the Prison System, 'It Starts at Home'
Thank you for being open and honest. Mr. Washington. You are a true hero to Americans.
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Old 11-26-2017, 10:55 PM
 
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That comes down to women having kids with father figures and not "bad boys" who are an obviously bad choice from the start. This is especially true in low income areas. Does he have a gambling problem? Big drinker? Wandering eyes? The type who's wanted by lots of women? I thought so.
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Old 11-26-2017, 11:00 PM
 
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That comes down to women having kids with father figures and not "bad boys" who are an obviously bad choice from the start. This is especially true in low income areas. Does he have a gambling problem? Big drinker? Wandering eyes? The type who's wanted by lots of women? I thought so.
How about the kids of the wealthy who think they can do what they want, when they want and get away with it because their family pays and bails them out.
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Old 11-26-2017, 11:24 PM
 
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whoa, first Susan Sarandon. and now Denzel goes against the liberal mantra. I wonder who is next


Denzel Washington to Black America: Stop Blaming the Prison System, 'It Starts at Home'
Against the liberal mantra?

Text of Obama's fatherhood speech:

https://www.politico.com/story/2008/...-speech-011094
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Old 11-26-2017, 11:29 PM
 
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How about the kids of the wealthy who think they can do what they want, when they want and get away with it because their family pays and bails them out.
The Haven Monahan menace.
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Old 11-26-2017, 11:42 PM
 
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How about the kids of the wealthy who think they can do what they want, when they want and get away with it because their family pays and bails them out.
Perhaps you should start a "Rich Kids Gone Bad" thread and open that issue up for discussion.
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Old 11-26-2017, 11:53 PM
 
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They will now come after Denzel just like they came after Cosby when he started preaching about personal responsibility. Few things are as vile to the left as a black expressing conservative positions.
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Old 11-27-2017, 12:15 AM
 
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It's both.

The lack of parental involvement contributes to the odds of a kid ending up in prison.

The legal system contributes to the difficulty of breaking that cycle.
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