Club 2012: Black parents who made sure their sons succeeded in school

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by natalayjones

So being black and growing up on the southside automatically equates to being a hoodlum?
My son's developmental peditrician grew up in the robert taylor homes...he must be the one that got away

Statistically yes. I mean why do folks love to use anecdotes?

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by MiamiRob

To white people it does seem to be anomaly! I guess they forgot what skin color our current President is!

Um no black people were involved in raising Obama. Another fail.

[Jerseyt719]

I always say education starts at home. You show your children how important it is by the amount of support you give. Staying on top of kids' grades and work and demanding their best is really all it takes.

Kudos to these parents.

[residinghere2007]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

Statistically yes. I mean why do folks love to use anecdotes?

I would like to see your statistics that growing up on the southside of Chicago means that you will be a hoodlum. I know a lot of people who grew up in various southside neighborhoods (the whole of the southside is not "the hood" BTW in case you are not familiar with Chicago and there are a few affluent neighborhoods and one where a large portion of cops and fire fighters live that is predominately white) and very few of them are hoodlums. One of my husband's cousins is in prison and he knew a couple guys who got into gangs, so maybe 5-6 people total and he knows A LOT of people from the southside. Like most statistics on crime and black people, I would bet that those who commit crimes are a minority. Unfortunately a minority of criminals can make a big impact on people though.