We have all heard of the culture of victimization so prevalent in African American communities today, leading to Afro American youngsters who want to do well in school and make something of themselves being called “uncle Toms” and worse, but this is shocking nonetheless:
Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties has ramped up pressure on Chicago officials to address chronic violence that has led to dozens of deaths of city teens each year.
The graphic video of the afternoon melee emerged on local news stations over the weekend, showing the fatal beating of Derrion Albert, a sophomore honor roll student at Christian Fenger Academy High School. His death was the latest addition to a rising toll: More than 30 students were killed last school year, and the city could exceed that number this year.
Prosecutors charged four teenagers Monday with fatally beating Albert, who was walking to a bus stop when he got caught up in the mob street fighting, authorities said.
Although America was indeed once a racist society, things have changed dramatically. Whites are no longer African Americans’ biggest problem: they themselves are.
If African Americans truly want to improve their collective lot in life they have to aggressively deal with gangs, the culture of victimization and of self-destruction.
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