Black fathers under microscope

January 8, 2014

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There’s a right way to raise a child and a wrong way. Guess which is which in two stories making news today.

Police Under Fire for Using Video of African American TODDLER to Shed Light on VIOLENCE & THUGS

Unbleeped version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_B0QoRIDTI Police union under fire for using video of swearing African American toddler to shed light on ‘c…

And then there’s this guy,

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“Don’t get me wrong here — it’s a very cute picture, and it’s cool when people say so. However, I start to get a little uncomfortable when people want to start planning parade routes for me because of it. Somewhere there’s a dad doing the exact same thing for his daughters. Somewhere there’s a dad who put his foot down with his boss and refused to attend an ‘urgent staff meeting’ so he could leave work early to attend his daughter’s dance recital. Somewhere there’s a single dad successfully getting his three sons ready for school.”