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Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - usmbacker - 11-25-2017 08:55 PM
It’s Not The Justice System, It’s The Upbringing And Lack Of Father Figure
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He speaks the truth....And now he will be called a racist by SJW's and BLM.
Quote:Denzel Washington says upbringing and a lack of father figures are to blame for many young men ending up in jail.
The Oscar winner, 62, was speaking at the premiere of his latest film, Roman J. Israel, Esq., in which he stars as an idealistic defense attorney whose life is upended when his partner, the firm’s front man, dies.
Asked if the film made him feel more cynical about the justice system, the star replied: ‘It starts at home.’
Speaking to NY Daily News, he added: ‘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.
‘So you know I can’t blame the system. It’s unfortunate that we make such easy work for them.’
In an earlier interview, the actor touched upon some of his own experiences growing up.
‘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,’ he told Reuters.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5114739/Denzel-Washington-lack-father-figures.html
Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - Jjoey52 - 11-25-2017 09:23 PM
This is spot on, lots of-problems would never happened dads were involved.
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RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - HeartOfDixie - 11-25-2017 09:25 PM
How about that?
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - Redbanksdog - 11-25-2017 10:53 PM
It's True,
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - Kronke - 11-25-2017 10:56 PM
He'll be labeled by the alt-left as the face of white supremacy by Monday.
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - JDTulane - 11-25-2017 11:30 PM
Why can't it be both...? Lack of strong role models AND a system of oppression ?
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - CliftonAve - 11-25-2017 11:37 PM
As Denzel would say with a laugh, "My man!"
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - ODUsmitty - 11-25-2017 11:41 PM
(11-25-2017 11:30 PM)JDTulane Wrote: Why can't it be both...? Lack of strong role models AND a system of oppression ?
It makes complete sense that you would prefer this approach. You have demonstrated that you are comfortable both with making bets and welching on those very same bets, so why not be comfortable blaming both deadbeat dads and society for failures in personal accountability?
Loser.
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - HeartOfDixie - 11-25-2017 11:43 PM
(11-25-2017 11:41 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:(11-25-2017 11:30 PM)JDTulane Wrote: Why can't it be both...? Lack of strong role models AND a system of oppression ?
It makes complete sense that you would prefer this approach. You have demonstrated that you are comfortable both with making bets and welching on those very same bets, so why not be comfortable blaming both deadbeat dads and society for failures in personal accountability?
Loser.
... no father figure there
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - CliftonAve - 11-25-2017 11:44 PM
(11-25-2017 11:30 PM)JDTulane Wrote: Why can't it be both...? Lack of strong role models AND a system of oppression ?
You would agree with me, wouldn't you, that blacks were more oppressed prior to the end of Jim Crow, yet...
less incarceration
less unemployment
more father's in the home.
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - VA49er - 11-26-2017 06:27 AM
He'll get lambasted for speaking the truth just as Cosby did. Easier to play victim to look inwards and seek to solve problems.
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - SuperFlyBCat - 11-26-2017 07:04 AM
The USA, with the exception of being in the inner circle of some corrupt government circles in Africa, is best country in world for black folks.
Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - JMUDunk - 11-26-2017 08:22 AM
(11-25-2017 08:55 PM)usmbacker Wrote: It’s Not The Justice System, It’s The Upbringing And Lack Of Father Figure
He speaks the truth....And now he will be called a racist by SJW's and BLM.
Quote:Denzel Washington says upbringing and a lack of father figures are to blame for many young men ending up in jail.
The Oscar winner, 62, was speaking at the premiere of his latest film, Roman J. Israel, Esq., in which he stars as an idealistic defense attorney whose life is upended when his partner, the firm’s front man, dies.
Asked if the film made him feel more cynical about the justice system, the star replied: ‘It starts at home.’
Speaking to NY Daily News, he added: ‘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.
‘So you know I can’t blame the system. It’s unfortunate that we make such easy work for them.’
In an earlier interview, the actor touched upon some of his own experiences growing up.
‘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,’ he told Reuters.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5114739/Denzel-Washington-lack-father-figures.html
Good for him.
Loved his role as Kunta-Kinte in Roots, almost as much as being “swamp runner” in Glory...
Maybe he’s tiring of seeing young black men being toe-tagged and black zipper in bagged every. Single. Night.
Sad!
Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - JMUDunk - 11-26-2017 08:33 AM
(11-25-2017 11:30 PM)JDTulane Wrote: Why can't it be both...? Lack of strong role models AND a system of oppression ?
Why can’t it be both? Well of course it could be both. Anything possible I guess.
problem is, it’s not.
Go do some bonin’ up on the black middle class, reading things and such.
ESPECIALLY in da Souf prior to LBJ’s cynical, calculated, predictable efforts on “war on poverty”.
Then, seriously, come back and tell me/us what you think has gone on or HAS happened.
Very real contrast to the utter garbage most people will, or are willing, to buy.
Let us know what you find out/think!
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - stinkfist - 11-26-2017 08:37 AM
while I completely agree with DW, he only touched the surface.....
we now live in a country where decades of failed policy has created incentive that promotes the uneducated to pump out puppies to enable subsidized living....more puppies, more $$$ from mr. mailman.....
we haven't sniffed best method in public education simply b/c there are those that cannot, nor will ever contribute effectively to what many view as "growth"......
wealth gap is the 'real deal' that was developed by design....it's 'this' where capitalism begins to overwhelm and socialism begins to evolve....
IMO, "baby momma or baby daddy" became root cause once the subsidies began rolling out....for some, it's their only out for survival...
and when did this all begin??? almost a century ago....it was all part of the "New Deal" that went downhill from there....this is where ol' slick billy bob was most effective during his tenure....it's actually ironic in today's terminology of left vs. right....
here's a fair article if one wants to review the history of such....this one is very complicated in debate....one could write a thesis on this topic.....
http://bostonreview.net/blog/fischer-public-housing-experiment
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - B_Hawk06 - 11-26-2017 09:12 AM
(11-26-2017 08:22 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:(11-25-2017 08:55 PM)usmbacker Wrote: It’s Not The Justice System, It’s The Upbringing And Lack Of Father Figure
He speaks the truth....And now he will be called a racist by SJW's and BLM.
Quote:Denzel Washington says upbringing and a lack of father figures are to blame for many young men ending up in jail.
The Oscar winner, 62, was speaking at the premiere of his latest film, Roman J. Israel, Esq., in which he stars as an idealistic defense attorney whose life is upended when his partner, the firm’s front man, dies.
Asked if the film made him feel more cynical about the justice system, the star replied: ‘It starts at home.’
Speaking to NY Daily News, he added: ‘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.
‘So you know I can’t blame the system. It’s unfortunate that we make such easy work for them.’
In an earlier interview, the actor touched upon some of his own experiences growing up.
‘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,’ he told Reuters.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5114739/Denzel-Washington-lack-father-figures.html
Good for him.
Loved his role as Kunta-Kinte in Roots, almost as much as being “swamp runner” in Glory...
Maybe he’s tiring of seeing young black men being toe-tagged and black zipper in bagged every. Single. Night.
Sad!
Denzel was in Roots? Wasn't that LaVar Burton? Did Denzel play a smaller role I'm missing? I just IMDB'd it and didn't find Denzel's name in the new (2016) or original (1977).
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - fsquid - 11-26-2017 09:51 AM
They all look the same to JMU. Back to the OP, Denzel has being saying this for years.
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RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - mptnstr@44 - 11-26-2017 09:59 AM
Race aside, kids do better with fathers in the home. One Princeton study found that boys raised apart from their fathers were two to three times more likely to end up in jail before they turned 30.
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/06/03/what-are-fathers-for/children-are-better-off-with-a-father-than-without-one
The poor outcome of fatherless homes affects the black community far worse because a majority of black children are born into and grow up in fatherless homes. 29% of non-hispanic whites are born out of wedlock to 73% of blacks born out of wedlock.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - shere khan - 11-26-2017 10:16 AM
The most important thing a man can do is be a good father. Kids dont ask to be born.
RE: Denzel Washington On Young Men Ending Up In Jail: - stinkfist - 11-26-2017 10:20 AM
(11-26-2017 10:16 AM)shere khan Wrote: The most important thing a man can do is be a good father. Kids dont ask to be born.
Amen!
#highestregard