tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917995590293971950.post6369575083896378474..comments2024-03-28T08:40:08.218-04:00Comments on The Boyce Blog: 1 in 22 African Americans Will be Infected by HIVUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917995590293971950.post-86515678071301487162010-10-17T23:04:30.293-04:002010-10-17T23:04:30.293-04:00"...First, letting go of "our" comm..."...First, letting go of "our" commitment to mass incarceration could open the door for women to have more available marriage partners."<br /><br />Who is the "our" to which you refer in your comment, above? <br /><br />Are you implying it the fault of and the responsiblity of Black people that mass incarceration exists? ~Hardly~<br /><br />What is the Black community suupposed to do about mass incarceration?<br /><br />I believe it is the result of a the profit-driven corporate industrial complex.<br /><br />Unfortunately, it's an institution which exists, and in reality, Black people must learn to live within the confines of its cultural construct, or die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917995590293971950.post-37612982039594085562010-10-16T22:21:05.437-04:002010-10-16T22:21:05.437-04:00What a sad statistic this is, unfortunately I can&...What a sad statistic this is, unfortunately I can't say that I'm surprised by this information. Some elements within our community are resistant to educating themselves on any level, much less when it applies to self control on a sexual level. In addition, our young people aren't being taught enough about self respect as it relates to their bodies & sexual expression. I've seen picture of teens in clubs practically having sex on the dance floors. The young men line up on the walls while waiting for any of the young women to come up to hump & grind on them. Apparently emulating strippers & whores (hoes if you prefer)is what's happening, and self respect is just not cool. Too many of our young people embrace the negative - it's not cool to be educated - it's not cool to be respectable - it's not cool to dress decently. Little do they comprehend that what's REALLY not cool is to be ignorant. We are failing our children and the cost of that is failure is too great to calculate.Deenoreply@blogger.com