AKS
Senior Member
Absentee fathers aren't the sole reason; but that plays a large role. There are definitely few positive black role models; at least ones that people are aware of. Unfortunately a lot of young black people look up to hip hop artists. They'd be better taking advice from Raymond Babbitt. White kids that come from single parent homes also have the advantage of having a wider range of wise, caucasian people to emulate. It's up to black adults to set a better precedent for their own people.
Don't blame the fathers. Blame the crowed they hang out with and the culture they surround themselves with. In the Eaton Centre shooting, was the father a bad father? His son took the wrong route and got himself into trouble with the law. He moved out of the house even. He hung out with the wrong crowd. It could happen to any race.
Parents can only do so much if their kids don't listen to them. Children rebel against parents and rather listen to people they hang out with. Don't blame all parents. Not all are bad. If the kids come from a broken family with drug abuse or gang affiliated parents, then you can blame the parents for influencing their children.