Word: runaways
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...Namely--translate your strong cathartic appetite into a strong outreach-to-Black-poor ethos; into an activist healing-hand value orientation that focuses on the manifold crises of cultural life and societal life among our African-American poor (e.g., male violence against women, male neglect of family obligations, runaway teenage births, nihilistic violence by macho males, etc.). The simplistic catharsis of xenophobic, Afrocentrist discourse is just plain useless in the face of these manifold crises confronting perhaps 40 percent of Black households today...
...share the same concerns as Professor Kilson--concerns of male neglect, runaway teenage births and Black on Black violence. Certainly the right answers to these problems have not yet been found. But if even our "college-educated" brothers and sisters aren't instilled with the passion and drive to begin examination of these issues, these problems will continue to plague...
...share the same concerns as Professor Kilson," Clarke wrote in her letter of response. "Concerns of male neglect, runaway teenage births and Black-on-Black violence...
...that? Observers in Hong Kong say there are a couple of possible ! unpleasant scenarios. In scenario No. 1, Chinese authorities, who have already tightened credit in a somewhat futile attempt to halt runaway inflation, will tighten it further. This would lead to economic collapse, riots and widespread bankruptcy and would be bad for stocks. In scenario No. 2, the authorities will ease up on credit and resume the merry printing of Chinese renminbi, leading to hyperinflation, which would also be bad for stocks...
John ran away in May. "But I'm not really a runaway because nobody's looking for me," he says. "Before I left, we had this big fight, and the next day I came home from school and Mom had thrown out all of my stuff." He has been talking for two hours straight now, and his breathing is fast and shallow. "For certain, there are some things about home I miss a lot, like my room and my clothes and my sister...