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...mothers of murdered rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. to honor what TIME called "their sons' legacies." What a sad commentary on society. Those two individuals promoted hedonism and violence. There was nothing honorable about the lives they lived, and the perverse fantasies they sold to inner city youth were probably more damaging than any good they may have done. I wish the mothers of the two rappers would denounce the lifestyles their children were proponents of. They succumbed to the thuggery they preached and died much too young. Their tragedy should not be glamorized...
...writes in his strongest, most essential argument. He backs it up by recounting both the courageous sacrifices made by students in Little Rock and Oxford to gain access to all white schools, as well as the heartbreaking assault and robbery of civil rights heroine Rosa Parks by a black youth who broke into her Detroit home...
...teaching law at the University of Chicago. Two years ago, the charismatic Illinois Democrat stood before an audience of millions and proclaimed, “Children can’t achieve unless we raise their expectations, and turn off the television sets, and eradicate the slander that a black youth with a book is acting white.” Such a message, one would think, should be music to Williams’ ears...
...return to campus for the lectures also gave Bernstein a chance to return to his youth. "He was having the time of his life, staying up all night, hanging out with young people," Jamie Bernstein recalls...
Click the vote! MySpace plans to target its 114 million users in a youth-voter-registration drive this month. Users will be able to post links on their pages to encourage friends to register online...