Reply #32: I'm sorry to hear... [View All]

[bliss_eternal]

....that you were chastised in another thread (re:your nephew). As if any that chastised you could speak w/any authority on the issue. (NOT!...lol)

There was a time when we could rely on the older generation, helping to keep young people in check. I'm not saying that parents didn't have any responsibility. Just that you knew if you were away from your parents, and "acted out" in a way that could get you in trouble--an older person (of color) would step in and check you. That doesn't happen anymore, for a variety of reasons. t's a shame there was no one of color at your nephew's school who may "have his back", if you know what I mean...

I attempted to "give back" as people had always looked out for me that way. One day, I saw some young black men (teens) outside of a store in my community, asking for "donations" for a "charity." :eyes: I knew they were scamming (they didn't have anything identifying them from an organization), and a few questions revealed they weren't legit.

I pulled them aside and told them they needed to pack it up and go home. That if someone called the police, they wouldn't go to some nice "lock up" while their parents were called. I explained they would go straight to county jail (the area had sherrifs not a police dept.). Do you know they got mad at me?! Tried to curse me out for messing up their action.