Ask yourself the following additional questions to find out WHY the MALE, in question, turned out to be a _________ (again, use what ever name you feel is descriptive!).

Was there a strong MALE presence in the household (not visiting periodically), during his upbringing, to squash any disrespectful uprisings when the child got out-of-hand (and you know we [other males] all did at some point!) or was it just Mama? It’s sad to say but the later (strong MALE presence) produces a different quality of man than the former (just Mama) an overwhelmingly number of times.

Was there a "hostile environment" (the streets) outside the household that competed for, and easily won, the attention of that MALE child thus "raising" it to become what you see today? "Mama [may] loves her BOY but cannot raise a MAN," as I quote from the Book, "It’s Mama’s Fault," by yours truly. Also from the Book, "[Good] Intentions [of Mama] Mean Little."

What are your answers, to the previous questions? Oh. Do you now still question why the Black Male, as a whole, is in the current state of crisis? Your answers should be clear enough as to why this is the case. How did he get this way? Well, let’s start from the beginning… AGAIN! He was born! He was born into an adverse situation (statistically speaking) and it got worse as he moved through time’s continuum. The way you stop this process is not to start it! Pretty simple, Huh? You would think that more people would look into it! Based upon the evidence before us, "someone" was not smart enough to stop the disaster before it started! So, there you have it! This is what you get when births that should not have occurred do!

Hear me out and hear me clearly! Does every Black Male experience the tragic outcomes of a single parent upbringing? NO, of course not, you and I all know of cases where young men have "made it" out of such circumstances but they, however, are of the extreme minority. In a tremendous number of cases, the Black Male experience does not turn out so well! So, what’s the answer to this dilemma? Well, you start by curtailing the births of children into these type of adverse conditions. You reduce the number of Illegitimate Births in this country, which statistically provides such a large percentage of the despair we see today, by attacking the root causes. Those root causes are within in the developing and extremely susceptible psyches of children. You alter it there, the mindset, you will alter their future!

Have you ever had a wart? How did you kill it? Did you just cut it off at the top and was done? No, no, no, it grew back, didn’t it? In fact, no matter how many times you cut it off, it will grew back! It will not only grow back at the original location but it will spread to the surrounding areas and possibly infect other parts of the body, if not put in check! In ignoring this process repeatedly, every time it grows back, the virus gets stronger and the condition gets worse. WHY? It gets worse because the virus will not only begin to damage the skin cells in the original location permanently but also all the other tissue in the vicinity. Everything starts to become infected! Damage occurring because you did not kill it at the "root" at the first sign of trouble when the virus was allowed to burrow beneath the skin; let the cycle begin! The focus must be on killing the virus not cutting off the wart. The virus (virtually invisible; buried deep [psyche]; allowed to grow undetected) is the root cause of the wart and the wart (the part you see; on the surface; the results of) is only the manifestation of that virus.

In our community (society), everyone wants to give Lip-Service to the "wart" and that everything on the outside is to blame, after-the-fact (prison population because of the justice system; crime because of guns; unemployment because of the educational system; drug abuse because of supply; etc.). Boo-who-who! Save the crying BullSh** for the knucklehead who doesn’t know that the truth of this problem is internal! WE caused this; WE did this and are doing this to ourselves every time WE ALLOW certain births to occur! That’s right…WE (Society, Parent, Teacher, Mentor, Family Member, Friend, Employer or Clergy [The Truth Needs No Proof]). It takes a COMBINED CONVERGENCE onto every female under the age of 40 years old, of the above listed entities, to make an impact and turn the tide. When it comes to taking PRO-action to kill the "virus" BEFORE (preventive measures) it ever gets started, you hear nothing but stark silence and if any sound, it’s addressing the symptoms again! People, we need to wake-up! If we would PRO-act instead of RE-act, the aforementioned grievances would be non-issues! Based on the numbers, the grievances speak clearly to the "root" problem we need to eradicate.

WE continue to clog society with a high quantity of births but from a POOR QUALITY of prospects. POOR as it relates to Mentally, Morally, Socially and in most cases, Financially. I’ve got to tell you, that process can’t be sustained without the pipeline breaking at some point. When it does, it will usually be at the weakest point: those of us at the bottom of the pool! The reality is that people in the pipeline also, at some point, need to be able to contribute to its maintenance and not just burden it.

WE must stop these downward spiraling cycles, the Solution is before you, now what are YOU going to do to stop the "virus?" Are you going to help me or just shut-up and pretend there is nothing wrong? Contribute Money, Contribute Time or Contribute Resources, whatever it is, just CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING! I, personally, am tired of hearing the warmed-over, BullSh** excuses when each and every one of us MUST play a part in the solution. I know what part I am playing, it is now up to you to figure out what part that you are going to play. Sideline and bench positions are not an option; DO SOMETHING!

Now, does this mean that children born into married parent households do no wrong? Again, of course not! I’m not that naïve and stupid to believe that every, married, two parent household delivers that promise. However, the statistical numbers of those children aren’t as screwed-up as those emanating from a single parent (70% of the African-American births in 2007 were to unwed mothers) households. Please, please refute the numbers, I welcome that debate, all day long! Don’t just sit there reading this like a bump-on-a-log! Fight, Fight for your losing position! All contenders welcome!

So, where do you start in reducing the number of Illegitimate Births in this country? You start by teaching! Who do you initially focus on? You focus on the female! Why? You focus on the female, as noted in the opening paragraphs, because she is the only component of the Human species that can give birth, and start the process (or keep the process [cycle]) spiraling downward. If the female is not the only component of the species that can give birth to a child, please inform me of the flaw in my logic!

Does the female having complete control, over the process of giving birth, absolve the MALE from his responsibilities? ABSOLUTELY NOT but please understand this fact! Before a boy learns about responsibility and becomes a man, he must be born into conditions supporting the principle of responsibility and women have complete control over when or if he is born! I’m certain the previous statement will remain the truth until Males start giving birth. If we, as a society, can install that mindset, we can change the face of the country. There, of course, needs to be modifications to the welfare programs and adoption laws since they offer no disadvantage to having Illegitimate Births but that will be a discussion for another time.

When do we begin teaching the Foundational Fundamental Principles™ to females (our youth)? We begin as early as possible, preferably from birth. The most obvious starting point will be with children of the greatest needs. Children abandoned by parents, orphans and children left as wards of the State.

I remember reading a Blog about Roland Martin "rescuing" his nieces from his sister’s screwed-up life by taking the children into his home to raise them. One of the points specifically pertained to his saying, "…we got them [the youngest twins] when they were 1 1/2 and really taught them for the almost a year we had them. We got them at the right time.…" thus influencing their future (they are 5 years old, as of this writing) for the positive. Yea, you MUST get them early… early as possible to be truly effective.