So I was watching this video over at FoxNews.com and I must say, from what I saw I totally agree with the people supporting “The Village” idea.

Basically some Black Los Angeles public school teachers, who are feed up with seeing Black kids at the bottom of the barrel, are offering them various forms of mentoring in their spare time. I think this is a great idea. I used to mentor kids back when I had none of my own and I always encourage young, single, upwardly mobile Black men to do the same. With a 50% Black High school drop out rate in many areas, those Black kids need some help! I’m all for helping everybody’s kids, but heck we’ve got to be honest in saying Black folks especially have a problem and it’s good when other Blacks can help them out. Given a Black mentor can relate to a Black child easily on a cultural level. Any mentor is good, but with kids you’ve got to get people who can reach them best if they are having problems and sometimes a Black mentor can help them better themselves, by connecting with them on the cultural level.

You think I started talking against the thug culture here? I’ve been warning kids about it as a mentor in various programs since the early 90’s. Although as I’ve said, my time goes to my own kids for now.

So from what I saw in that FoxNews video and I don’t know a single thing else about the program, I like it.

But some people, like former Executive Director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission, Joe R. Hicks, who is now VP of the group Community Advocates, Inc. (a pro-”diversity” group) does not like it. He’s upset this program, being carried out in spare time is offering special mentoring services to Black kids. I’m totally against making any “all Black” school that only Blacks would attend instead of another public/private high school. But a simple mentoring program is fine by me. I hope it spreads and more than just teachers should be willing to volunteer their time, to inspire these Black kids to stop things like the abnormally high out of wedlock birth rate, dropout rate, the rest of the idiot thug culture and that trashy music that goes with it. As the video shows, the program is proving successful. I think Mr. Hicks’ time with the City Human Relations Commission has left him wanting to balk against anything that is race specific, simply because it’s race specific.

I usually bash things like efforts to only shop at Black businesses, because I consider quality and want Black businesses to compete in the open marketplace and the ones who do the best to survive with the rest. I’m usually not a fan of race specific efforts that only do something because it’s “Black”. But with the condition we see many Black kids are in, we see they have problems, so why not be willing to offer them that additional help?

For example, I think Hebrew schools are a great idea. I mean the ones some Jewish kids attend after their regular school day. Jews teaching their children about all they’ve endured and their culture is a beautiful thing and I’m sure it helps them strive to do well. I think “The Village” works along those lines and is obviously helping Black kids do better. This is not some type of “segregation” as some claim it is. As I’ve pointed out, there are real examples of modern day segregation in schools that is a bad idea.

I think those decrying “The Village” need to hush.