FAMILY OF MEN

I was hopeful about the Omega Boys Club until I came across Jacqua’s statements that the real enemy of young black gangsters and drug dealers is “the system of rich folks who put you here (prison) and put drugs in your community. The elimination of the black male is a plan which is part of the fabric of American society.”

How simplistic and convenient to rattle off a paranoid conspiracy theory that absolves personal responsibility. And how sad as well. Such statements can only perpetuate violence and despair.

ROBERT KNAPP

Orange