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In the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde existence of America\u2019s Hope and Divide president, Hyde has ruled too often. The corrupt Benghazi-IRS-AP outrages are the lowest points in a year in which the campaigner-in-chief has politicized even White House school tours for party gain.<\/p>\n
So it is refreshing when the brilliant Dr. Jekyll makes an appearance. He emerged at this weekend\u2019s Morehouse College commencement for a memorable address.<\/p>\n
America\u2019s only all-male, historically black college \u2013 the alma mater of the great Martin Luther King \u2013 welcomed our first black president at a time when black unemployment is nearly double that of whites \u2013 16 percent. But the president didn\u2019t play the victim card. Instead, he spoke candidly to the Class of \u201913 about responsibility and the biggest problem facing America today: Fatherless homes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we\u2019re honest with ourselves, we know that too few of our brothers have the opportunities that you\u2019ve had here at Morehouse,\u201d said Obama after celebrating the graduates gathered before him. \u201d In troubled neighborhoods all across this country \u2013 many of them heavily African American \u2013 too few of our citizens have role models to guide them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things that all of you have learned over the last four years is there\u2019s no longer any room for excuses,\u201d he continued. \u201cNot because racism and discrimination no longer exist; we know those are still out there.\u00a0 It\u2019s just that in today\u2019s hyperconnected, hypercompetitive world, with millions of young people from China and India and Brazil \u2013 many of whom started with a whole lot less than all of you did \u2013 all of them entering the global workforce alongside you, nobody is going to give you anything that you have not earned.\u00a0 Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. . . . And moreover, you have to remember that whatever you\u2019ve gone through, it pales in comparison to the hardships previous generations endured \u2013 and they overcame them.\u00a0 And if they overcame them, you can overcome them, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Powerful stuff. And what a break from the paralyzing victimization taught by a generation of Jackson, Sharpton, and Conyers.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep setting an example for what it means to be a man,\u201d Obama continued. \u201cBe the best father you can be to your children.\u00a0 Because nothing is more important.\u201d<\/p>\n
The speech was a reminder of what might have been (and still can be) from this president. America\u2019s#1 problem are inner cities (and rural areas like my home Appalachia) where family implosion has doomed a generation of young males. The #1 cause of poverty in America is single-parent homes \u2013 an epidemic in places like Detroit that breeds an endless cycle of illiteracy, joblessness and crime.<\/p>\n