U.S. Representative Bob Etheridge will be in town to present federal funding to Area Christians Together in Service for Heart’s Haven on 305 S. Chestnut Street today at 10:00 a.m. Also, the FAIR Committee will be meeting today in the City Hall Conference Room at 3:00 p.m.
The discussion of the arrest of the Reverend C.J. Dale has opened up the wider topic of African-American male role models. We wonder if role models must be segregated by ethnicity and gender to do any good for young people of various backgrounds.
On a personal note, as a non-African-American who has taught predominantly African-American students throughout his career, I like to think that I have been a good role model to all of my students, not just the relative minority of European-Americans whom I resemble that I’ve instructed over the years.
What are your thoughts?