Obama has tough-love message for African-Americans

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Unfortunately, acting out doesn’t lead to good outcomes for African-American men, especially under the duress of prejudice and stereotypes regarding black violence and criminality. You only have to slip up once as an African-American male to find yourself on the road to failure. Small mistakes snow ball easily.

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<p>Acting out doesn’t lead to good outcomes for people of any color, and AA males do not find themselves failing because of a single “slip up,” but blaming one’s shortcomings on “others” inevitably leads to failure.</p>