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• Valencia said November 27, 2007

  Very well written and so true. I pray everyday that my husband and I can try to get our marriage back on track so raise our boys up right. I am a good mom but It would be hard to teach my boys to become men.

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• bepplebutt said November 27, 2007

  dude...you should be a writer!
  
  lol.
  
  GREAT essay. the key paragraph is this:
  
  "Will black sons look at Taylor as a martyr, a symbol of quiet toughness falling prey to haters within an altruistic ideology of loyalty to the friends and sins of the past?"
  
  yes. of course...many black sons will glorify Taylor as a martyr and for him "keeping it real". and THAT is why the cycle of black on black violence will continue. dead isn't keeping it real. life is keeping it real.
  
  great job on the story....it should win an award.
  
  many thanks for laying it down.

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• HHReynolds said November 27, 2007

  JC - your "essay"-type posts get better each time. Well done & keep it up.
  I posted this as a comment on another post, but bebble's comment reminded me of it again - did anyone see the SI article on "ghetto loyalty" this week. Newfound OFF the court respect for Barron Davis who used his opportunity afforded to him to break the cycle.

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• 100Proof said November 27, 2007

  I agree with the others that this is an excellent editorial.
  It was asked, "So what will be the lesson that black folk take from this tragedy?"
  Unfortunately, not much of one. Like so many others in Black America, I've been to more than a few funerals of friends who were murdered just like Sean Taylor was. The pain I felt for Taylor as I knelt down and prayed last night brought me to tears -- and this is someone I don't even know. Imagine how much more it hurts when these things happen to real loved ones. We (Black America) have been through this several times before and the wounds have been infinitely deeper -- and yet still, nothing seems to change. It's a wishful concept to think that the senseless killing of one of our beloved athletes will galvanize our community to look within and foster much needed change -- but if it hasn't happened by now..... I just don't know what it would take.

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• pinches said November 28, 2007

  This is a good and very real comment you make. Young black men need to stop killing each other and unite so they can live life to their fullest potential. What happened to this man and many others is they were in the middle of greatness, in the middle of turning around and something so awful happens. I wish people would stop putting blame on these men because of the lifestyle that they had led and come together to find a way to stop it. Sean was at home, he wasn't out running the streets so NO it was NOT expected. RIP SEAN TAYLOR. WE HAVE LOST GREATNESS.

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