A Somali Soccer Referee was denied entry to the US to officiate in the World Cup. The left screams "racism" and blames America.
Let's examine the facts over the fiction and emotion:
As reported, the referee attempted to enter on a Diplomatic passport. He's not a diplomat. 1/
Fulton Sheen, summarizing the reason for using a crucifix instead of an empty cross: “Keep your eyes on the crucifix, for Jesus without the cross is a man without a mission, & the cross without Jesus is a burden without a Reliever.”
As a black man and a father, I think it is time for some brutally honest conversations within the black community.
These so-called “Teen Takeovers” happening across parts of America are not just random acts of youthful stupidity anymore. What we are witnessing is organized chaos — mobs of teenagers gathering to fight, loot, vandalize property, intimidate innocent people, disrupt public events, and turn entire areas into scenes of disorder.
And whether people like hearing it or not, a majority of the faces involved are black teens.
Now before the usual emotional reactions begin, let me make something clear: I am black myself. When there is trouble in your own house, you address your house first. You don’t start by analyzing your neighbor’s family while pretending everything is fine under your own roof.
Too many people are afraid to speak honestly because they fear being called names.
But silence is not compassion. Silence is cowardice.
Something is clearly going wrong with a growing number of young black kids in America, and pretending not to see it is only making things worse.
I watched a video recently where a massive brawl broke out during a high school graduation ceremony. Think about that for a second. A graduation, a moment families should be proud of, turned into chaos and violence. Who were the people involved? You guessed right, black teens.
Sadly, scenes like this are becoming more common.
At some point we must ask difficult questions.
Where are the parents?
Where are the fathers?
Who is raising these kids?
Who is teaching them discipline, restraint, respect, and accountability?
Because children are not born acting like street gangs. These attitudes are learned somewhere.
Too many kids today are growing up without structure, without discipline, without stable family environments, and without positive role models. In many cases, the streets, social media, rap culture, and equally broken peers are doing the parenting.
Then when these kids spiral out of control, society is expected to blame everybody else except the people responsible for raising them.
That mindset has to stop.
Every problem cannot permanently be the government’s fault, racism’s fault, or “the system’s” fault while nobody inside the community is willing to confront destructive behavior honestly.
Yes, America has racial issues, which truthfully is not where it used to be. Yes, history matters. But there also comes a point where a people must take responsibility for what they tolerate, celebrate, excuse, and normalize among themselves.
And I say this because I care.
I would not want my children growing up in communities where chaos becomes normal. I do not want black excellence constantly overshadowed by viral videos of fights, looting, mob behavior, and public disorder.
The saddest part is that many black leaders, celebrities, influencers, and activists refuse to address these issues directly. Some are terrified of backlash. Others are too politically invested in blaming external forces for everything because it is easier than confronting painful truths within the culture itself.
To you black leaders, influencers and celebrities, know this: real leadership tells uncomfortable truths.
Real leadership says:
We need stronger families.
We need fathers present.
We need discipline restored.
We need accountability.
We need to stop glorifying criminality and dysfunction.
We need to raise children who respect themselves and others.
No community improves by constantly making excuses for its worst behavior.
And if we refuse to confront these issues honestly now, many of our neighborhoods and cities will continue deteriorating until they become uninhabitable to any marginally sane person.
I am not saying these problems define all black people. They do not.
But I am saying the problems are real.
And pretending otherwise is no longer helping anybody.
@ChristopWFisher@theswapnilsri You have no clue, first: you just can answer what they ask, if you try to explain something, they will tell you to shut up because they didn't allow you to talk. They will ask you the most stupid questions, it happened to me, to my parents, to a bunch of people that I know
For years, hospitals kept Americans in the dark about the true cost of care. Families made medical decisions without knowing the price—and too often got hit with bills that drained their savings.
That ends now.
Under President Trump’s leadership, HHS is enforcing hospital price transparency with real consequences. @DrOzCMS and I have a simple message for hospitals: Post your actual prices. Come into compliance immediately—or face serious consequences.
BIG WIN
@ClevelandClinic agrees in settlement with DOJ to commit $2 MILLION for detransition care and a 20-year BAN on s*x change surgeries for minors.
It should be banned forever, but other than that, big win 👏
@ChristopWFisher@theswapnilsri These are not new rules, my parents have been denied Visa for the same reason under the Biden administration. Just someone that has no clue how the Visa's interviews work, can say something stupid like this. Btw, me and my sister are legal here in USA.
@RapidResponse47@SecRubio Oi @andrizek talvez isso explique um pouquinho do que anda acontecendo ne. Mas com certeza vc achara que e exagero, agora se uma bomba explode em algum estadio, vc com certeza culpara os EUA por nao terem garantido a seguranca dos torcedores..
@DanBurmawy It's because they expected him (and all other boys) to behave like girls. The book The War on boys explain very well how the education system helps build the society that we are live in nowadays. If you didn't read the book, you should.
Every biology textbook says human life begins at fertilization. Pro-life is pro-science.
“Zygote. This cell, formed by the union of an ovum and a sperm (Gr. zyg tos, yoked together), represents the beginning of a human being.“
[Moore, Keith L. and Persaud, T.V.N. Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects. 4th edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1993, p. 1]
The data out of Oregon really are astonishing.
A phenomenon once observed in about 1 in 20,000 adult men and 1 in 50,000 adult women (DSM-5) is now being diagnosed and medically treated in at least 1 in 250 17-year-old girls in Oregon.
Imagina se o Maradona tivesse sido jogador da Seleção Brasileira?
Isso que o Guaraná Antarctica fez nesse comercial clássico da Copa 2006
Ele aparece cantando o hino brasileiro com Kaká e Ronaldo Fenômeno, inesquecível
(o Kaká usa camisa fake, não tinha contrato com a Nike)