Raising The Average

The 'average' American family is viewed as being the same - but different based on race.
Both the Happy Days and the Family Matters families would be seen as middle-class by most Americans today.
Both families stress education, hard work and possess a two-parent family unit.
Both models stress the parent's active involvement in the lives of their children.

But a Cosby model is seen as out of reach and unrealistic by most Blacks - and as a fantasy ideal by most whites.

But the distance from the Cunninghams and the Winslows to the Cosbys isn't really that much of a leap.

The first goal in establishing a more solid Black society should be first to establish a more solid Black family model.
From this two-parent foundation - the CHANCES of producing more Cosby-like offspring will increase.

If the "Average" increases from the middle and then outward - the strength of the whole will increase.

(Putting too much weight on one end or the other throws the whole system out of balance.)

IMO - We should stop focusing on the bottom or top ten percent, and instead focus on building a stronger core.