tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444288781727906163.post4378693562100749311..comments2011-09-15T11:58:08.186-05:00Comments on Learn To Learn: Black History Month 2011Lieutenant "Lou" Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08970808492549127121noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444288781727906163.post-84854912785921230302011-02-16T10:01:08.833-06:002011-02-16T10:01:08.833-06:00Shreveport Times story on 2/16/2011 titled"Aw...Shreveport Times story on 2/16/2011 titled"Awareness event highlights teen pregnancy consequences." Story features a local high school, Woodlawn. It seems as though some 30 female students have become pregnant this year. "That equals 8.5% of Woodlawn's female students. Statewide, 5.4% of young women 15 to 19 gave birth in 2008. What the article does not say is that Woodlawn is 99.5% black. So, this is really a story not about teen pregnancy but black teen pregnancy.<br />It is exactly the kind of destructive behavior in our community that should be confronted and in not so gentle terms.Lieutenant "Lou" Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970808492549127121noreply@blogger.com