Substantial commentary #2

On March 6, 2014, Gov. Deval Patrick posted on theHuffington posted a blog title “Why Being My Brother's Keeper Matters”. This blog is about the issues young African-Americans are facing today and how the government can help motivate young urban students to have a different outlook on life to become successful.  I agree with this blog by Gov. Patrick, Americans need to become more involved with the disadvantaged students and then there will be a change in the community and society.

The intended audience for this blog is positive African-Americans who are able to be considered role models. Gov. Patrick wants to encourage those people to reach out and help other disadvantage youth and guide them on how to be successful.

Gov. Deval Patrick(D)  is the Governor of Massachusetts and says he got his motivation to act upon his troubled youth by the “my brother’s keeper “initiative from President Obama. In this initiative President Obama encourages Americans to begin a task force that is charged to consider the whole picture.

In this blog Gov. Patrick tells the readers how he has initiated his plan to help his community. He mentions his schools are supported by mentoring and after school opportunities, along with knowledge on high demands careers. In results Gov. Patrick reported” For the first time in decades, achievement gaps in our schools are shrinking. The dropout rate has been cut in half. In our targeted cities, overall crime victimization is down significantly, with a 25 percent drop in homicide and a 19 percent drop in aggravated assaults.”

Overall, enjoyed this blog it shows that public figures still care about the youth and hopefully will motivate others to do the same with their communities.