The President has announced he wants to assist young minority men to get their feet on the rungs of a ladder of success, a worthy ambition. See a USA Today story for details.
I'll bet whatever Obama attempts will avoid dealing with the real problem: the values of the subcultures from which these lads come. Believing achievement in school to be unmanly is a real drawback in the current economic arena.
In similar economic circumstances many Asian young men do very well indeed. Their culture, however, prizes education and honors teachers - a huge difference.
