A recent Chicago Urban League report found black male teens aren’t receiving equal treatment in the workforce in Chicago. The report shockingly states 92 percent of black male teens were unemployed in 2012.
Common reportedly appeared at a press conference to say the initiative aims to steer children on the right path to success, rather than a life of crime on the streets.
“Obviously, one of the biggest reasons our kids are going through what they’re going through is because of poverty,” Common said. “I was doing an event in the neighborhood and there were some kids… and I said, ‘Man, what do y’all really need? What’s gonna stop this (poverty)?’ And they were like, ‘We need money. Man, if we could work.’ They want a chance.”
Bibby finds the situation in Chicago hopeless and is unsure if there’s anything his city can do to curb the violence. “…In my neighborhood the police are everywhere, man,” he said. “They’re trying. I don’t know what they could do.”
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