Raising Criminals
“It takes a village to raise a child.”
Yeah, we’ve all heard that repeated ad nauseam since Hillary Clinton dropped the line and attributed it to an old African proverb over a decade ago. Maybe it’s just me, but when non-African-descended folks start quoting African proverbs, they start to have as much validity as those old-school Calgon Detergent, “ancient Chinese secret” commercials. Just ain’t all that convincing when folks turn ancient wisdom into worn-out clichés and marketing slogans.
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