Families who are rent apart by welfare dependency, job discrimination and intense feelings of alienation have produces minority teenagers with very little self-discipline and little faith that good grades and the American work ethic will pay off.

因福利依赖、工作歧视和强烈的疏远感而四分五裂的家庭培养出的少数族裔青少年缺乏自律，也不相信好成绩和美国的职业道德会带来回报。