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Denzel Washington: Don’t ‘Blame The System’ For Black Incarceration, It ‘Starts At Home’

Amanda Prestigiacomo

Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington says you “can’t blame the system” when it comes to black incarceration, but instead we should look at the home first, specifically the epidemic of fatherlessness in the African American community.

“If a young man doesn’t have a father figure, he’ll go find a father figure,” stated Washington.

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