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Laura Thompson SA By Laura Thompson After much thought about the Donald Sterling incident, I am deeply saddened by the world that we have crafted and the cycle of discrimination that we have allowed to go on century after century.  We act like children towards each other.  Publicly we teach our kids to play fair, share with others, be respectful towards each other, don't fight, don't call each other names, apologize, forgive...and the list goes on. But behind closed doors, we practice open discrimination and racism and our kids watch us do it.  And where our children initially come into the world untainted by our closed minded practices, the longer they live with us, the more indoctrinated they become.  Their beliefs and their feelings do not match.  And yet we wonder why they are self destructing out in a world that's ready to aim and fire...for God knows what reasons. We've really made this world so off balance with our made up stories and labeling perfectl

As TAAN Host Tyrone Darden reaches out to the community in San Antonio and abroad gathering insight on ways that we can improve relationships with our sons and society, this weeks guest emphasizes that education is the key to the success for our young men.