Who’s This Hardass Asian Daddy?
Recently, a man whom I’ve admired but not totally understood, a man who has at times seemed emotionally distant, someone who worked his way up in America from nothing, said that what kids need today is…
“…a sense of shame. We have got to make sure that we give our youngsters a sense of the need for excellence, the need for hard work. And we believe in you. We have expectations for you. Don’t disappoint us.”
And no, it wasn’t my Dad talkin’, it was this guy:
Colin “Hardass Asian” PowellFiled under: Colin Powell, Disappointing Your Parents, Hardass Parents of All Colors, Jamaisians, Shame
