At first I was shocked to hear that a mother would exploit her child that way on national television. Then, after thinking about the situation as a whole, I felt less "shock" and more of a "consider the source" type feeling. While I do know that there are some very good and loving mothers who have lost custody of their children, I hardly see CS as one of them. I see her as young, selfish, irresponsible and immature. Her choices are guided by those traits. If even half of the rumors about RC are true, and he retained custody granted by the court system, that begs the question of just how bad was CS as a parent? IMO, CS is acting in the only way she knows how, and that just happens to be extremely irresponsible and ignorant when it comes to parenting.
The other thing that bothered me about the GR thread was the comment regarding why would RJ refer to an African American as being a "black man" since Ron had AA friends, and the question was asked why RJ would not have described the man as AA. I would venture to guess that is because "black" is not a derogatory term when being used as a physical descriptor. Not all black people are AA, especially not in Florida.
