21.   But Salaam continues to be aware of the larger world, talking a great deal with his friends about the serious plight of the urban black male.

22.   But there are few black males in New Hampshire.

23.   Civil rights protests by blacks veered into violence last April after a white patrolman shot to death an unarmed black male during a street chase.

24.   Critics complained that police descriptions were so vague that they would fit just about any young black male except the very tall and very overweight.

25.   Critics of the cartoon should have informed themselves and should have been aware of the DWB issue and should have understood that the cartoonist empathizes with black males.

26.   Despite prevailing attitudes, not every black male is Willie Horton, the Massachusetts convict who was the subject of a political ad campaign by former President Bush.

27.   Don told us that he was going to satirize cops for their unjust treatment of black males.

28.   Drivers are afraid of gangs of young black males.

29.   Everybody now knows about the problem of the young black male, and nobody with power has done anything about it.

30.   For young black males, it has tripled.