Did Lindsay Lohan Play the Race Card?
July 30, 2007Motivating young people (OK, anyone) to take responsibility for their actions is tough. It’s exponentially harder when that person apparently has substance abuse problems.
But that doesn’t mean you can blame others for your latest driving under the influence arrest, especially “the black kid.”
America is the land of second chances, if you’re willing to acknowledge you have a problem, made mistakes and are taking steps to move on That’s the first tenet of crisis communications.
People will be skeptical, especially if they’ve been burned by your lies, but if you can show you mean it, they’ll root for you. From movie star to imprisoned drug addict to movie star, Robert Downey Jr. made that transformation–and didn’t blame anybody but himself.