Exposing tactics to make young Black males fail

[Mindfield333]

let kids be kids man

Nah they need guidance. I grew up seeing more than athletes as a goal to aspire for. My folks wasn’t letting me listen to genocide rap… first album in my possession was Goodie mobs soulfood I believe. And they stressed reading. Later on they hated they did that because I was 12-13 questioning religion lol. But it’s up to the parents and it’s even harder with all these screens kids have access to

 

[Paper Boi]

We're not letting kids be kids if they're consuming content that celebrates Black males dying non stop. We're programming them to believe that their lives have little to no value.

if you want to focus on the murder rap, that's fine. I won't argue that, but I can't get mad at kids for liking sports and video games in 2023.

people change as they get older, I was not into reading until I got to college pretty much.

 

[Ohene]

let kids be kids man

I’m saying

fukk all that

kids can be kids while still being prepared for adulthood
stop the naive bullshyt. nothing wrong with tthe teacher

for example. if you gon play video games, do it after your homework...and be prepared to apply what you learned via homework in class

its about balance

 

[Matt504]

if you want to focus on the murder rap, that's fine. I won't argue that, but I can't get mad at kids for liking sports and video games in 2023.

people change as they get older, I was not into reading until I got to college pretty much.

Black children don't have this luxury, by 12th grade, less than 20% of Black children are proficient at reading

 

[Ohene]

my fave album as a ten years old was the infamous

nothing wrong with rap music but your kid should also be taught and prepped...before they even go to school to be honest. it isnt all the teachers' responsibilities. as a parent its up to you to nurture your kids properly. instead, they leave the nurturing up to Apple, Google, Facebook, and all the media/apps/hardware they own.

 

[jilla82]

having a black identity is very limiting

if you want to fit in there are only so many options you have.

at some point if you want to be successful you have to let it go

 

[OfTheCross]

Damn. It’s really crazy out here how they programming these kids

I don't think he actually did that in class.

But the message is still good.

 

[Fill Collins]

I think some kids, especially really bright ones would take his (well-intentioned) advice and start saying, not in these words, "fukk it, why should I try when the cards are stacked against me?" I know I felt like that in middle and high school sometimes

I wanted to be an NFL quarterback when I was a kid, but I loved reading, I was made to take piano lessons (and I learned to appreciate classical music) my parents made sure I went to church every Sunday, I couldn't get anything less than a very high C but you know what?

That wasn't as helpful as having Black history taught to me at home and by teachers who went out of their way to, that wasn't as helpful as seeing LeVar Burton on PBS, Neil DeGrasse Tyson online, you need to show Black boys Black success, if all you do is tell and demand, you ain't doing shyt.

I agree with buddy, but he needs to talk to them like they're children, and not in a condescending way either

 

[Paper Boi]

Black children don't have this luxury, by 12th grade, less than 20% of Black children are proficient at reading

I need to know how old the kids he was talking about are. If they're in high school still thinking they're going to be a pro athlete then that's obviously a problem.

if they're elementary/middle school, kids should be allowed to enjoy being a kid. should their entire life be playing video games? no, but they also don't need to be preparing for their career before they're a teenager. if he wants these kids to read more, put something that interests them in front of them, whether it's about music, sports, video games or something else. rather than knocking their interests, get them to enjoy reading that way.

there's nothing wrong with letting kids know there are multiple career paths out there, but depending on their age, expecting them to pick some practical career to aspire to is highly unlikely. most people don't know whhat they're going to do/be when they grow up from a young age.

it's usually something you discover along the way/fall into. people who know they wanted to be a doctor since they were a little kid are few and far between.

 

[YouMadd?]

he didn’t say anything we don’t already know, and he didn’t share a single “tactic” that is used against black boys. He also sounds like a faq.

 

[RickyDiBiase]

fukk all that

kids can be kids while still being prepared for adulthood
stop the naive bullshyt. nothing wrong with tthe teacher

for example. if you gon play video games, do it after your homework...and be prepared to apply what you learned via homework in class

its about balance

Speaking as a parent of a black boy

Lol shut up fakkit

 

[Ohene]

Speaking as a parent of a black boy

Lol shut up fakkit

good luck fukk nikka, sound like your boy gonna need it

 

[Matt504]

I need to know how old the kids he was talking about are. If they're in high school still thinking they're going to be a pro athlete then that's obviously a problem.

if they're elementary/middle school, kids should be allowed to enjoy being a kid. should their entire life be playing video games? no, but they also don't need to be preparing for their career before they're a teenager. if he wants these kids to read more, put something that interests them in front of them, whether it's about music, sports, video games or something else. rather than knocking their interests, get them to enjoy reading that way.

there's nothing wrong with letting kids know there are multiple career paths out there, but depending on their age, expecting them to pick some practical career to aspire to is highly unlikely. most people don't know whhat they're going to do/be when they grow up from a young age.

it's usually something you discover along the way/fall into. people who know they wanted to be a doctor since they were a little kid are few and far between.

Talk to kids from other groups that became doctors, you'll discover that for many of them, their parents decided their lives for them, they didn't have the option of discovering it along the way.

Black people do not have this luxury to let our children just figure things out. We should be deciding for them and once they've landed in a career or become adults, they can decide what they want to do with their lives.

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

having a black identity is very limiting

if you want to fit in there are only so many options you have.

at some point if you want to be successful you have to let it go

 

[The Fade]

Nah they need guidance. I grew up seeing more than athletes as a goal to aspire for. My folks wasn’t letting me listen to genocide rap… first album in my possession was Goodie mobs soulfood I believe. And they stressed reading. Later on they hated they did that because I was 12-13 questioning religion lol. But it’s up to the parents and it’s even harder with all these screens kids have access to

Reading makes a huge difference but people roll their eyes at mentioning books

Prefrontal cortex strengthening in purposely sabotaged community designed to destroy it might help