Study: TV Kills Black Boys’ Self Esteem

[Professor Emeritus]

I watched too much TV as a kid, and I didn't even have cable. It wasn't no good for me.

My kids aren't having a TV in the home. That simple. I haven't had a TV in my home since I left university, and it's done me nothing but good.

 

[Creepn]

I believe it. Watch the Walking Dead? Black people be rare during the zombie apocalypse. The black people they do show die gruesome deaths. Poor Everybody Hates Chris. He wanted to be an architect, but no, his future was to get his face torn to pieces.

 

[d'jarbargel]

"Self Esteem" is such a bullshyt explanation.

"She has low self esteem" is what feminists say about why fat white women can't lose weight. It can be used as a fukking excuse for anything and everything.

If there's a cultural problem with young black men, it is persistently low expectations. If you grow up thinking that "white people have everything" and "their world is not for me" then that is going to have a huge impact on how a young person's life plays out.

 

[Lakers Offseason]

Everything in moderation.

Parents need to parent.

 

[Jimi Swagger]

Isnt it their parents fault (lets be real their single mothers in many cases) who ket the tv/computer babysit instead of the library or some extra cirricular activity or gof forbid engaging in family activities. I could only watch pbs as a kid and used to sneak in old hannah barbara cartoons with my dad who was more lenient then my mom.

 

[tmonster]

I'm shocked I tell ya!! Shocked!

 

[tmonster]

That's what parents are for

boy...I tell ya...if the script could be flipped

 

[tmonster]

TV is simply a reflection of the culture in the US. In short, even without TV, living in the US is enough to damage black people's self-esteem. If they're not being exposed to negative images on TV, then people in their lives are imposing negative expectations and thoughts onto them one way or another.

you need to not ignore the power of the TV!