Why Is Sports And Entertainment The Only Path Our Children Look To In Order To Succeed?

[wet landscapes]

maybe to other races but there is work being put in for black kids in a few different areas
most teachers had some insight on career paths and gave advice when asked, not to mention most high schools in my area (even the rough ones) had specialty programs from construction to biotechnology
there is more opportunity than one would assume

They dont know they have other choices. Its up to us to educate them.

exactly

 

[live it to the limit]

I think most kids start out feeling this way. Myself included. U couldn't tell me that I wasn't gonna be on the Disney channel one day. But the key is at the formative yrs 6-15. They should be exposed to other things ex. Art, science, math as well as other interests. U can want to be a musician but take it a step further and look in production, sound mixing, etc. when's the last time u looked at album credits and saw a black sound engineer listed?

 

[EndDomination]

I gotta go in on this here, shyt really be bothering me, when I chop it up with my little bros and nieces, and even when I do work with the Black On Black Crime prevention organization in my ward in my city, we visit a lot of survivor families and we even visit a lot of the young brothers and sisters in juvie, and when I talk these youngsters, one of the questions we ask, is do they have any aspirations,goals or something they want to excel in, and the first thing out their mouths is that they either an aspiring "rapper" or singer or they wanted to play basketball or some other sport.......nothing else, except for maybe a few will say a Policeman......

It seems we are being bred and/or pushed into a corner to be entertainers and slaves every generation, yet power and wealth is not what we think we can get and achieve, even though our history and genetics is primed for it every generation........

Because those are the fastest ways to money.
The vast majority of Black people will never see more an 60k a year, and that will be a draining 60k a year, spent with 5-6 days a week in an office, watching your soul drift away, in an unhappy marriage, with some kids you don't want, not even able to smoke weed all day to make it better because you might get drug tested.
I would love to be a singer/rapper/actor/sports star, as opposed to a lawyer/investment banker.
Realistic question: Who wants to be poor and unhappy the rest of their life?

 

[EndDomination]

Since January I've seen more headlines with Beyoncé herself than the Obamas whole family.



And the average black kid, or kid in general, don't give a fukk about politics like that. You know damn well more kids wanna be Jay than Barack.

Jay is wealthier
And seems to enjoy his life more
Not as much stress
Who would want to be President of the US instead of one of the wealthiest Black men in the US

 

[PhonZhi]

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/alab...d-f150-around-the-track.319687/#post-13454298



Anything to entertain the white man

 

[KinksandCoils]

1. It's not.
2. What's wrong with wanting to be an entertainer?

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

why do they look towards it? everyone looks at an entertainer because that's what they're designed to be; the center of attention. as far as sports, same difference. watching sports is a form of entertainment as well. it's not the only path though...

 

[BlackAchilles]

Cause we have no ownership over the flow of commerce in our communities/get excluded from the national economy, and cause the black man been getting systematically disenfranchised from day one.

 

[Nemesis]

you are over analyzing it bruh....

when I was a kid I wanted to be a fukking astronaut, then a fireman....

they're kids, so they will think as such ...most preteens dont want to be engineers or doctors......

 

[mcdivit85]

Lack of black institutions outside of music industry

Media push of blacks in sports and entertainment

Peace

 

[OneManGang]

you are over analyzing it bruh....

when I was a kid I wanted to be a fukking astronaut, then a fireman....

they're kids, so they will think as such ...most preteens dont want to be engineers or doctors......

This in my opinion is the problem. We need more kids exposed and aiming to be these things at these early years. Blacks are dead last in math and science in this country. These other races are showing their kids how to become successful by doing these jobs. They see mom and dad going to work, living in a nice house, their possessions. All that influences a child to follow in that direction. Most black kids only see successful black faces playing sports and doing music. The absence of black faces in med school, and top universities is partly down to us not mentoring these young kids and showing them that you can be successful as one of these professions.

 

[aXiom]

6 figure family member? nikka forget about it
Low income housing, nikka tryna get up out it


A lot of people like to downplay importance of role models in these young people's lives. When I say role model it doesn't necessarily have to be a family member that's a lawyer or doctor or engineer. Just someone that they're close to that's doing something different from the failures they see around them 24/7. An living example of a way out of the hand they were dealt. A stark contrast to kids growing up in affluent neighborhoods where most of their neighbors/family members are professionals. So something like going off to college and having a career is par for course.

To them it's either poverty or super lavish because these are the type of lifestyles they're mostly exposed to... From one extreme to the other.. From their point of view it's almost like there's no middle ground.

 

[Medicate]

I think most kids start out feeling this way. Myself included. U couldn't tell me that I wasn't gonna be on the Disney channel one day. But the key is at the formative yrs 6-15. They should be exposed to other things ex. Art, science, math as well as other interests. U can want to be a musician but take it a step further and look in production, sound mixing, etc. when's the last time u looked at album credits and saw a black sound engineer listed?

Good points, but this is troubling, because sports and entertainment can only go so far, they forcefeed Black children this pipe dream that they should be primed to be basketball or football players, or rappers or singers, nothing wrong with being talented and using it for what its worth, but its too far and between, especially seeing that a community and people will not advance and get power via sports and entertainment and this is what Amerikkka knows, which is why they don't want to see Black children aiming for doctors,engineers and scientists, meaning if you notice just in those three choices I stated, if you notice, these are avenues with which we could build and empower ourselves, unlike in sports, where you run,jump and sing for white people................

 

[Bomberman]

Here's the thing, I don't think these careers should be the only options, but the door shouldn't be closed on them either.

If your child has a natural talent and love for music, why push something else like math or science on them? Especially if they're mediocre or average in that regard?

If you think it may be the school system, then either switch schools, do homeschooling, hire a tutor, and/or put them in one of those after school programs that encourage the development in that area. If they thrive great, it was on the school. Make the adjustments and raise them with a balanced education. If they still aren't doing that hot and don't have any kind of natural talent in anything apparent you have to encourage them that they have to work harder at it. Effort is transformative in that the more you work at something, the better you get at it. Encourage your child to do the harder problems and not just settle for a bunch of easy stuff they've already mastered. You have to encourage their growth and instill in them the reason why they're doing good is because of their work ethic and natural ability means nothing (although you know it does). This way they'll have a much higher floor and will most likely at worst have a college degree.

However, as stated if they have a real knack for music/arts that is very apparent over some subjects they're only average at best at, you must follow through on it and I'd personally stop all extracurricular activities in other subjects and put more emphasis on their natural gifts. People follow their passions late in life and do great, but the one thing that's also common is them saying they wished they done it sooner.

Afterall, cats like Prince probably really don't care that they're not engineers and scientists and wouldn't trade places with one either.

Remember, ditching one extreme for another as a collective means there's going to be abundance in one area and absence in another. Switching to education is a great thing, but that'll mean no presence in the entertainment industry as well.

Don't be shamed out of your natural advantages, that's vital.