African American student Akintunde Ahmad has 5.0 GPA, Scores 2100 on SAT

[Hiphoplives4eva]

And a product of OAKLAND Public Schools



Accepted to IVY Leagues across the nation.

Dude is actually born of African American parents, but has a Yourba last name courtesy of his parents being conscious.

Dude is also apparently a star baseball athlete, with multiple baseball scholarships on deck as well.


#blackexcellence



This is what black folk need to be celebrating, fukk Boosie.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

And what makes this story even more crazy is that his older brother went the other route and is now serving time in prison for gun running and armed robbery...

Despite their best efforts, 'Tunde's parents were not able to steer their older son, Azeem, away from the dangers awaiting a young African American man on the streets of Oakland.

Father's advice
"I've always told my boys that it's very easy to get into trouble, but very hard to get out of it," Mubarak Ahmad said.

Mubarak Ahmad worried about Azeem. And silently, so did 'Tunde.

Mubarak warned Azeem that a person he was hanging out with would one day get him caught up in trouble, and sadly, he was right.

In 2012, Azeem was caught carrying guns to be used in an Oakland stash house robbery that turned out to be a federal sting operation. He was convicted on conspiracy charges and shipped off to a federal prison in March 2013, sentenced to 41 months.

"We got the same mother, the same father, just a different path," 'Tunde said. "I feel like it's a setback for him, but sometimes it takes that kind of shock to grab your attention."

'Tunde's got an old man's brain working in a young man's body, and while he may sound bookish, he's anything but one-dimensional.

He's a student-athlete who played basketball for three years - until deciding to focus solely on baseball this year. He was the MVP of the Oakland Athletic League baseball in 2013, hitting around .500 with 15 or so stolen bases. He expects to play baseball where ever he goes to college next fall.

He's a member of the Young Musicians Choral Orchestra, and plays trumpet, French horn and the djembe - a West African drum.

His work ethic is as much a part of him as an extremity, and his commitment to his time-management regimen may have saved his life.

In January 2013, two months before his brother was incarcerated, 'Tunde declined an invitation from Azeem to hang out at a friend's house because he had an essay due for school. At that house, five people were shot, including his brother, who suffered two gunshot wounds.
"There's plenty of people I know who have been killed," he said. "I could write a list starting in elementary school of all the people we grew up with who have been killed."

 

[Big Boss]

black excellence

 

[88m3]

He could have done better if he went to charter school.



#twisfail

 

[Lucy]

That's beautiful!

Far as the other brother goes, you can raise your children the best you can, but once they come of age and can start thinking for themselves, there's only so much you can do.

Of course, people are going to start screaming "AFFIRMATIVE ACTION!", "THAT'S UNFAIR! I SCORED BETTER AND DIDN'T GET IN!", "WHAT ABOUT ASIANS WITH PERFECT SCORES WHO GET PASSED UP!".

Oh well, fukk them.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

black excellence

Damn skippy

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

human excellence

it's amazing when young people can be so talented at many different things. Makes you wonder how much is genetic and how much is just hard work.

 

[Naijan]

And a product of OKLAND Public Schools



Accepted to IVY Leagues across the nation.

Dude is actually born of African American parents, but has a Yourba last name courtesy of his parents being conscious.

Dude is also apparently a star baseball athlete, with multiple baseball scholarships on deck as well.


#blackexcellence



This is what black folk need to be celebrating, fukk Boosie.

First name though

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

As excited as I am for this brothers accomplishment, it hurts me that he's the exception instead of the norm. I actually look forward to the day where stories like these are no longer reported, because that's just what we do. I look forward to where brothers like him tell people what his GPA is and they go instead of . For Christ sakes homey has to carry a screenshot of his grades and sat score just to show he ain't lying. That just hurts me in some weird way.

 

[tmonster]

As excited as I am for this brothers accomplishment, it hurts me that he's the exception instead of the norm.

don't worry
just keep hammering these stories
you don't grow minds in one day
the enemy does not sleep when it comes to the negative propaganda
so we don't either with the positive

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

And a product of OAKLAND Public Schools



Accepted to IVY Leagues across the nation.

Dude is actually born of African American parents, but has a Yourba last name courtesy of his parents being conscious.

Dude is also apparently a star baseball athlete, with multiple baseball scholarships on deck as well.


#blackexcellence



This is what black folk need to be celebrating, fukk Boosie.

Stupid comment. People support black achievement and making a big deal about fans celebrating the release of a rapper is total divisiveness. That's why coli "militants" are some funny backwards mafukkas misusing words like c00n and gettin duped into hatin other black people. The intentions are good but its no understanding of context. Boosie encourages people like Tunde to do what he did, if you listened to the music you'd know but ignorance is easier I understand.

 

[tmonster]

Stupid comment. People support black achievement and making a big deal about fans celebrating the release of a rapper is total divisiveness. That's why coli "militants" are some funny backwards mafukkas misusing words like c00n and gettin duped into hatin other black people. The intentions are good but its no understanding of context. Boosie encourages people like Tunde to do what he did, if you listened to the music you'd know but ignorance is easier I understand.

The way I look at it is that we need more media diversity within the black community
sure you can have bad boy rappers but let's lionize some good character sally's and Good guy johnny's as well
Sure we can celebrate athletes but let's celebrate the black academic youth as well
and so on and on

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

The way I look at it is that we need more media diversity within the black community
sure you can have bad boy rappers but let's lionize some good character sally's and Good guy johnny's as well
Sure we can celebrate athletes but let's celebrate the black academic youth as well
and so on and on

And I've noticed that more and more positive images have been gradually exposed. I'm thinkin of the scientist that always discusses drugs(His name escapes me) and the other professor/scientist at Berkeley that was gettin hemmed up by Monsanto and those are good examples of course Neil daGrasse Tyson, and there are more. If you look for it you actually see lots of intelligent black people contributing to society and teaching a thing or two. The issue is that people don't seek that type of stuff. The other day on al Jazeera there was a discussion about diabetes in America and the country's diet and there was a black doctor on the show dropping nothing but facts. All I'm sayin is why are we gettin mad at an imbalance that Boosie had no hand in creating? Why don't more up in arms black people invest in upstart channels so they can control the narrative rather than beggin up and down for someone else to do it when they've shown no real desire to do so?

 

[Naijan]

Stupid comment. People support black achievement and making a big deal about fans celebrating the release of a rapper is total divisiveness. That's why coli "militants" are some funny backwards mafukkas misusing words like c00n and gettin duped into hatin other black people. The intentions are good but its no understanding of context. Boosie encourages people like Tunde to do what he did, if you listened to the music you'd know but ignorance is easier I understand.

Boosie my say some of the shyt sometimes but his actions speak louder. How you gonna say don't sell drugs or have a gun and then get arrested for it.

 

[Kritic]

And a product of OAKLAND Public Schools



Accepted to IVY Leagues across the nation.

Dude is actually born of African American parents, but has a Yourba last name courtesy of his parents being conscious.

Dude is also apparently a star baseball athlete, with multiple baseball scholarships on deck as well.


#blackexcellence



This is what black folk need to be celebrating, fukk Boosie.

dreads? oakland? isn't he a killer?