@Jcotton1
My point in saying that it matters is that we need more black media, and we need it to be mainstream. We need it to be popping. We're in a culture war and we're trying to fight it with good parenting. Sometimes that's not enough.
Media sculpts the mind. Especially young ones.
We gotta clean up the damn nasty house we live in currently . We can't worry about down the street when you have old food in the kitchen stuck on plates growing mold.
Currently we have rap/ skreet culture. President Obama, Dr Cosby among many others have begged and pleeded for us to get our shyt together. We need to destroy rap culture . I stand by this if Dr. King nem were here he would be appalled by our behavior . A few young jackass would call him an ole nukka and tell to stfu.
No one in my family raps yet we own the land we sharecropper on and we have corps paying us to use the land for organic farming , gone to college no debt, grad school, many have kids now . I know some wealthy black and white folks they would be considered boring.
I said all that to say getting up and staying focused for that degree ain't fun working at a hospital and over nights stocking shelves if need to be has to be looked at as a better alternative vs selling drugs on the block.
Push come to shove many talk a good game but they still the same folk who has this stupid azz debate Russell vs future and swag at 40+. You talking media that's what's considered popping.
My white friend got married at 24 he and I played soccer together coming up. If he were like us he would be considered lame as hell cause he didnt blow his 20s screwing everything that moved cause he's a grad of Michigan and Duke. He and his girl came from bread upper middle class. Did he have fun yeah but he cut the nonsense out early 2nd qt instead of waiting till 4 mins left in damn game and you trying to overcome a 15 pt deficit.
I currently mentor in Philly with manup Phl. I also tutor.
ManUpPHL is a non-profit organization in Philadelphia that helps men find alternatives to violence by connecting mentees to resources.
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