I was going through some of my mother's archives and found this poem she had stored away as a message to her children. Written in the margins were the words: To Donna (my sister) and Charles (me) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEwU86r-nTo&t=2s By Dr Margaret T Burroughs 1963 What shall I tell my children who are blackOf what it means... Continue Reading →
This is a re-post of a page I find very enlightening. I like to copy and paste articles like this in my blog so you can see them. Of course, I must give credit where it is due: The Main page is below and it has LOTS of powerful articles to read. Conversations For Transformation... Continue Reading →
1.5 Million Missing Black Men By JUSTIN WOLFERS, DAVID LEONHARDT and KEVIN QUEALY APRIL 20, 2015 Original Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/20/upshot/missing-black-men.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/20/upshot/missing-black-men.html For every 100 black women not in jail, there are only 83 black men. The remaining men – 1.5 million of them – are, in a sense, missing. In New York, almost 120,000 black men between the ages of 25 and 54... Continue Reading →
Richard V. Reeves, Sarah Nzau, and Ember Smith Thursday, November 19, 2020 Original Link: The challenges facing Black men – and the case for action (brookings.edu) Editor's Note: This paper was prepared for the November 19, 2020 event on overcoming challenges faced by Black boys and men for the Brookings Institution, Future of the Middle Class Initiative. “To be... Continue Reading →
For Black boys, discrimination during adolescence leads to depression two decades later when they are adults.
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