[SummerChild]

KAPPAtivating,
Do you think that more rites of passages programs from our fraternities would help or is that too short a time period? Would a Big Brother kind of program help?

SC

Originally posted by KAPPAtivating
As an AA male, I believe this is all related to generational curses as well as modern day slavery. I believe that there are many black males, much like myself, that would fit WEB Dubious's talented tenth. However, unlike the theory he came up with, we are not doing our job to help educate and free our enslaved bretheren. I am in the education business (high school), and I have had many of my AA male students tell me that the path I took to "success" is too long. They are needing instant gratification. We, as AA men have been conditioned to believe that if we are not repopulating society, then we are failing as individuals. Once we plant a few seeds here and there, it then becomes necessary for us to make a quick buck to buy our kids the newest Jordans or Mellos. We are only repeating a cycle of poverty and jail time. As a 29 yr. old man, I had to learn to be a man from other people. We do not have enough positive men acting as role models for those who do not have one. It is a sad situation that I see no quick solution.