[SummerChild]

I hope that I didn't make anything appear out of context by just taking various portions that surprised me.

At any rate, have the parents on GC adhered to the following? I guess that I can't imagine a separate education for my son (as compared to my daughter). What have the AA men experienced as boys? What would you teach your sons as a result?

Please enlighten,
SC

Originally Posted by Professor

Black men quietly combating stereotypes

By ERIN TEXEIRA, Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 1, 5:43 PM ET

NEW YORK - Keith Borders tries hard not to scare people.
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""Black mothers and fathers socialize their sons to not make waves, to not come up against the authorities, to speak even more politely not only when there are whites present but particularly if there are whites who have power," she said.

"Most black men are able to shift from a sort of relaxed, authentically black pose into a respectable black man pose. Either they develop the dexterity to move back and forth or ultimately they flounder."

It's a lot like a game of chess, says 43-year-old Chester Williams, who owns Chester Electric in New Orleans. He has taught his three sons, ages 16, 14 and 11, to play.

"The rules of the game are universal: White moves first, then black moves," he said. "Black has to respond to the moves that the whites make. You take the advantage when it's available."



Black male children are often "labeled in public schools as being out of control," said Lacewell, who studies black political culture and wrote "Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought."

"If you're a black boy who is smart and energetic and always has the answer and throws his hand up in the air," she said, "you might as a parent say, 'Even if you know the answer you might not want to make a spectacle of yourself. You don't want to call attention to yourself.'"