Rooted in Hatred, Risen in Audacity
Ellis Clark, Spain. As a seventeen-year-old black male, my view to race has been cushioned by growing up in a comfortable, yet politically aware household....
My Mind Isn’t Inferior To Yours
Jonah Payne, St. Louis, MI. Many people feel that a Black person isn’t capable of what others are, and I find that to be false....
Calling me white is not compliment
Chappell Watkins, Indianapolis, IN. I’m a 47 year old black male I’ve grown up in all white neighborhoods, and over the years I’ve had multiple...
Being a Black Male in America
Joseph Brown, Lake Elsinore, CA. Being a black male in America is complex. Not only do we have to fight systemic racism, we also have...
I try not to be racist
Brittney Smith, Washington, DC. But since I’ve moved here I can’t help but notice that many of the stereotypes of black males are true. I’ve...
You must be better to succeed.
Curtis McCullom Irvine, CA Being a black male from Mississippi, my father taught me that in order to succeed in white American, I had to...
Wish black males had role models
Paula Gaehring, Haddon Heights, NJ. Have taught in Philadelphia and now have students from Camden, NJ. So few of them have good male role models...
I will not be a statistic
Kyle Glasper Houghton, MA Everything I feel I learn in sociology is telling me that as a black male, life has doomed me to the...
Why are my black students failing?
Josh Staveley-O’Carroll, Natick, MA. I teach at the college level (in Massachusetts, Virginia, South Carolina, and Washington, DC) and consistently my black students are in...
You are very articulate…gee thanks..
Lyonel LaGrone Jr, Urbana, IL. Over the last 17 years I have held a number of positions that have required me to give presentations on...
Young black gang kids scare America.
David Evans, Seattle, WA. People equate young black gang members with crime and trouble… I was watching the PBS special and when the young black...
