Sunday, September 16, 2018
DaNuMillennium Tyme's
Ya know I have always been disappointed to find that with all of tha trials and tribulations African American males face, so many of them bypass realistic opportunities during their rush to an unforgiving path leading to nowhere. A recent conversation with a disenchanted African American male served as a much-needed reminder that far too often many young males cannot get out of their own way. Tha alluded to a conversation between this young male and myself were contextualized by a haze of marijuana and cell phone interruptions; obstacles that most adults would not dare even to attempt to conquer as a pre-requisite to providing advice to wayward youth....Although I would like to say that this is one of tha few times that I have had to deal with a person whose “logic” was severely hampered by a combination of alcohol and drugs, such would be a blatant lie. Most people who have seriously dealt with youth will tell you that this young man is not a rarity. ... But to be honest, It is this population that Judge Mathis addressing during his when he charged “If you want to do drugs or sell drugs, you know where they do that at, so go there;If you prefer such a lifestyle, go and live with those who harbor tha same values that you do. People!! Don’t come onto a college campus and try to be tha dope man. Tha night lyfe behavior and value system of tha streets belong on tha Streets
Tha alluded to tha youth males have a severely flawed cultural frame of reference. Unfortunately for so many young black men, our cultural frame of reference is not only crucial to our understanding of tha world but also holds tha potential to serve as tha primary determinant in our failure. Verification of this point is found with anyone who has achieved anything in lyfe as they will tell you that their success was not accidental; instead, a by product of a developed recipe for success that they used to turn their dreams into reality. When viewed through this lens, it seems ludicrous that any sane person interested in bettering their lyfe would seek to convince themselves that adherence to a backward culture resting on heavy use of marijuana, poor school/work attendance, amoral behavior, and a shocking hostility toward intellectualism are ingredients in any recipe for success.If you ask me I guess..... Look If nothing else, lyfe experiences have taught me that a crucial step in maintaining my sanity is picking and choosing my spots. Those lyfe principles led me to not intrude on an average young man’s flawed philosophies of “What a black man ought to do and ought to be.” I have learned that it is nearly impossible for a small segment of tha average black males to free themselves from tha mental and cultural chains that have been restraining them for so long that they are unaware of their existence.
