Yup
As a member of the younger group (I'm 24) I can see exactly where you are coming from here. Most of the men i know (btwn the ages of 18 & 35) pattern their lives off of music videos. My husband was once one of them. He used to mope around the house saying "It's not fair! They make millions to jump around on stage." When asked why he never finished school, he gets quiet. The truth? He spent too much time trying to live out his TV dreams. And there are plenty of people like this in the world. What they don't realize is this: IT'S NOT REAL!
I agree with some of the other opionions that have been posted already. If more brothers had (proper) role models, and spent more time talking to people with the same goals, things might be a little different in the community. Perhaps it's time for every Brother who "makes it" to go out and encourage 4 more Brothers who want to "make it", without the aid of drug money or pimp culture.
Khasm13 said:the way things are going now...
we can increase the number of black men in colleges
by having the rappers make their videos with the scantly clad
women, at some of the universities...i only jest, but there is truth in these wordz...
the black male youth are patterning their lives off of what they see on television. televison unfortunately has become the educators of our youth...and this is a crying shame....
one love
khasm
As a member of the younger group (I'm 24) I can see exactly where you are coming from here. Most of the men i know (btwn the ages of 18 & 35) pattern their lives off of music videos. My husband was once one of them. He used to mope around the house saying "It's not fair! They make millions to jump around on stage." When asked why he never finished school, he gets quiet. The truth? He spent too much time trying to live out his TV dreams. And there are plenty of people like this in the world. What they don't realize is this: IT'S NOT REAL!
I agree with some of the other opionions that have been posted already. If more brothers had (proper) role models, and spent more time talking to people with the same goals, things might be a little different in the community. Perhaps it's time for every Brother who "makes it" to go out and encourage 4 more Brothers who want to "make it", without the aid of drug money or pimp culture.