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A SUCCESS PRIMER FOR YOUNG BLACK MEN, PART 4

      As I continue with this 12-part series, I have decided to proclaim 2024 as “The Year of the Young Black Man.”  I believe that they are doing well, despite the negative images put forth by the “mainstream mess”.  I realize that you haven't heard about these topics from 'other' areas of the electronic frontier.  This great site is where you need to be, as the action is popping here!

      A few years back, during my Probation Officer days, I made a

A SUCCESS PRIMER FOR YOUNG BLACK MEN, PART 3

      I’ve worn a variety of different hats over my lifetime.  All of them have, at time or another, ‘bumped uglies’ with the impact and effects of juvenile crime.  Whether it has been in a classroom, in a courtroom, or in the streets, juvenile crime is the issue that spends more time taking—rather than giving.  In short, regardless of what you see on social media, in the ‘mainstream mess’ or in the latest video game offering or in the latest rap/hip-

THERE ARE BETTER WAYS

      A few years back, it was revealed that for every one million students who played basketball, maybe two would have the talent to turn pro.  This was roughly the same ratio for those who wanted to play professional football.  This simply means that for the rest of the young men involved in athletics, they would need to have a realistic ‘back up’ plan for success after their high school and college sports days were behind them.

      Over the years, we would hope that man