Film Brings True Facts To Black Fatherless Homes.

Tonight, I hosted the premiere for the film “Father’s Day?” in New York City.  The film is an incredible project created by Squeaky Moore and Ashley Shante.  The movie explores the impact of fatherless homes in the black community and how it affects our thinking as adults. The house was packed and the film was extraordinary, I was honored to be involved.

The film made me think back on my own life, and my first meeting with the sperm donor who created me.  His name is Boyce just like my own, and from all indicators I’ve received, I was lucky he wasn’t around.  I met the two children he raised and both of them seemed to feel that their interactions with him led to serious psychological damage.  In other words, I have almost no respect for my biological  father, and there isn’t much he can do to change that.

The film also led me to reflect on the good side of fatherhood.  When my sperm donor left the scene of his “sexual crime,” another man stepped in and raised me from the age of three.  Throughout my life, I’ve rarely given him proper credit for the tremendous sacrifices he made to get me to adulthood in one piece.   I owe this man my life, for he made me everything that I am today.

Source http://yourblackworld.net/2012/04/black-news/dr-boyce-black-parenthood-must-not-be-wired-for-failure/

Saggy Pants Law Is Just Another Attack On The Black Males.

A Prattville, Alabama man was sentenced to three days in jail for contempt of court for wearing saggy pants, according to The Montgomery Advertiser. 


LaMarcus D. Ramsey, 20, was in Autauga County Circuit Court to enter a plea on a charge of receiving stolen property when the Judge took issue with his wardrobe. Judge John Bush took specific issue with how low Ramsey’s blue jeans were sagging and sentenced him to three days in jail for contempt of court.

“You are in contempt of court because you showed your butt in court,” a visibly irate Bush told Ramsey. “You can spend three days in jail. When you get out you can buy pants that fit, or at least get a belt to hold up your pants so your underwear doesn’t show.”

Source http://yourblackworld.net/2012/04/black-news/man-gets-3-days-in-jail-for-sagging-pants/

Young Black Males Are Not Safe Anywhere

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    A teen was shot to death for refusing to give up his tennis shoes to robbers, according to MyFoxChicago. 

Sergio Pinex, 18, was returning home from the store with a friend on Thursday morning in Gary, Indiana when robbers pulled beside them and demanded their money and  shoes.

The victim’s grandmother Frances Pinex said, “It was the other guy’s shoes. They took the shoes off the other guy and he didn’t have no money on him, I don’t know if they took his wallet or not, but he refused to get down when they told him to get down. It’s so hard, so hard to believe that he’s gone.”

Pinex’s friend gave up his shoes and wallet and was unharmed. Pinex was shot and killed for refusing to lie down.

Source http://yourblackworld.net/2012/04/black-news/teen-shot-to-death-for-refusing-to-give-up-sneakers/

Is It Open Season On Young Black Males? Another Teen Shot By A White Man.

When asked by 11Alive’s Jon Shirek who she believed shot and killed her son, Ervin Jefferson, Candy Grimes says that he was trying to protect his family, specifically his younger sister, when he was murdered.

We heard gunshots,” Grimes said in tears. “I seen the dude in the green shirt shoot my son. I seen the guy, he had two hands, and he shot my son.”

Grimes says that after her son was shot, someone ran him over with a car:

By the time I got down there, the car was on top of my son. He was literally under the car. One of them shot him, and one of them ran over him. It’s two of y’all. He’s little. He little. Why y’all just didn’t beat him up, jump on him, why you just didn’t fight him, why you have to shoot him? I just want justice. That’s all I want, I just want justice. He was trying to protect us.”

Dekalb County police confirmed that two private security guards shot and killed Ervin Saturday night after responding to a disturbance outside of his home. They were supposed to be securing the premises of The Village at Wesley Chapel, an apartment complex near the family’s home on Pleasantwood Drive and Wesley Chapel Road.
Authorities released the following statement:

DeKalb Police responded to a Person Shot at the incident location. The responding officers located the victim suffering a gunshot wound to the torso. The victim was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The on scene investigation revealed the victim was shot by security guards who were checking out a suspicious vehicle. The investigation is on-going at this time.
Any follow up related to this incident can be obtained by the PIO during normal business hours.

It is unknown at this time if the guards, who remain unnamed, have been arrested.
Ervin, 18, was the father of a baby girl.

Black boys not good for college, but right for prison.

Study: Black boys get less attention, lower grades: Yale University Child Study Center research shows that black children — especially boys — no matter their family income, receive less attention, harsher punishment and lower grades in school than their white counterparts. The disparities are seen from kindergarten through college.

Rick Ross: Not a gangster, and his fans don't care: Slate's Joshua Weiner explains why people still love him, despite the fact that his underworld resume has been thrown into question.

Senagalese drink mogul brings Africa to U.S. business: Senegalese entrepreneur Magatte Wade is the creator of multi-million dollar U.S. company Adina World Beat Beverages, which makes drinks based on traditional recipes from around the world.

Nashville Country club considering first black member in racist history: The Belle Meade Country Club may be poised to accept the first African-American resident member in its nearly 100-year history, according to club documents obtained by the Nashville Scene. However, a letter obtained by the publication suggests that the reception might be less than friendly.

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