I don't think people realize how much a persons surrounding circumstances can affect a child's ability to succeed. Great work placing these kids in a environment to succeed!

@TheSecondAdam

2 жыл бұрын

Who does not realize that? That is well known in academia.

I cannot explain how happy I am after seeing this. I'm not Black. But I'm tired of seeing people bash on the black Identity with thugs,low lifes etc. Lets hope this grows into a bigger higher educated black community.

@theonetheonlydeganthevegan4392

8 жыл бұрын

laetrille I said bash on the black Identity. You can't call all black people thugs, All Germans Nazi's etc. I've been raised in low income residential areas with thugs of Arab,Black and Hispanic and a high Income area where the black population was not that bad. But the kids were trying to be thugs cause they thought it was cool. We need to stop labeling them thugs so we can stop this cycle.

@beverlyhills9928

6 жыл бұрын

The one the only Degan the Vegan Thank you.

@livelaughlove2366

6 жыл бұрын

+Beverly Hills only problem is America doesn't like to see blacks in a wealthy light...they r extra critical with blacks on all levels..in all institutions...

@tamaduni

5 жыл бұрын

It is intentionally done to desensitize the masses ...it becomes therefore easier for the powers that be ..to use , abuse , disinchefranchise etc without much outcry from the public

@thecraplordsell4575

5 жыл бұрын

Gelbsucht and you’re ok with that. It sounds like you want them to be like that just to hate on them. Lol I guess you can keep dreaming on.

Black youth making a difference! That's what I love to see!

@LukaDonesnitch

3 жыл бұрын

Black Male youth, Black girls are encouraged to the fullest to be great,

This needs to be made into a nation wide effort.

@user-ci4cw1kn3k

6 жыл бұрын

We need sharia law in america. Black won't steal if they know their hand will be cut off, and if they kill anyone it is dead sentence.

@sagelali4950

6 жыл бұрын

El Perro Loco Sagel

@obianujuikeaka9947

6 жыл бұрын

I agree

This is why I fuck with you AJ+, nothing to say but this fills me with a lot of emotions. This is what makes you want to do better for yourself and others

Wow this video makes me cry, hits really close to home.

@S3SIC831

8 жыл бұрын

+laetrille lol. just because those individuals did it to you why are you blaming a entire race. everyones diffrent.

This is a great program, but they shouldn't just be pushing these kids into going to college and then graduating with debt and trying to get a job in white america. Teach them the skills to pursue a trade or start their own business.

@majesticmoneyande1721

7 жыл бұрын

🙌🏾

@AA-jg7xm

6 жыл бұрын

Coach JG gang a suggest

@anthonybarlow5955

6 жыл бұрын

Great idea. would it work better as a program while they are in college? cause at this stage of the game it seems like the issue is pulling them in gettinv to see they are some body with great potential and not let it go down the drain being one of those kids i couldnt see past my sneakers much less my own bussiness

@AfroMedic

4 жыл бұрын

You should give a suggestion

@noricoleman8988

4 жыл бұрын

I think both are great. Trade skills are amazing but so is becoming a doctor, a nurse, a lawyer. Unfortunately, college is the only way to obtain those skills. Wouldn't it be nice to have a trade school to become a doctor, a nurse, etc. But those fields take a lot of book learning and studying. Maybe there could be a way to come up with a mentoring program for the " higher education " careers.

Awesome! Brought tears to my eyes. Trying to do some community outreach in Baltimore. Keep up the great work! ❤from bmore

@riyike

7 жыл бұрын

Same here. I'm interested in getting involve in Baltimore!!. Any specific program names? Please and thank you

the part in the beginning where kids interact with cops in an open way is something evry city should do

this mini doc is so so so good. crazy good.

Proud of these brothers, really putting in work with ideas. AJ showing us real progress man.

I love this!

This video gets me so hyped and happy. It's amazing to see things like this get implemented and giving people opportunities.

its hard growing up black and not a wealthy as all your white friends, no offence. my white friends are surprised when i tell them I've never been on a plane. and as being black its like you have a target.

@d.joseph98

6 жыл бұрын

NiKO AND???? I’m black and I do all those things 🙄

@demetricahoward7031

5 жыл бұрын

@@d.joseph98 so your point is.

@d.joseph98

5 жыл бұрын

Demetrica Howard my point is what I just said......

@demetricahoward7031

5 жыл бұрын

@@d.joseph98 still dont understand your point. So what you did all those things. He said he didnt he was talking about his self .

@d.joseph98

5 жыл бұрын

Demetrica Howard he said because he’s black he’s not wealthy enough. How is being black make you not wealthy enough?? And how is being black make you never road a plane before? What about the trailer park people? And any other races that are poor.

Love the video changing game for young black males, just want to say thank God for the black male adults for helping our young black men. God bless all.!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

This made my heart smile. So glad I came across this video for my research paper

this shit is fuckin beautiful

Its great to see mentors like us teach functionality to the youth. Our community needs us and it starts with great leadership. Good work !

😂😂😂😂😂 I love this!! Keep up the good work my people. 😂😂😂

We all make our own hell and personal responsibility a role we must own

@dmedina6835

3 жыл бұрын

@Mylin Kai poor decisions are on those whom want to be behind bars

My heart hurts every time I see these videos. I am so proud of everyone in thus video. You are all doing such an AMAZING job. On the flip side of that, it is so shocking to have these statistics blaring and obvious.

This is dope!!

I would love to have the opportunity to talk to and get inside the minds of young black males. How do I go about getting their attention and finding out what it is they want. For example one of my dreams is to have a program that teaches them day trading as a means to build wealth. What are some strategies needed to hold their attention long enough to ignite their passions?

@azuzajones6654

7 жыл бұрын

If they really wanted to learn how to build wealth, they would have done it. I'm 23(about to be 24) and I've been studying the stock market since I was 18. I remember turning on the TV and bloomberg was on and I thought to myself "people must make a lot of money doing this". I got books from the library and got to studying. I followed the greatest investor (Warren Buffet) and and read Graham and Dodd. Young people aren't retarded. If they want to learn how to do something, they should step out and learn it, simple.

@azuzajones6654

7 жыл бұрын

They go have sex when they want to. If they wanted to learn about trading or investing, they could just take their ass to the library like I did. What's stopping them? They just don't care.

@lamarjlp914

7 жыл бұрын

+azuza jones ok I've specifically asked for strategies to keep these young men's attention and I was hoping to get responses from people who actually worked with them. Nothing you wrote was of any value to me. However, if you came to ventabout how little you think of them nor like them then please do it with someone else. This is solely MY time, money and energy that I plan to devote to them so it should be of ZERO concern to you.

@azuzajones6654

7 жыл бұрын

+lamarjlp914 I'M JUST SAYING, I'M ONE OF THEM (young black man). No one had to form a "strategy" for me to take my ass to the library. I just dicided I wanted more out of life and wanted to strive for it. If these idiots can look at these rappers, they can look at Warren and Gate's. I sincerely mean no offense. Good luck on your venture. I may be coming from the wrong angle, I guess I just wanted to let off some steam.

@azuzajones6654

7 жыл бұрын

+lamarjlp914 I apologize sincerely.

Beautiful 😊

Thank you for this. It's good to be aware but it is also good to build hope. Too often we see the issues but not the solutions.

Shine young men. It’s great to see another side of young black men that don’t play into the stereotype’s of what you see on the news great video 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

This is why we all need stick together as fathers. The father is absolutely vital to the life of a child, regardless of race.

This really brought tears to my eyes

Black Culture and single motherhood is the problem, denying these issues will not lead to progress.

@tbphillips9649

2 жыл бұрын

Let me guess black culture is crime to you

I'm impressed. I thought this was going to be another let's-throw-white-people-under-the-bus video, but you actually focused on how black people are fully capable of taking responsibility and helping themselves. And why wouldn't they be? They are equal to everyone else; they are human.

@Ainttrippin

8 жыл бұрын

+dXoverdteqprogress Thanks for blessing us with the gift of humanity you white angel.

We need more of this.

Where can I get links to references of the info used in the short documentary.

excellent

Black Youth Culture is about to make the biggest change in our history for generations to come . MARK MY WORD 👨🏾‍🦲👀

@The-Fallen-

3 жыл бұрын

hahahahahhahahahhahahhahahahha

@tbphillips9649

2 жыл бұрын

This was 6 years ago

Perhaps a uniform policy for black males is in order;this is a great post that must be shared in all urban school districts.

Wow I’m glad I came across this video.

I love thissss!

Y'all black folks are going to act right because I Love y'all!!❤❤❤ we are going to Love ourselves and eachother!!! Most of all God!

Bravo!!!!

I grew up in Oakland. Home sweet home. Just make sure that these males helping and mentoring these young men are not predators. We had a sh$$ ton of predators when I was growing up in Oakland.

We need this for every kid. All of them are pretty lost today.

Great video. Shoutout to Oakland.

A pilot program is truly needed in Winona Minnesota public schools. It's agonizing to see how they are seemingly crushing the spirit of the male children there. If someone has a real remedy like yesterday please let me know. Seriously. Thank you truly.

I love the town!

This makes my heart happy ❤️

I like this. Help make a change and give everyone a chance

so on another note, i like how they are teaching the kids that the slave part was done by Europeans and not just white people, though on the same note i find it stupid that they are calling themselves African Americans, like unless you're from Africa yourself then you should be called just American, but thats just my own views on the whole thing

😍👏🏻❤️ beautiful

The sick part is, education doesn't help black men or boys succeed. It only regulates them into certain positions in European dominated society. So, no matter how many jobs we get we're still a part of the system which routinely and methodologically disenfranchises black males from having jobs regardless of their socioeconomic or educational status. What this means is that no matter which one of us gets a job it still won't get any of us out of our situation and that any one of us that does receive one of these jobs instead of the hell that's being offered to the rest of us is simply helping the system overcome the rest of us...

SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLD??? Where did all of the irresponsible black fathers go??

These teachers are true heroes!

who's the guy at 1:51? what's his name?

There needs to be a change for all young males in the face of rampant feminism.

I've noticed in a lot of media the "Kings" and "Queens" references. I'm not clear what that is exactly.

Congratulations to our current and future kings!!!

He asked everyone who lost a freind to violence and everyone raised their hands... And the guy shouted OH MY GOD! The idiot didnt realise they were all raising their hands for TUPAC!

If it were up to me every black American young man would get a full scholarship to any school or program he is accepted to, regardless of "class". I don't want them burdened with debt.

AJ or who it may be concerned I compliment you moving forward, but you know it takes more than just one person. can I suggest that you would reach out to King Randall, he's 21 year old African American man that lives in Georgia and that is building a school for young African American boys. Also look up Dr. Claud Anderson. Dr. Anderson teaches on black economics and raising back the community for African American people.

This gives me hope.

@tbphillips9649

2 жыл бұрын

Hope for what tell me hope for what

I love these young men.

Give them dad's.

@kaylamack2790

5 жыл бұрын

They all left...

@seaor2k122

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaylamack2790 Find them if they're not dead.

❤

My concern about such programs are: -They seem to seldom take the needs of girls into consideration thus making boys a priority. What an ugly message that send to black girls. How do people think they can improve a community without giving equal consideration to all its members? -I've never known such programs to teach black kids that what happens to them is the product of structural racism and that political engagement= good citizenship. They should believe they can and have an obligation to change things.-Many such programs use recuperative masculinity as a model to teach boys. This concept says there is something inherently wrong with boys that stigmatizes them as problems rather than looking at the barriers that lead to mass incarceration, under education, mass unemployment, and illegal economies. Black kids need to be taught there is nothing wrong with them by their parents and communities which is the opposite of what they learn even from well meaning people.

@bigevil1001

7 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of programs that exclusively priorities black girls over black boys. If they will not be balanced than we will.

Slowly but surely...

Does it count for young Hispanic Males? Like me I'm Nicaraguese but live in the United States

@tbphillips9649

2 жыл бұрын

Dumb comment

I just posted this on another KZread... When are you going to stop having conversations while showing this disgusting behavior and start taking actions. This shit must stop and it will if our black men start protecting our community. Where are our Black Oak Keepers, Black Proud Boys, Black KKK. Where the hell are our protectors...our black men. This will continue to happen until we make it stop. Take Action Now Recruit Black Oak Keepers, Black Proud Boys and Black KKK. It's time for all of you to shut up and man up. Are there any real black men protectors out there? Sign up and serve. Your community wants you.

education comes from both schools and kids' homes

If you refuse to suspend kids for using profanity, using the n-word, sagging their pants, wearing caps/do-rags indoors, dress code violations, then you cut back on suspensions. You can then save the suspensions for kids who attack teachers.

Persecution is sooo strong for young blackmen ,soooo strong.We are persecuted ,locked up,killed unemployed everyday.🤔👊🏿😔.

At least America abolished slavery, Qatar.

@bigevil1001

7 жыл бұрын

Define "slavery"

We are our own policeman to; get an education, respect strangers, financially support family, develop yourself/shutoff TV and disavow crime.

Absentee Fathers. Listen to Stokely's speech at Huey's birthday celebration in Oakland, February 1968. the you tube link is kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZpOp2cOkkZrKe7g.html Bobby, H. Rap Brown, then Stokely. Half of what Stokely says is hyperbole, but his point about what Federal "poverty programs" where doing to the Black community is timeless truth. Fathers were made irrelevant, socially and economically. The modern narrative won't deal with that.

YOU EDUCATORS NEED TO SPEAK THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BLACK CORRUPT LEADERSHIP TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hear we have to help all young black men, but we have to build the family again. We have to stop the single mother house hold and encourage family. We have to speak of god. We have to stop a mind set of victim hood. We have to use the mindset if something knocks me down, i got to get up again. Blaming other ppl like white men. ok, but in the end does it further anything? I use to blame the white man for all the ills in my life, till i realized we are all individuals and no one will help me if i never take responsibility for my life and blame others. I even blamed everyone for things i did, cuz it made me feel better. Then i woke up, found god, found who the true enemy is. Now i live my life by being an example and encourage all young men to be better, do better and follow god

To succede, you need to melange them with all other race and to teach them to auto regulated themselves. If someone does something wrong ... the others should try to correct the wrongdoer. The this will turn into a success. All we hope after all.

God be with (all) the men in America, especially our ("BLACK MEN") IN THE USA AND THE WORLD!! IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME I PRAY. AMEN!! (Ephesians 3:20 ) Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

A total of 454 blacks murdered in Chicago this year. Planned Parenthood murders an average of 170,000 BLACK babies a year. Both Chicago and Planned Parenthood are run by the Democratic party. Which party do you think appear to be trying to eliminate the black race?

Black lives matter to me

International Ifatunde Notorious RBG

Were are the black churches the black NBA and the black men that will take up time with young men we have no men in texas like this sad who cares about our men

PAY BLACK CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOL : PROBLEM SOLVED ! Teach real history !!!

What do we need to do? Stop having kids out of wedlock. Simple solution, simple as hell.

Stereotypes exist for a very real, very legitimate, very valid reason. They bring it on themselves, which, among other things, is a construct of single black female heads of household.

@damfst23

5 жыл бұрын

As long as you do not understand the context that the Black community exist under then your racist stereotypes have no merit,Period!

@damfst23

5 жыл бұрын

If you do not understand White supremacy, Institutional racism or structural racism then everything you think that you know about the so called African-American will confuse you.

KUDOS CHRIS CHATTMON!!!

wasn't malcom x an extremist?

@shaipharaoh6830

8 жыл бұрын

nah, in his words he believed you should love those that love you, but he also believed that you should be able to defend yourself from tyranny without being labeled a criminal

@silviogrijalva8801

8 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Sawyer fair enough if true

@shaipharaoh6830

8 жыл бұрын

+Silvio Grijalva yeah look up his speeches, I think you'd enjoy them

@samerkhatib4089

8 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Sawyer, Malcolm X was a Muslim.

@Hargazer

8 жыл бұрын

+Samer Khatib He was a muslim to spite white people during the day. A lot of black people did that.

Blackmails

Bring back corpal punishment.

Well, they sometimes blame single parents, but even with a single parent Asian kids still do much better than blacks at any level of the education system.

@jackee3298

6 жыл бұрын

Criss chen. because u know all black and Asian people? you probably never met a black person

@jackee3298

6 жыл бұрын

LoL ReplayBaby. The NBA and NFL. PLAYERS are mostly from single parent homes, where arw rhe Asians ,hell is only a few white men . Think about that next u r watching a game.hater

@thecraplordsell4575

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe it’s the single parents lack of care for the kid.

This is segregation

@d.joseph98

6 жыл бұрын

Animale20 Seibert do you want it ?

If there was ever a white college expo it would be viewed as racist but a black person can openly practice racism and hatred and are never called out

If blacks are more likely to be suspended they should be more civil, if they are underperforming then they should be more assiduous, if they are viewed as a threat they should work to rewrite their image for the better. These are all things that is their fault, there's no "rigged system". Asian-Americans are a testament to this.

@WarmRegardsQ

8 жыл бұрын

+Erick Smith its always the people with no profile pic saying shit like that.

@JuiccyCouture

8 жыл бұрын

You're just ignorant.

@Sendmetothesky

8 жыл бұрын

Wtf do you think this was all about

@AnonymousLaughters1

8 жыл бұрын

+Quans Videos yet it's true.

@AnonymousLaughters1

8 жыл бұрын

+_bahja I tell it like it is.

Don’t agree with it

@d.joseph98

6 жыл бұрын

Carlos Zavala why

@thecraplordsell4575

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, what exactly do you mean???

Democrats aint gonna like this at all. A young black man reading? Democrats want you in the same spot as before since 1920’s -all voting Democrat. Poor, illiterate, on welfare, pregnant, live in the hoods, so long as you vote Democrat. You wander off, they will send Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to keep u in line.

@williamjackson5598

4 жыл бұрын

The parties switched in the sixties so this is the Republicans

@ha4b635

Жыл бұрын

@@williamjackson5598 this conversation suggests both parties have played their part in systemic racism.

This is racist.

❤

Well, they sometimes blame single parents, but even with a single parent Asian kids still do much better than blacks at any level of the education system.