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@javidallas4113

10 ай бұрын

Basically with the black community you can’t win no matter what you do 😂😂😂

I became a software engineer after sustaining a college football injury, but was not shown that software engineers even existed in my inner city public school system growing up. Sports was the only real example of success shown year over year. Others like me were also more than capable but started in our positive direction behind the curve due to systemic barriers.

@RobertCarvalhoUK

11 ай бұрын

Yep it's music or sports that are pushed.

@RobertCarvalhoUK

11 ай бұрын

Yep it's music or sports that are pushed.

@kingrockthepoet8286

11 ай бұрын

Well said brother

@MAHONEYDRO

11 ай бұрын

Please make sure you reach out and let the youth see you Winning

@tmasst07

11 ай бұрын

Facts! Once I found out what Software and Sys Engineers made and how comfy their lifestyle can be I was crushed that I hadnt been introduced to coding and networking and computer engineering earlier

My daughter went to majority white school. Her self esteem was hurt. Now that she went to majority black school self esteem went up

@mrmitchell4089

11 ай бұрын

Age?

I've always found it weird when our society refers to smart kids as nerds in a negative way and on the other hand society completely praise a athlete who's completely owned by an manager😅

@AtheneHolder

10 ай бұрын

... and that manager was a nerd lol

@xxxtrddy

10 ай бұрын

@@AtheneHolderEXACTLY! The “nerd” wins!

@desmenreed7854

10 ай бұрын

Smart and educated or two different things

@indatpee2277

10 ай бұрын

Money 🤑

@Ravenelvenlady

10 ай бұрын

A 40 million dollar slave. 😟

I have been encouraging Black parents to send their children to trade schools! My son is still a teen but is in his last year of trade school and will, by the grace of God, be a master electrician before he's 25. He will start his own company soon after that. There is money to be made in the trades and you can live anywhere when you know a trade. Men and women should learn a trade because you will always have something to fall back on😊

@AtheneHolder

10 ай бұрын

yes. the pandemic showed us this. when people were locked in and couldn't fix their own problems they had to turn to those tradesmen... granted YoutTube has helped with the minor things you will ALWAYS be needed and have earning potential if you can work with your hands be it sewing, plumbing, HVAC, anything!!

@ppacal1098

10 ай бұрын

Dr. Umar is absolutely right on. Inagine if black men began a campaign selling black males on STOP the "Fill my stadium BOY!" "Make me money BOY!"

Finally someone said it! Thank you Dr. Umar. When he said low potential careers (entertainment careers for black youth), I clapped 👏🏾 When he correlated sports to slavery, I clapped 👏🏾 Went to a white suburban school, the indoctrination is very real. Barely recovering now.

@bjrnthebootybandit

11 ай бұрын

That's one of the dumbest things I ever heard. White people play sports also and we dont see them complaining about being slaves

@jackmehoff9819

11 ай бұрын

😂🤣

@WoodWheel

11 ай бұрын

Is this the same negro who SUPPOSED TO open his own school after collecting millions in donations and this school is has not yet came into existence!!

@thetraveler1182

11 ай бұрын

SYBAU you never had to grow up in a war zone between Crips, hkoovers and slobks

@GoGetFree

11 ай бұрын

@@thetraveler1182 have you ever had to grow up in Africa? We’re not here to compare traumas.

If you can afford to put your kids in better schools, please do.

@racingwithnogas

10 ай бұрын

Welp... 💯

A wise man once told me, “What happens at the old house happens in the new house.” Environment makes a difference to an extent but the environment the adults can cultivate in the mind of the children is more influential than the environment externally can make. Food for thought.

@Queen-ConsciousYa

11 ай бұрын

No, research shows that culture/environment and parents(resources) has a correlation on children’s “success” and wellbeing, values.

@danbrown5133

11 ай бұрын

Words of the day!!

@JenJHayden

10 ай бұрын

that wise man wasn't so wise.

@chandrareid6966

7 ай бұрын

​ Research can be fabricated but real life experiences tell the truth about what has or will take place.

I like how he stressed giving back and still building the community up even after leaving. Never forget where you came from.

Being a product of the Philadelphia school system in the past I have barely made it out alive. I have been attacked, temporarily paralyzed, and Shot up at school. I can honestly say it was the worst time of my life. Niggas were volatile and bullied those who wanted to learn, and I remember being robbed in class in front of the teacher. There was always an infatuation with thug culture and ignorance while each day became a day of survival. I remember suffering from PTSD and having panic attacks in school and on the streets. Then there were the black sisters who were venomous and poisonous and displayed toxic behaviors that would destroy your self-value. They would mock you and treat you less than human while only giving respect to the drug dealers, thugs, comedians and pretty boys with money. As an adult I currently reside in the black community but I will never, ever send my kids to a Philadelphia public school. The prison bars on the windows and armed police with dogs will effect your kids psychologically therefore I must do what I have to do.

@MisterB2eternity

11 ай бұрын

As a teacher in the Philadelphia area I'm sorry you went through that. I hope you're doing well now. And may Lady Karma reach those that attacked and the teachers that did nothing to help you.

@biggareid

11 ай бұрын

@@MisterB2eternity thank you 🙏! Fortunately this happened 20 years and time healed something’s but the memories remain.

@eldenlordnux1802

11 ай бұрын

Finally, someone said it. Majority of the black urban schools are violent and poor preforming schools. Why after building my life from nothing should I send my children to these prisons they called school.

@caribbeanraised6084

11 ай бұрын

i went to school in nyc iI absolutely hated it

@justgoddessesonly

11 ай бұрын

In a parallel reality on the other side of the tracks, the same sh!t-show was happening in LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District) in high schools at least in the 90's. Crenshaw High School, Dorsey, Manual Arts, Compton High School (Compton USD), to name a few, same events happening on the other side of the coast traumatizing kids left and right. And our suburban counterparts thought the sh!t was 'existentially hypnotizing' when said traumatized kids made a whole musical genre out of their pain through rap instead of having decent HMO care to pay for therapy sessions. And move the h@ll away from the sh!t. Now society wants those same kids from the 90's that are now adults to show up to work daily and be peaceful, vote, be disciplined, make decisions with integrity after being robbed of their peace and sanity in childhood, and not have mental health rages and breakdowns that 'inconvenience' and 'disturb' others. It's the biggest gaslit sh!t-show to think tht putting kids thru this in schools and neighborhoods does not have it's repercussions. Those traumatized kids are still very much alive and God help us all on tht one.

Facts! Best thing to ever happen to me was tearing my ACL in middle school. I was forced to develop other interest, invest in my education and becoming a more well rounded person. I was led to believe getting an athletic scholarship was my only chance at college but ended up getting a full academic scholarship to college upon finishing high school.

I raised my son in a “white” neighborhood and I still regret it. His confidence was crushed in a really sneaky way. He dealt with kind yt supremacy so he never figured out why he struggled. Of course there are other things going on but school did have a really big impact on him. He’s 24 and still trying to recover. Even though I still live in this same neighborhood I send my younger kids to a different school that has way more black kids and they are so nurturing to the kids. I’ll never drop the ball like I did with my older son. I agree with Dr Umar. Feeling insufficient and like you’re an outsider bc your black has a major physiological affect on people, especially kids. You can always supplement gaps in education but your self worth is had to recover from. Not impossible but difficult. Also, I taught at majority black schools and I rarely saw kids picking on other kids bc they were smart. It does happen but it doesn’t dominate a kids experience. I will never send my kids to a yt school again if I can help it.

@senojoy12473

11 ай бұрын

I had a similar experience with my oldest son. For a couple of years in elementary, I sent him to one of the top performing (keyword: white) schools in the city. He started stealing and acting out. I moved him to a school that was primarily Hispanic and black and he flourished! I was so surprised at his reaction to the white school and then how quickly everything changed when I got him out of there. It's crazy

@shenitawhitlow6887

10 ай бұрын

So very true, I found that out to late with my daughter. I did get her moved to a high school in the city and then an HBCU. Many people don't understand this.

@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona

10 ай бұрын

Why didn’t you son go to school where you worked?

@takyrica

10 ай бұрын

@@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona I wasn’t a teacher at the time

@quadridingboy93

10 ай бұрын

Your racism and ignorance is showing

I went to a public school in the hood and I knew I didn’t want my kids having the same experience. I know suburban schools have issues too but I wanted my kids to have a house to live in and a yard to play in, clean,fresh air to breath in, birds chirping and trees. I advocate for my kids and volunteer in the school make my presence known so I know what’s going on.

@Tredawakandan

2 ай бұрын

Me & many others had all that in what you call Hood Areas😅. Do y'all just listen to white folks and regurgitate their talking points

Integration killed the professionals living in the community. I grew up in the 70s, and we had plenty of teachers, doctors, etc, living on the block.

We are not a community. We are a group of people stuck together. You have to do what’s best for you and your family.

@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona

10 ай бұрын

How do we become a community if we do what your last sentence says?

@MrBronx61

10 ай бұрын

💯💯💯 Exactly. If you have the means to send your kids to a better school, do it.

@jessejacobs9856

10 ай бұрын

@@MrBronx61 that’s exactly what he did with his scholarship

@MrBronx61

10 ай бұрын

@@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona Community is made up of individuals. Wouldn't we have a stronger community if each individual stepped his/her game up and functioned forwards in life instead of backwards?

@claytonphillips85

10 ай бұрын

​@@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona those days are over

The world is diverse, raising Black students in today's society whether it's a Black or White neighborhood can be a double edge sword. Thorough home training will outweigh most obstacles. Best endeavors to all families trying to do what's right based on their circumstances.

So much wisdom and truth! My daughters went to a mostly white school for one year and I was done. I only moved there to be close to my job. Although we did move out of the inner-city, I still moved to a suburb that's predominantly black I don't understand how people keep moving into predominantly non-black neighborhoods as if they're trying to prove something.

Profound conversation, I agree with the Dr. I'd rather send my kid to a predominantly black school than a suburban predominantly white school. I've seen kids from suburban schools that don't know they are African American. Furthermore, suburban education severely limit the kids connection to establishing black friendships. One step out of the hood is predominantly white and has few opportunities to establish true long term friendships. Great interview!

@bjrnthebootybandit

11 ай бұрын

so you wanna keep your child in the hood for the sake of friendships? They can make black friends in college

@ddunvideo

11 ай бұрын

@@bjrnthebootybandit Maybe Maybe not! There's a good chance of running into black kids that don't know that they are black.

@LOSTGPS

11 ай бұрын

@@bjrnthebootybandit theyre ignorant

@bjrnthebootybandit

11 ай бұрын

@@ddunvideo that's so dumb lol

@ddunvideo

11 ай бұрын

It is dumb, but I'm living it, 15 years in the surgical field confirms what I'm telling you. They have the same regard for you as white people do. My previous statement wasn't intended to mean the hood but a predominantly black school i.e. Technical, AP or Magnet Program.

They can pick up a book instead, the white man hasn't taken those away.

@winningvictory

11 ай бұрын

Award winning, thought provoking commentary!

@brianbest6097

11 ай бұрын

Public libaries are free. Whats the excuse now? Plus nobody puts a weapon on your head and tells you to go play sports.

@TheMaddThinker-ix8qx

11 ай бұрын

You do know there are young black people that read books right?

@winningvictory

11 ай бұрын

@@TheMaddThinker-ix8qx Go stand and face the corner! Then wash up and go to your bed!

@hotward2000

11 ай бұрын

The public school system isn’t the same anymore. The kids that are academically excelling are being called “try hards” and looked down upon for being good students. Been working in the public schools for 15 years, I’d advise any parent to get OUT!

This is why I like and respect Dr. Umar. He is always, ALWAYS on point.

@Terrill-bt3br

11 ай бұрын

Wow he said this like king .real stuff.

@MrBronx61

10 ай бұрын

Not when he refers to Sukihana as a "queen", or shames single, professional, BM for not wanting to deal with single moms and their kids. Please...Umar's a 2x baby daddy himself, a hotep pookie.

I was an A Student...paid attention...read a lot & learned on my own...i was joked too....lookin back..my lifes been Fruitful....no criminal influence 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿✨️✨️

@metcalfhottie6305

10 ай бұрын

I love it

Another good interview of Bro. Dr. Umar. He’s on point about how suburban schools destroy the spirit of our children.

I moved out from the 'community' guilt free. I've lived in ghettos where I had to deal with gangs, winos, junkies, muggers, poor performing public schools, carjackings, high car insurance rates. I got the hell out and never looked back. Wouldn't trade my peace of mind in the suburbs where I live today for that foolishness and nobody else should have to be obligated to do so. That's terrible advice he's stating

@DorisPayne348

11 ай бұрын

You must be white?

@IshanaeS

11 ай бұрын

He didn’t say to live there, he said not to turn your back on it. That was his message in it’s entirety.

@mikerageous1

11 ай бұрын

Have you ever asked yourself how that community you speak of got to those conditions? It's one thing to want to get out of the calamity, but it's another thing to not care whether or not the calamity continues once you've left it.

@eldenlordnux1802

11 ай бұрын

​@@IshanaeSsurvival of the fittest adapt or be forgotten.

@busymom7729

11 ай бұрын

@@mikerageous1, So what is a person to do?

As a high school football & track star I wish like hell I would've taken advantage of Vo-Tec and learned a trade but I'm doing well as a truck driver

@wills.9422

11 ай бұрын

Football took all my social life as well . I’m show my son a different light because of this.

@Lenasevilla-yb4ei

11 ай бұрын

Of course because y’all wasn’t good enough 😴🥱

@mrmitchell4089

11 ай бұрын

​@@Lenasevilla-yb4eiYou aren't yourself and do not have a trade you should not insult anyone.

@Lenasevilla-yb4ei

11 ай бұрын

@@mrmitchell4089 you’re a dusty I can smell it though the phone😴🥱

I've can see this dynamic play out with a close friend of mine and his 4 year old son. My friend has already enrolled his son in football (soccer) classes, and I can see that the little boy has learned that showing an interest in football is a surefire way to grab his father's attention. I’m Black British of African origin and in Europe football is the most dominate cultural sport, many children of African immigrants have been able to achieve social status and financial success by pursuing professional football careers.

@andredoracle6326

11 ай бұрын

Yep, I've seen that scenario play out, too. Black man, I'm familiar with over here in the UK, is absolutely hell bent on his eldest son, who is 14, becoming a professional footballer. Never mind that said son may have an aptitude in another subject at school, it's football practice each day of the week. Dad's motivation? For him to live large through the supposed future footballing success of his son. And just in case his eldest doesn't quite live up to expectations, he has his own insurance policy, namely, he also has his 8 year old, and his 4 year son's primed with constant football practice!

@fddddd1120

11 ай бұрын

But they suffered a lot of racism...

@AtheneHolder

10 ай бұрын

@@andredoracle6326 this is madness

@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona

10 ай бұрын

What other sports are popular in the UK black community?

@Its_Carlos_Bruv

10 ай бұрын

​@@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona mainly Football (Soccer). 2nd would probably be Formula 1

As a D1 athlete, I don’t agree with all of this. Sports teaches so many life lessons. It is not the schools job to provide cultural competency. That is up to the parents. I live in NC and the school systems are horrible. It is my job as a father to provide cultural competency, realistic expectations as it pertains to sports, be a consistent role model when it comes to education, by being an example. My son has grown up on a college campus. He has watched me get 3 degrees. I am real with him about sports. However, that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t play. There needs to be balance. What I do agree with is that there are too many parents that think their kid is going pro at 6 years old. Also, how many African-Americans have time to teach their kids from home? I wonder how many children the doctor has? I respect him but I do not always agree with him.

@wills.9422

11 ай бұрын

Facts. I believe he thinks our culture put too much emphasis on sports bcuz the moment they are old enough to play until we graduate high school. A lot of them either don’t know learn any trades or what they want to do in college because they all they know is football/basketball. You can blame that on the parents tho.

@mscardioqueen

11 ай бұрын

Excellent response! My siblings and I were athletes in high school. We love to play sports. We were good at it. My parents never discouraged or encouraged.They just let us do our thing. I really wanted to be an Olympian at my sport but didn't have the resources to get to the elite level. Sports taught us to work hard, perseverance, wins and losses, etc. These lessons can spew over into real life. Another thing, we are really good at. We are genetically gifted athletes. So why can't we use that to OUR advantage? I see nothing wrong with pursuing sports. For the small percent who make it, they deserve to be there.

@busymom7729

11 ай бұрын

You must be new to Umar’s game. He has two daughters that he pays child support in bulk. In other words when he feels like it or when they are going to take his drivers license. He has 6 degrees including a PhD but has not put in the time or taken the test to become a clinical psychologist. He has some buildings that needs millions of dollars in repairs which he purchased with donation dollars and won’t show any paperwork. I could go on.

@claireolivia3011

11 ай бұрын

Sports is cool but does not contribute to our community , we need lawyers doctors engineers nurses ect ect ect we focus too much on being athletes most of the time athletes works for white peoples money they don’t give back to their community that much… White peoples love us for our physical talent but they’ll hate us for being smart . We have to do better as a community…

@mcneilpartyof6

11 ай бұрын

@@busymom7729why tf are you here? Your crabazz is in the wrong barrel

Alot of blk kids put in yt schools end up w/ yt minds w/ blk skin & take pride in their assimilation to ytness & have a hard time in the working world dealing w/ their own race later in life.

I went to a suburban school. Yeah people call me “White” because I can have a conversation with a politician/congressman and I can have a conversation with someone from the bottom. I remember my mom moved me from a rough area with terrible schools around me to a nice community and the schools were better.

Thank you for having this conversation, It was important for me as a parent.

I grew up in North & West Philadelphia also. I was a straight A student who wanted to go to MIT. I wasn't teased, but I was always being challenged by the neighborhood tough guys to fight, because I also had the rep of being a great athlete & tough guy on the court & on the fields. I won every fight. I received two academic scholarships & one basketball scholarship (even though I didn't play for the high school team. I got that scholarship from coaches being told to show up to the playground on 52nd & Park Side ave to watch me play). I joined the military because there wasn't shit to do in North & West Philly & I thought college would be too tough because high school was too easy & the colleges had too many jealous white people lurking around. I graduated from college while in the military taking classes at my own pace (it was easier than high school). I was hired by MIT, even though I didn't go there, after I retired from the Army. I was paid over the amount it costs to graduate from there. So, even though I made some detours, that I actually loved that I got to do, I still ended up exactly where I thought I should & would be when I was 16-18 years old. There was nobody guiding me or giving me good advice through any of it. In fact, it was the exact opposite of guidance. My friends & family in Philly told me on several occasions that I wouldn't be anything & white supremacists & other racists & cowards in the military tried to thwart my progress when I was in the Army (I worked in military intelligence & I was hired as a Lead Scientist of intelligence & technology at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, with 300 subordinate scientists, intelligence analysts, engineers & pilots under my department). With all that being said, if you stay focused & believe in yourself more than other people hate you for having that amount of confidence in yourself, you will get to exactly where you thought you belonged as a kid. Laugh at doubters, ignore haters, beat down bullies, & dismiss all negative thoughts people try to throw your way.

@metcalfhottie6305

10 ай бұрын

✊

@thetotalpackage2005

8 ай бұрын

Omg your the exception...unfortunately a lot of kids aren't self starters like you with a strong mind. He's not talking about the very few like you...

this such an important conversation topic. i'm glad to hear more about the excessive importance we put on athletics and entertainment

There needs to a realistic balance. If you add up all professional positions in all the sports teams in the country , Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer, etc.. that is a extremely small percentage of our population! Also include you are competing with athletic abilities of young people all over the country and those who come from abroad to enter the sport, the odds of every black male or female to gain athletic professional success is incredibly low! Therefore much respect is giving to those in the black community that are successful in professional and college athletics. However academics MUST be maintained. Parents and schools must make it part of the child's priority mindset to have other goals outside of their athletic abilities .

I love my brother Dr Umar. Very informed and on point. He has my unflinching support in all that he does

Hear This....livin thru Kids😫😫😫😫😫😫pressure insurmountable...blessings Dr umar⚡️⚡️⚡️💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

I really felt that part about pushing sons into sports. A lot of us fathers try to force it on them.

I live Dr.Umar, this man always does homework, his research, he explains things from every angle.

POWER = Having something of Value that other's want, when you no longer want what someone else has, they no longer have POWER over you.

There are more billionaires than NBA players in the U.S. That's how hard it is to go pro.

@bxi1547

11 ай бұрын

But every black kid think they’re going.

@aliamin2159

10 ай бұрын

Damm crazy way to look at it i didnt even realize.

Thank you so much Dr Umar you are a teacher instructor and leader

🔥 🔥 clip! dr. umar spoke nothing but facts!! ❤❤

Love the questions, great interviewer.

This man is the truth, I don’t agree with everything but when it comes to power dynamics in US he is spot on

Great series of interviews.

Sports is held high in United States in general. It’s shown to everyone.

Thankfully, bro Umar has his school for black boys up and running.

@adrianjuarez1162

8 ай бұрын

Let's see if they learn anything then unlike LeBron James school.

I have to say this man makes a lot of sense, at age 41 my pops still trying to live through me I just won't let him do it because I want to do as I want no what he wants me to do. In high school I played volleyball, tennis, bands dancer. I did what I wanted to do for myself. When graduating mom's never brought any of my clothes my pops and god mother did.

Neither of my sons played sports. They wanted to be engineers software and drafting. My 2 nephews were pushed to play football. My sister pushed her sons to play football. My oldest nephew played on a all white team he came home crying and said i want to quit. Those white parents was like don't let him quit we are going state. I got so mad atbmy sister because she was listening to them. I told her wtf they don't give a damn about him. I asked him what did he want he said i want to be a navy seal. I took him to the recruiter the day after he graduated hs. He is so happy now his brother feels trapped because his dad and mom is pushing him into football and he isn't even good at it. He said he wants to be an investment banker. The messed up part is he is awesome at it.

I agree with you Dr. Umar, this happened to my daughter, she was so affected by a white girl in school telling my daughter that her mother said she couldn't play with my black daughter again. My daughter still feels the sting, and she has also experienced the issue of being extremely light skinned, so when the white parents saw me as her black mother everything changed.

@thetraveler1182

11 ай бұрын

Tell her to move on, everybody is not going to like her in this world. Better to grow up and deal with that every now and then, then to become a 15 year old baby mother and dude in and out of jail. Getting jumped after school, twerking, etc…the MF saga continues

@nylevemoore6302

11 ай бұрын

@@thetraveler1182 She has grown up, did you understand what Dr. Umar said? He's the Psychologist, most of us become a statistic because the black men have abandoned their own children and the neighborhoods, that the ancestors work so hard to build and keep safe. The intercity violence comes from within who's trying to do better. These are the black mothers that need to take accountability for all this twerking with no foundational morals to grow up healthy.

@thetraveler1182

11 ай бұрын

@@nylevemoore6302 those aren’t Black Men that “abandon their children” they are the scourge that abandon their children. Black Women must choose better, what happened to falling in love with a Man not a clown with kids already. Get with a Man that’s hardworking with a job/career/trade not a sucka with a mixtape/criminal record/a hustle

@WinWin-oo4uk

10 ай бұрын

What school is this❓

@nylevemoore6302

10 ай бұрын

@@WinWin-oo4uk In Seattle WA.

This message is so on point

Yeah, it's for that reason that I find the NFL Combine hard to watch. The sport commentors' dialogue sounds like banter from a slave auction. Umar is right about the anti-intellectualism in our community. Other Black boys called my sons gay because they liked to read. It was crazy.

@ckh937610

11 ай бұрын

It depends, as some kids get love for getting good grades too.

@bxi1547

11 ай бұрын

But it’s all voluntary. They made the decision to be there.

Excellent content 👍

Thanks so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Totally agree with Dr, it's the parent responsibility to explore the child. My mom encourage me to study oceanography in college, and I did. I graduated 🎓 after attending two universities, with a BS. After 25yrs in water conservation, I have learned That I should have studied mortuary science due to helping many wedding funeral arrangements. Additionally, I've faced numerous challenges and difficulties throughout my career in water conservation. I believe parents should be more focus on noticing their child's true potential.

Good post guys !

There’s an African man across the street from me and he does not allow his children to play with my children.

Talk That Talk…Dr. Umar

There are plenty of successful black men that excelled at athletics successful in life outside of athletics in different careers. Statistically speaking, majority of the straight A students work for the majority of the C students as adults.

@ckh937610

11 ай бұрын

Exactly. You can do both.

I think a lot of parents also get their children into sports with the thought of being able to use sports to pay for college in case the child can’t obtain an academic scholarship.

There are black suburbs Dr. Umar 🤦🏾‍♀️

Boom 💥💥💥💥 yep Dr....the Denial is Deep 😫😫

I love the interviewer.. He asks some great questions!

Good one.

I told my son he can be whoever he wanted to be as long as he was happy with it, I am going to support him to the end. No pressure; only nurturing and support

Absolutely Dr. Umar..

Sports is not all bad.. Sports saved my sons life. If he didn’t play sports he would have been in a gang and be dead or in jail by now… I made him play and kept him active… as a mother he didn’t have a Choice and he ended up being really good in sports. It’s not all about the money, attention, or living a parents dream.. now that he’s good I’m like ok, let’s see how far you can go but go to college get a degree and if by chance you play at a higher level great.. I hate when they have that narrative about sports and kids..

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When I was younger, my Mom moved us to North Ft. Lauderdale for a better school and to be closer to her job. But, we only completed that one year because when she got my 4th Grade class photo and realized that I was the ONLY black female student in the class.. she was NOT having it! I don't remember having any issues with anyone.. but she has said on many occasions that she was not going to allow the door to be opened for any adult or child to subject her "chocolate drops" to being made to feel like outcasts!! I do believe that the economic and educational structures in "our" communities are designed to be inferior.. but "our" children being raised around individuals that look like them helps to give them the balance that they need to face the trials of this system that we live in!! And.. to know that my Mom had the foresight to see what this system can do to "our" children's self-esteem when they are isolated spoke volumes for my Brother and I!! And.. by putting us in that melting pot.. AND being a part of "A Different World" era is what helped to catapult me to seek out an HBCU education post high school.. and I truly dont regret it!!!😘❤

As a Black Ethiopian woman,I always thought the sports politics in my black community is something suspiciously connected to slavery PREACH DR UMAR JOHNSON ❤👍🏽⚫️

Glad I grow up around all black people. Community and school. Because yall that didn't sound pitiful. My lord. Growing up in the south in a rural area Is the best for us. The elders have more control over the youngsters minds with very little distractions from outside people .

@Serenityblu23

11 ай бұрын

did you grow in in 60's or 70's? I ask because I don't know of any areas that are still like this.

@ckh937610

11 ай бұрын

You can find that in other regions to a degree as well.

@cjlaw228

11 ай бұрын

@@Serenityblu23it’s plenty all over the South

@Serenityblu23

11 ай бұрын

@@cjlaw228 any place else besides the south?

That's an oversimplification of the issue; impoverished neighborhoods, lack of wealth building opportunities and resources are why our young ppl would rather pick up a ball, or hustle drugs, compared to reading/writing/arithmetics; success through academia requires time, money, and determination; our communities aren't conducive for that type of success, unfortunately. Young ppl nowadays are saddled with so much responsibility and expectations; they have to raise, or take care of, their parents, their siblings, their nieces, nephews and cousins; I've met so many men under 30, who had to literally pay the bills and utilities for their parents, grandparents, siblings etc - and that doesn't even include their own responsibilities like student loans, rent, car note etc- there is no escape from the responsibilities that these young ppl have to carry. It also makes marriage more difficult for black (men) ppl because the women in the family demand that the men "take care of the family", which leaves little time, opportunity or wealth for those men to take on wives. We need more older blk men to start instilling in the younger generation the importance of marriage and wealth building; we have too many black unwed women who treat their sons like their husbands or property, which makes marriage nearly impossible for young blk women.

Facts!

This was deep

The educational system is lacking greatly.

When I was coming up, the smart kids were put on a pedestal.

Oooo that shirt Dr. ✅🔥

I grew up in a white suburb around Dallas, TX now I’m going to PWI in a couple of weeks. All the black kids I grew up with had two parents, living in two story houses and driving around in nice cars. In school most of the black dudes played football, basketball and track, you had some that would act hood or gangster and the ones that acted normal and got good grades. The black dudes dated everyone black, white, mexican and most of them had friend groups with other black kids like the black girls they had groups and none of them lost their blackness. Umar Johnson always be saying a bunch of goofy stuff and he still hasn’t opened his school.

Preach

I grew up in a BLACK suburban neighborhood where being Black and successful was the rule not the exception. Most of my teachers were black. All my principals were black all my doctors were black. We attended a predominantly black public school and learned about being black in school!!!!! We grew up with blacks friends who had two parent households. Im from Cleveland and im glad i didn't grow up in the inner city.....a few miles make a world of difference where I'm from. The psychological degrading remnants of slavery are most condensed and recycled in the hood!!! Colorism, crab in a bucket, featurism, etc.

Keep this man alive

Comparing athletes to slaves is always disgusting & disrespectful to our ancestors. Comparing MILLIONAIRES who are always free to come & go , to slaves who had NO CHOICE is just pure ignorance.

@khalil5663

11 ай бұрын

it's an analogy. calm your tits.

@khalil5663

11 ай бұрын

it's not pure ignorance. it's true athletes can't do what they want to do. have you seen what happen with kyrie or ja morant?

@bencintron2368

11 ай бұрын

Look what happened to Colin Kapanick for just taking a knee a rich man being told not to do that.

@springzluvvvv

11 ай бұрын

@@bencintron2368 funny you left out the fact that he got a undisclosed settlement for being blackballed

@springzluvvvv

11 ай бұрын

@@khalil5663 he/she has to opportunity to walk away and take their labor elsewhere if they aren’t being valued.. right?

There are well to do families who send their children to inner City Schools. Their child becomes top everything, go on to the best historical black colleges on a full ride and graduate, marry into an even wealthier black family, and continue the legacy. Just think about it.

Umar losing it. When does that school he’s been opening actually start enrollment again?

@thetraveler1182

11 ай бұрын

Year 3055

Hes right as a kid that had grew up in suburbs in cali idk if its a hood or not hood its the not being around your culture is the problem if we had more upper class black all societys it would be different. When i moved to ga in high school i feel like i woke up and learned alot about myself and my people

The school is part of the problem allowing kids to play with only a 2.0gpa instead of a 3.0 gpa which would change a lot in my opinion.

@genzofthe2148

9 ай бұрын

In Texas high school sports student athletes have to have a 70% or above to be eligible to participate in team sports they have less than a 70% they’re ineligible to play.

I usually don’t agree with much of what Dr. Umar has to say, to his points about fathers coaching their own kids I agree with him, their should be some type of evaluation fathers who want to coach their children. I also I like his point children should place just as much importance on their academic as well as sports.

Agreed that doctors, lawyers, ect…no longer live in our communities as they did back when neighborhood segregation was prevalent. I remember growing up down the street from Jesse Jackson and other prominent figures. My mother was a teacher who had friends who were principals, education administrators politicians, lawyers, ect… I had role models from every corner of life. But now, it’s no longer the case. But everyday working class still lives in our neighborhoods and struggle to keep their children away from street life. I witness it.

I utilized my athletic ability to fund my college education. If not, I’m not sure where I would be. I had no direction or clue of what I wanted to do as a senior in a inner city high school. Playing a Collision sport since 5 I knew I didn’t want to add mileage on my body with physical labor. I have no issue with physical labor but I knew I beat my body up enough and didn’t want to continue to do so.

I understand where he coming from on the sports side & as a ex football player from 7 to 18, plus having a coach parent it wasn't bad for me as a child til they started comparing me & my older brother 🤷🏾 it was no joy in it for me. Plus I get older i realize that sport took ALOT out my body and others so I don't push NO sport on my son but BOOKS!! My brother made it to the NFL before he passed & my son wants to play because of him but I told him maybe when he's older 😭 I really hope he forgets about it fr

I think sports are great for any child to be communal and also to reach goals! I agree with the slave comparison but I still thinks it’s good to have in your bag. Can’t be in The house on the computer all of the time either! It’s definitely a balance of life!

@sarahbaartmansrevenge

11 ай бұрын

right. but i understood him to be speaking on people who DO NOT have that balanced approach. it’s obvious that sports have a lot of positives, but when they are the single focus of your life it becomes problematic

@djcoolcliff

11 ай бұрын

@@sarahbaartmansrevenge i absolutely agree!

Stop letting him say all this craziness. He’s out of control

@adrianjuarez1162

8 ай бұрын

I agree.

Your child's self esteem can be destroyed in a school in the inner city as well

Gems❤

I won’t listen to a word he says until I get my money back for that imaginary school.

This is a fact my coworker (25) is still thinking he can go pro he's 5'9 at best and delusional smh yea alot of brothas are cooked. The money alot of blk men use at the club could go to us building our own homes or bars but no men now days want the same materials and goals as wimen irs insane we are builders by dna but we are lost.

There has always been other examples of success in the USA 🇺🇸 for black America. The problem is that young blacks are programmed to spend to much time watching sports on TV and not being aware that there are many blacks who have succeeded in careers such as the trades, engineering, medical, etc. etc. To much emphasis is geared toward sports and not enough time exposing young people to other more meaningful careers and opportunities available to them. Shalom

I agree with a lot of what doctor Umar says However do not take your child out of sports because of this. Sports really teaches your child how to be disciplined how to work with others how to exercise daily how to have focus. Its also therapeutic. Lets face it! Even If your child is a scholar these days most likely they are suffering from anxiety or a illnesses of some sort... sports could combat those issues

@MsDragonbal776

10 ай бұрын

It's not the sport itself, it's the emphasis that the community places on sports. Dr Umar has already spoken about how much he desires teaching young boys martial arts, a type of sports, in his school. So he's not above it, just don't go around telling little Jamal that he's going to go in the nba

@dwaynecheatom6859

10 ай бұрын

@@MsDragonbal776 Agreed 👍🏽

@dwaynecheatom6859

10 ай бұрын

@MsDragonbal776 I will say the further I got the more it felt like a plantation. I hated that sometimes. Especially in track and football. But the good outweighs the bad. If I could go back I'd do it again but go 10 times harder.

The interviewer is great, here, highlighting the double-edged sword Black folk experience growing up and going to school, regardless of the environment, and giving valid, objective reasons why Black parents make the choices they make regarding where their children are reared and educated. And props to Brotha Umar, here; one of his better interviews, despite disagreements with a lot of his approaches and, IMO, subjective criticisms of folk, in the past. As for environment, I, personally, rejected a school I got admitted to, in a white neighborhood, in Brooklyn, down the block from a high-profile racial murder, some years before, and went to a school in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, which had Black Deceptacons on the inside, and Irish Westies outside of the building. As for now, parents, these days, might have more of a catch-22; stay in the city and the schools are bad and the rent is too damn high. Go to the suburbs, shoot, exurbs, and you have little Black population and moms/pops have to take that commuter rail/bus 1-2 hours to and from work!

Hmmm let’s see, let my Son grow up to be a member of the Rollin 40s or gainfully employed?…..I think I’ll let mine grow up next to Leave it to Beaver

Black successful people are TIRED OF GETTING ROBBED IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD!!!

@adrianjuarez1162

8 ай бұрын

Very true that's why they leave and never looked back.

Collective Homeschooling And Education, No Matter What Else Is Available Or Mandated.