#SOBTC Archive
#SOBTC is the "Send Our Boys To College" chat on educating boys of color is every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 7:30 PM EST. ALL are welcome
Thursday May 12, 2016
7:30 PM EDT
Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:30 PM EDT
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send our boys to college is starting now!!!
Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:31 PM EDT
When you come on the chat state your name, position, etc and where you are from
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darylhowardphd
May 12 @ 7:32 PM EDT
Daryl from MD in the building! Love the topic. Gonna hang out as long as I can.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:32 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
good Dr. D good to have you on sir, how is life
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:32 PM EDT
What's up
@Evidence4school
!? Thanks 4 not giving up on me! We need
@PaulForbesNYC
@DoveSoars
@CarlHeastie
@jamaaltbailey
in da house
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:32 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
We are always a slow arriving crowd Laugh out Loud
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:33 PM EDT
@jamaalabowman
@PaulForbesNYC
@DoveSoars
@CarlHeastie
@jamaaltbailey
Brother Jamaal glad to have you man!!!
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uchangenow
May 12 @ 7:33 PM EDT
Checking in from DC!
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:33 PM EDT
We are discussing respect for
#womanhood
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:33 PM EDT
first question is coming
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GeoJo22
May 12 @ 7:33 PM EDT
Joanne from Missouri. I teach 7th grade world history and 11th grade modern global issues.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:33 PM EDT
Thanks for doing David!!
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:34 PM EDT
Q1 How does respect for one’s self and manhood impact respect for womanhood?
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:34 PM EDT
@GeoJo22
Lady J, thank you for joining
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darylhowardphd
May 12 @ 7:34 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
CP time crowd 😄
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:34 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
Places to go, people to see!!! Laugh out Loud
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PresidentPat
May 12 @ 7:35 PM EDT
Wussup y'all!!
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:35 PM EDT
Important topic to our
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quest. We are discussing fostering a healthy respect for women and
#womanhood
PresidentPat
May 12 @ 7:35 PM EDT
2nd grade teacher here in DC
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:35 PM EDT
Q1 How does respect for one’s self and manhood impact respect for womanhood?
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:36 PM EDT
@PresidentPat
Brother Pat, thank you for joining in...
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PresidentPat
May 12 @ 7:36 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
Thanks again for creating the space. Also good finally meeting you in person.
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 7:36 PM EDT
Hope I am not late.
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:36 PM EDT
The bronx and
https://t.co/GvG8DLGJdo
is in da building!
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:36 PM EDT
The bronx and
https://t.co/dbf4r0twIb
is in da building!
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:37 PM EDT
@PresidentPat
yessir...I can not do it without folk who consistently chime in...
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:37 PM EDT
RT
@jamaalabowman
The bronx and
https://t.co/26mYWpjMhe
is in da building!
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uchangenow
May 12 @ 7:37 PM EDT
A1: Critically important that we model, teach and coach young males to have respect for women/girls!
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darylhowardphd
May 12 @ 7:37 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
I'm good. Are u presenting in upcoming conference?
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:37 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
NOPE, just in time...question one is on the board
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:37 PM EDT
Q1 How does respect for one’s self and manhood impact respect for womanhood?
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:38 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
YEP!!! next Friday..I am nervous as hell
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:38 PM EDT
A1 If you do not know and respect yourself you can not really respect another.
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:38 PM EDT
Q2 How does hip hop culture influence
#respect
for
#womanhood
? Positive or negative?
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 7:39 PM EDT
A1: Well, you have to have respect for yourself before you can fully respect others. When you respect yourself you act a certain way.
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:39 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
respect of self and knowledge of self is the beginning of all knowledge and the journey to higher consciousness!
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:39 PM EDT
A1 You can enjoy and like but you can not fully respect. The relationship is symbiotic. Without self respect, you can not fully give
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 7:40 PM EDT
A2: 99.9% Negative, most music teaches young men to be disrespectful towards women. Most lyrics I can't even say.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:40 PM EDT
A2 I think hip hop culture goes a long way in disrespecting our women and men for that matter, but also promotes and respects...
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:41 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
So much of our music is mysogonistic
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:41 PM EDT
@DoveSoars
Brother Shawn thanks for chiming in...I know you are super busy!!!
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darylhowardphd
May 12 @ 7:41 PM EDT
1) Boys struggle to know who they are which leads to a failure in understanding the opposite sex. Men who "get it" have to model "it"
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:41 PM EDT
Q2 How does hip hop culture influence
#respect
for
#womanhood
? Positive or negative?
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:42 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
absolutely... We only know relating to women in terms of sexual conquests...
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PresidentPat
May 12 @ 7:42 PM EDT
A2: Hip-Hop has also been used to empower women by women. My favorite is Queen Latifah U.N.I.T.Y
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 7:42 PM EDT
A2: Most negative music is mainstream. So, respectful music is missing.
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uchangenow
May 12 @ 7:42 PM EDT
A2: The music is an issue but a bigger issue is how we socialize young males as it relates to women/girls.
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:43 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
A1 We know how to use, but we do not know how to serve. And we do not teach that to our boys
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:43 PM EDT
@PresidentPat
" I punched him dead in his eye..."
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:43 PM EDT
@uchangenow
I think entertainment raises so many youth (male and female) Black white and other..
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:44 PM EDT
Q3 What should we teach our girls in terms of demanding respect from their male counterparts?
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:44 PM EDT
question 3 is on the board make sure you answer with A1 A2 A3 tags...
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darylhowardphd
May 12 @ 7:44 PM EDT
A2) Hip Hop often creates an emotionless, tough, misogynistic "manhood box" which many boys feel they must exist in.
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:44 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
it's horrible for the most part Really really really destructive. We must focus on family and schools to combat rap!
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 7:45 PM EDT
You have to teach them the opposite. Teach positive relationships. That is at times hard to see without tradition family sctructure.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:45 PM EDT
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use the hashtag and chime in
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WALKERD03
May 12 @ 7:44 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
Hip Hop only has influence when the listener allows it to persuade his thinking positively or negatively.
Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:45 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
great point
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:45 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
When do you start?
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:46 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
media is horrible for all of us! They are programming us to be polarized in our reptilian brain and lust
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:46 PM EDT
@jamaalabowman
I think the music is so different, and no one is teaching youth how to relate to the music
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:46 PM EDT
A2: bottom line, we need to self actualize!!!!
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:46 PM EDT
@jamaalabowman
in every way in every environment
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:47 PM EDT
Q3 What should we teach our girls in terms of demanding respect from their male counterparts?
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uchangenow
May 12 @ 7:47 PM EDT
A2: It is always easy to blame the music. When will we create standards for appropriate male behavior. This has to be modeled!
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:47 PM EDT
A3 We have to teach our girls that they they are loved, so they do not seek it from strangers and strange people
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darylhowardphd
May 12 @ 7:48 PM EDT
A3)We often teach black girls independence but we should teach girls & boys about respect and cooperation.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:44 PM EDT
Q3 What should we teach our girls in terms of demanding respect from their male counterparts?
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GeoJo22
May 12 @ 7:48 PM EDT
A3 Again they must have self-respect before than can demand it from young men. Young teens vulnerable.
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:48 PM EDT
Q4 Can we as society ever debunk the myth that
#manhood
(Black/Latino/White) is linked to sexual “conquests”?
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:48 PM EDT
@GeoJo22
Defining that self respect is important too. Some people think they are respecting themselves because they feel good..
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:49 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
build their self confidence by teaching them things and treating them normal. Not like they're inferior.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:49 PM EDT
@GeoJo22
That is too narrow a definition... But teens are very vulnerable, because the need to get along is almost greater now
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:49 PM EDT
RT
@jamaalabowman
@Evidence4school
build their self confidence by teaching them things and treating them normal. Not like inferior.
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:50 PM EDT
Q4 Can we as society ever debunk the myth that
#manhood
(Black/Latino/White) is linked to sexual “conquests”?
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:50 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
I read to my daughter she paints plays in the park plays with brown dolls tell her she's beautiful
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:50 PM EDT
A4 I think we can, but it has to start with believing it ourselves. And showing it in our conduct...
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GeoJo22
May 12 @ 7:50 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
yes, there is need for role models.
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darylhowardphd
May 12 @ 7:51 PM EDT
Agreed.The music is problematic but most men in general have to learn about better treatment/respect of women
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uchangenow
May 12 @ 7:47 PM EDT
A2: It is always easy to blame the music. When will we create standards for appropriate male behavior. This has to be modeled!
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:51 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
destroying the self esteem of everyone is all around us. We really have to constantly be on defense and offense
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:51 PM EDT
@DoveSoars
Yeah, some believe it, but positive messages do not get heard on the radio...
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 7:51 PM EDT
A4: Just teach them to be respectful in relationships (short or long term). Teach what being cool is or at least to be respectable.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:51 PM EDT
@jamaalabowman
It is a external and civil war
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:51 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
wow
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:52 PM EDT
@GeoJo22
#rolemodels
#mentorships
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:52 PM EDT
We are moving right along folk. Do not forget to follow the beautiful minds on this chat...
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:53 PM EDT
Q5 How does the structure of the Black family impact how
#womenhood
is perceived?
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:53 PM EDT
critical question on the board...
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darylhowardphd
May 12 @ 7:54 PM EDT
A4) This is a challenge like no other. Sexism is worse than racism. Yup, I said it.
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https://t.co/DMh8zAMrRw
Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:48 PM EDT
Q4 Can we as society ever debunk the myth that
#manhood
(Black/Latino/White) is linked to sexual “conquests”?
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:54 PM EDT
A5 When mom works hard at two jobs, it is very difficult to teach these things. Without Dad in the home, we are looking at an uphill
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:55 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
Many people agree with you...
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:56 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
that suppression is extreme and real. women still make only 60 cent on the dollar when compared to men
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:56 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
yes! Right now together! Beyond beats and rhymes is a great documentary to use!
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:56 PM EDT
Only a few more questions folk
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:56 PM EDT
@jamaalabowman
I will check it out...
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:56 PM EDT
RT
@jamaalabowman
@Evidence4school
yes! Right now together! Beyond beats and rhymes is a great documentary to use!
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:57 PM EDT
Q6 Does the current Presidential race impact the perception of women?
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:57 PM EDT
Q5 How does the structure of Black family impact how
#womenhood
is perceived?
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 7:57 PM EDT
A5: A boy needs a father or mentor to model himself afterwards (most of the time). So, without a father the son has to learn (1/2)
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 7:57 PM EDT
Keep those responses coming folk
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:58 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
This is the greatest deficit. We need fathers, but we need big brothers, uncles and grandfathers to fill in blanks
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 7:58 PM EDT
A5: That is were music & bad influences come in. Look at any culture, the dad teaches the son manhood (Natives, Africans, Euros).
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:59 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
it's everything. It's where children learn knowledge of self and unconditional love.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:59 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
#BROKEN
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 7:59 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
we also have to overcome our inequality infrastructure which effects everyone but black families he most!
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 7:59 PM EDT
@jamaalabowman
It is also where we initially learn to relate to the world
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:00 PM EDT
Only a few questions left folk
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 8:00 PM EDT
Q7 What should be our response when
#teenage
boys of color use the term
#bitch
?
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GeoJo22
May 12 @ 8:00 PM EDT
A6 I had a young man tell me H shouldn't be president because we would be attacked bcuz other countries would perceive her as weak.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:01 PM EDT
@GeoJo22
hmmmmm stereotyping and sexism....
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 8:01 PM EDT
A5: Most black males aren't paying attention to the presidential race. (2) Most are not going to respect any one of the candidates.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:01 PM EDT
@GeoJo22
I guess that makes bush 41 and 43 strong...?
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 8:02 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
yes! Everything impacts everything else. We have 2 look within for answers. We're too busy looking outside ourselves
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:02 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
I disagree....
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:02 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
I think many are paying attention to
#Trumps
rhetoric
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 8:02 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
correct them aggressively
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GeoJo22
May 12 @ 8:02 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
Have had discussions with this child to no avail.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:02 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
Even if some do not know all the issues, they know what he is saying....
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:03 PM EDT
@GeoJo22
We just keep planting seeds
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:03 PM EDT
A7 Correct them and give them more words. Kids have to learn that they are not cool just because of the language they use
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 8:03 PM EDT
One is a benefactors of private prisons, the other said black males "predators" which reinforces the negative black male stereotype.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:04 PM EDT
A7 Call there home and leave a message with mom calling her the same thing.....
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:04 PM EDT
A7 Schools can address this programmatically
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:04 PM EDT
Last question coming up!!!
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 8:05 PM EDT
Q8 What can community organizations and schools do programmatically foster more respect for
#womanhood
?
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 8:05 PM EDT
Q7 What should be our response when
#teenage
boys of color use the term
#bitch
?
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 8:06 PM EDT
@jamaalabowman
"We are the ones that we have been waiting for..." Hearing this changed my life
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:08 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
historically it is hard to argue against
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:08 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
It is subversive and full of
#subterfuge
but this is absolutely true
#thenewjimcrow
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 8:09 PM EDT
last question
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 8:09 PM EDT
Q8 Woman’s History Month is in March, how do we organically weave it into content as educators?
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uchangenow
May 12 @ 8:10 PM EDT
It will take some work but we must be intentional about addressing misogyny.
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https://t.co/oKIqKcyrho
espy4u1
May 12 @ 7:56 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
@uchangenow
how can this happen in a way that will be widespread?
BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 8:10 PM EDT
A7: Tell them right immediately. Teach them the difference as well. Make them know that word is unacceptable.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:10 PM EDT
Q8 We have to work to make disenfranchised groups a part of the narrative, but then we need to make them THE narrative
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 8:11 PM EDT
RT
@uchangenow
It will take some work but we must address misogyny.
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https://t.co/jPfgYXkSDW
espy4u1
May 12 @ 7:56 PM EDT
@darylhowardphd
@uchangenow
how can this happen in a way that will be widespread?
Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 8:11 PM EDT
That was our last question folk. We will be back on 5/26 make sure you join us then two!!! Thanks for coming out
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BrownBrotherWeb
May 12 @ 8:11 PM EDT
A8: Real men know the not to disrespect women. So, teach real manhood. I was taught to never hit, curse in front of , or disrespect.
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 8:12 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
classes n leadership n well rounded curriculum Citizenry and life long skills like coding banking, entrepreneurship
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uchangenow
May 12 @ 8:12 PM EDT
A7: This kind of language toward women can't be tolerated. Must be corrected immediately.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:12 PM EDT
@BrownBrotherWeb
absolutely..... and we have to teach our boys to not get emotionally hi jack and succumb to violence
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 8:12 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
just do it!
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GeoJo22
May 12 @ 8:13 PM EDT
A8 It's an opportunity to discuss the traits of successful and memorable women.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:13 PM EDT
@uchangenow
I know there is not such thing as zero tolerance, but when you are
#nationbuilding
, it should be a zero tolerance issue
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Evidence4school
- Moderator
May 12 @ 8:14 PM EDT
@GeoJo22
We have to weave It by making it not just a monthly topic...!!!
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:14 PM EDT
Thank you for coming out folk!!!
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GeoJo22
May 12 @ 8:15 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
Strongly agree.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:16 PM EDT
@jamaalabowman
JUST DO IT
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jamaalabowman
May 12 @ 8:17 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
thank u Desmond! Ur amazing!
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GeoJo22
May 12 @ 8:18 PM EDT
@Evidence4school
Thank you for the reminder. I always learn a lot.
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:19 PM EDT
@jamaalabowman
I'm just trying to be like you when I grow up!!!! Keep us opting out of
#JImCRow
I mean
#highstakestesting
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Evidence4school
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May 12 @ 8:22 PM EDT
Wanted to give you guys a quick shout out
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ended a few minutes early...
#urbanedchat