Influenced by Macolm X
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Posted By: William Jackson on May 18, 2016 How Not To Get Your Child Killed In The Streets The blog is dedicated to Malcolm X whose wisdom and knowledge resonate even in the 21st century..... Happy Birthday Malcolm X May 19th..... “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” Malcolm X The continuous murders of young people have families, citizens and communities demanding that the killings stop. The senseless taking of lives and the gun violence that seems to have no end. The tragedy is that this will continue unless parents not police start taking responsibility for their responsibilities to be parents, not friends, buddies, BFF's or any other name that is not associated with parenting. Everyone is wondering what has happened to the morality of our youth, teens and young adults, but too many are not looking in the parental mirrors or accountability and responsibility as a parent that parents should have. Children learn from their parents, if a parent allows their children to go out at night after a "reasonable" time then what do you expect to happen. If a parent allows their 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 year old to talk to them any way and thinks that is cute, what will happen when the child turns into a pre-teen, a teen and then a young adult? If the parent allows profanity, complacency and irresponsibility into their homes what do they think will happen to the lives of their children? This is not to say that there are perfect parents, this is to say there should be common sense and parenting learned from the elders. No one listens to the elders, the grandparents the "Big Mamas" and the wise gran dads that have learned the lessons of life and have tried to "teach," "preach," and guide during the challenges of life. Have African Americans discarded their elders and the knowledge they have and ready to share? The travesty is that too many young parents do not have the skills to raise babies because they are still babies too. Too many African American parents are not encouraging their children in the area education, public service, intellectual engagement in libraries, museums and other places of learning. Parents that Want to keep their children, teens, youth and young adults alive, keep them learning in the libraries, museums and learning centers of their communities and cities. Parents do not encourage family time because too many want party time, play time and other times not dedicated to bonding in the family, sharing positive things in the family and the value of education in the family. When grandmother talks girls should listen, when grandfather is sharing stories of value, honesty, decency, unity and cultural achievement boys and young men should listen. Technology allows for the wonders of the world to be exposed in many academic disciplines, youth, teens and young adults can learn science, medicine, arts, engineering, space exploration, examining of the world’s oceans, robotics, these create career opportunities for African American children that were unseen 10 years ago. African American children are learning the wrong things and applying the wrong skills from mass media. African American boys and young men should be in libraries, cultural centers studying, learning and engaging with positive men and women, too many are getting high, having sex, playing games of death and destruction and disrespecting themselves, their parents and their culture doing stupid stuff that kills time they will never get back. There are so many careers that allow a African American child to witness the genetic structure of human beings (DNA). The ability to clone plants to feed thousand, use a telescope to expore the universe, using a microscope to study germs and viruses to learn how to battle cancer, and other things that kill the human body from infection and invasion. I have blogged previously “the engagement of technology allows African American children and children of color to expand their intellectual, innovative and creative abilities beyond sports, entertainment and the stereotypical elements that society deems appropriate for African American children.” How can this change if parents are happy with letting their children get by, get over, get laid and get high? People celebrate great men like Malcolm X, seen here speaking on Economics in this YouTube video, but how many really apply the learning to actual practice to make serious changes for their lives and the lives of their children? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UtGPZY4Rr4 African American teens are missing the mark in networking for jobs, preparing for higher education and searching for internships and scholarships that open educational and employment doors. Employers are becoming fearful to hire African American youth because their online content is smeared with unethical behaviors and questionable actions. Showing drugs, guns, engaging in sex with multiple partners and disrespecting authority. Violence is seen as more enjoying than learning. The media shows the “bad” sides of many African American youth as violent, educationally challenged and African American girls involved in entertainment agendas that show them as sexually promiscuous, no morals or values, that no business will want to hire them except the pornography business.Truth be told this does not apply to most but the media portrays African American girls do not help themselves when they show the elements of Sexting to impress others that only see them as a sexual object. African Americans only apply what the media lets them witness, too many African American youth and teens do not know how to grow a business, if you do not think so, then listen to children and understand how they wanna be like the "stars" they see on television and not business owners. Each "reality television" show is a reminder that you have to use the F word, the N word, the B word to your friends. It is ok to call them out of their names, disrespect them and try to destroy them. In far to many cases intelligence, intellectualism, ethics, morals and values are being destroyed right before our eyes, look at the recent murders over the past several months of young people barely starting their lives, but having their lives ended in violence that touches infants, babies, toddlers and children that either witness it or directly exposed to family members being involved in some way. “My alma mater was books, a good library…. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.” Malcolm X More African American children need to have the idea to own a business, the passion for learning, reading, literacy and being life long learners. Parents have to lay the foundation for success, instead of purchasing entertainment systems, they will have to change from entertainment to education. Purchasing educational software for their children that struggle with reading and math. Access online tutorial sites where most are free to use so their children can learn how to use Microsoft Productivity tools such as Word to create resumes, write introductory letters to employers, and complete online employment applications with Browsers. Youth need to understand the dynamics of PowerPoint, where they will have to design presentations allowing them to speak to groups to Market their talents and abilities as future entrepreneurs. Educational programs such as STEM and STEAM need to be supported and encouraged in schools by parents. Using these models to encourage learning and foster a thirst for educational preparation. To show African American youth the options that really are real for careers they can have. The critical part of any successful educational endeavor is the involvement of parents. Critical to valuing education, the empowerment of learning and the direction of continued educational success are from parents and their collaboration with teachers and schools. Reading, literacy, comprehension have not changed in how important they are. The difference is that too many African American parents are too busy with their lives to create a learning atmosphere for their children and participate as well to better themselves. If African Americans are silent about their educational thirst they will be ignored and moved from sight. The new jobs coming to Jacksonville, Detroit, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, etc. will not even consider people of color and culture because they will see only a people that have criminal records, children without a daddy that mommies have to take care of with two jobs, or fathers that struggle to take care of their children selling drugs because they did not apply themselves in school so they have to sell drugs to make money to feed themselves and their families. The jails are the new universities that are advertising for new residents. This blog may seem harsh, but how harsh is seeing blood on the streets, how harsh is it to see mothers crying over their children, how harsh is it to see infants and children watching as they lower their parents in a dark, cold pit and how harsh is it that children, parents and families cannot read on a basic foundation level to gain literacy and understanding? How not to get your child killed in the streets relies on the value parents have on education each and every day. To keep them away from those situations that create death. The words by Malcolm X ring true even in the 21st century, “People don’t realize how a man’s (woman’s) whole life can be changed by one book.” Malcolm X "The diversity of an uncomplicated man." Wm Jackson about Malcolm X Malcolm X http://malcolmx.com/ Biography of Malcolm X http://www.biography.com/people/malcolm-x-... 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William Jackson
Educational Technology and Social Media Instructor, Edward Waters College South Carolina State University class of 1985 Member Since September 2008 |
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