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mercuryblues

(14,491 posts)
3. great post
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 06:28 PM
Mar 2015

I truly believe America is an extremely violent country.It's how we started and it's how we'll always be. However - what can we do bring some connections between young black woman - the softness they all hold within - nurture it - and get them to connect? And does our behavior as adults and mentors both in real life and in online environments - how does it prop them up? How can we prop them up?

I wish there was a one size fits all answer. But there is not. For starters when AfAm girls look towards role models, within their community is it discouraging to them? No matter how far the woman have risen and achieved they are still subjected to racism and stereotyping. I am not talking about just the Oprah type as role models. The Drs, the lawyers, the nurses and such. People they see on a daily basis.

I can see where that can be discouraging and have an impact on their self worth. Being told to act a certain way so as not to be stereotyped and then something like this video hits the media, big time and Bam! They played by "societal rules" and still considered no different based on shared skin color. After decades of this, it could wear you down. How does that effect how they raise their kids? I am not thinking it is just the negative effect of stop trying, but sometimes the positive of trying harder feeds back into the cycle.

Set even higher and narrowing standards of behavior so their kids can achieve. And let's face it, kids are going to be kids and mess up at times. With the consequences being far greater for POC. They are pigeon holed into strict behavior, one step out of bounds condemned to the behavior of all blacks.

(( )) blm Mar 2015 #1
You are quite welcome JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #5
We need to stop sharing videos of ANYBODY in fights Number23 Mar 2015 #2
In agreement on it all - and re: This JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #6
great post mercuryblues Mar 2015 #3
This exactly - JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #8
These fight videos are embarrasing Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #4
I've noticed that - I did a little bit of digging around yesterday JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #7
Excellent post MrScorpio Mar 2015 #9
I tried JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #10
A Lovely post JAG rbrnmw Mar 2015 #11
Great post. cwydro Mar 2015 #12
I don't think they should be fighting at all JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #13
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