| Black Single Parent Home Family Initiative |
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Everywhere you find a statistic on the lives of African American Males and thusly, the future of the African American
family, you see words like “grim”, “at-risk”, and “endangered species”.
There must be some happy medium, there must be Black families that can exist functionally and can be presented
more proudly in competition with other races in gaining those things this rich country has to offer. The current
statistics are sad ones. All Black people must assume total responsibility for the lives and successes of other Black
people.
Almost 100 years ago educator and civil rights attorney Charles Hamilton Houston said of Black people and
education, “Without education, there is no hope for our people and without hope, our future is lost”.
The Black Single Parent Home Family Initiative
Problems Identified
Inferior Public Education
Absence of Black men as role models
Low expectations from teachers and other adults
Low self Esteem
Black men’s low expectations, aspirations, and tendency to drop out of
school
Seeds for Success
Initiative must begin at Home
Always put God and Family First
Maintain books in the home and discuss current affairs as this
influences children to want to know more and care about things of the
mind
Study our African American History
Have an interest and emphasize the interest in the long-term benefits
of education
Gain a will to succeed academically
The Black man must assume total responsibility for the destiny of our
children
Black Adults must teach children to take hold of their lives
We must forge a world of self-determination parallel (that is equal to) to
that of society’s racism, an evil that is not disappearing anytime soon.
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