tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post8239766664935915299..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: The Young Ones Don't Have Friends They Have Associates Revisited: On the Wisdom of Fresh and the Seduction of the InnocentLady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-39394641825466013752011-03-31T15:45:37.673-05:002011-03-31T15:45:37.673-05:00CD,
Of course there are distinct challenges to ra...CD,<br /><br />Of course there are distinct challenges to raising our youth( Black Girls & Boys) but that is the nature of the script and it is a narrative which our 'unique' genius as a people have handled as we navigate these lethal venues from boardrooms to locker rooms to classrooms of the majority culture..<br /><br />Often when I attend funerals I am blown away and I marvel at what Black folks have done with so little in a lifetime..Now instead of examining the life of the dead I cherish and marvel at the lives of the living especially Black folks in America..<br /><br />We are some bad mamajammmas..We really are despite all the scars..Our canvass is loaded, our footprints are like no other...Plane Ideas https://www.blogger.com/profile/13838821721942426785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-15853015192904237522011-03-31T13:30:42.498-05:002011-03-31T13:30:42.498-05:00Thrasher. Your wisdom is always appreciated. But, ...Thrasher. Your wisdom is always appreciated. But, and I bristle at the overused phrase "unique," yet if we grant something very specific about the "black experience" in America (a point open for debate), would there not be distinct challenges of raising young black boys and girls to live in this society?chaunceydevegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652406326490873337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-39519270978052095682011-03-31T07:58:26.592-05:002011-03-31T07:58:26.592-05:00CD,
Your concerns are appropriate and deserved to...CD,<br /><br />Your concerns are appropriate and deserved to be discussed..Yet I don't think these parenting challenges and youth development are any different for any ethnic or collective..<br /><br />The human being is a social animal as such we react accordingly to whatever..<br /><br />As Black folks it is imperative to acknowledge our plight in a racist country and react accordingly..I have argued we can survive, develop and excel in spite of the legacy of our nation..Yes some of us are noble, wounded, victorious etc..<br /><br />With or without the armor..We will live ...We carry on in this bold worldPlane Ideas https://www.blogger.com/profile/13838821721942426785noreply@blogger.com