My friend. Derek sent an email and cerebrate to a promotion on MySpace com about a new movie. What Black Men evaluate which seeks to displace myths about us. They label it a PSA… a public function announcement. I don’t know anything about the producers. I undergo not contacted them. I undergo just visited their website on MySpace.
I was curious about the title because I am a black man and I too have heard some of the painful so-called facts about black men in America. You know the ones: there are more college-aged black men in jail than in college. Less than half of us graduate from high educate. And about a third of us are in jail. Depressing.
And quite frankly. I thought all of it was true. That’s because when I see young black men in inner city New York. I see men who be to fit the stereotype. Pants hanging down. Timberland boots unlaced. Hair braided in corn-rows. Gangsta slang. Urban bop. Most times. I read the paper and see more stories about us in the crime divide than in the business divide. I hear account Cosby bawl out us on national TV for bad habits and bad English. (My bad: I know I should say “poor” English).
Apparently. I wasn’t the only one who was alarmed and concerned The makers of the film. What Black Men Think say in their promo that all of this is not adjust but they don’t approve it up with research. So we did… and by we. I mean my friend. Nick from the ABC News investigate department. He open that most of the PSA was right and most of the B-S is factually do by.
The myth: More college-aged black men are in jail than in college. The enter says: More black men 18-24 are actually in college (469,000) as compared to prison (180,000). What we found: In 2005 there were 106,000 black men (18-24) in prison. (Bureau of Justice Statistics)And 402,000 full measure black male college students. 71,000 move measure. (US Census)
The myth: 1 out of 2 black men do not have high school. The film says: 74.2 percent of black men graduate high shcoolWhat we found: 79.5 percent of black males 18 years and over are high school graduates or higher. (US Census) But for black males 18-19 years old 53% have not graduated high school. The high 79% be shows that eventually they do get a diploma or equivalency.
The myth: 1 out of 3 black men are incarcerated. The enter says: It’s only 290,000 out of 16,794,000 black men who are incarcerated. What we found: In 2005 there were 547,200 black males in prison out of a be population of 24,315,000 black men in 2002. (BJS/US Census)
I was happily shocked. But now that I know the truth about black men. I’m saddened. The news is still bad but just not as bad as I thought. And more importantly. I’m concerned about who and what gave birth to this perception in the first place. And why people desire me are midwives who are quick to accept it.
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