Black Positivity: Shining A Brighter Light On Black Men
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Permalink Reply by Classy1 on -
I just love them and I think they are great! I just wish that the ones that don't believe in themselves would the way we do. Sometimes we are a little hard on our men, but that's because we love them. We want them to succeed and grow. We want our men to be at the top of the chain and not the bottom. We want our men to stay strong and love us the way that we love them.
I particularly love the different shades or our men come in and their strength. Honestly, I could go on and on about our men.
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Permalink Reply by Christopher D. Sims on -
Beautiful Hannah!
Hannah Drake said:My Brother’s Keeper
Am I my brother's keeper?
YES I AM
There is no Cain and Abel
Just me saying that
He Can
And he is Able
No blood will be shed
Crying out from the ground
because I murdered his dreams with
"You just like yo daddy"
"Ain't no good men left"
"All the good men are locked up"
I AM
my brother's keeper
I keep him with prayer and understanding
I keep him with patience and love
I keep him by believing in his dreams
Supporting his future
I stand in awe and watch
As he maneuvers the obstacles of this white world
A black man in a white washed jungle
Vines of racism growing from the cracks
Daring to trip him as he walks toward hope
But even if he stumbles
I will be there to catch him
Hold him up in prayer
Ease his wounds
Using my words as salve
To heal his hurts and bandage his bruises
I AM MY BROTHERS KEEPER
BECAUSE ONEDAY
ONEDAY
HE KEPT ME!
By: Hannah Drake-Carter
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Permalink Reply by Christopher D. Sims on
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Thank you Classy1 for sharing these words for us brothers!
Classy1 said:I just love them and I think they are great! I just wish that the ones that don't believe in themselves would the way we do. Sometimes we are a little hard on our men, but that's because we love them. We want them to succeed and grow. We want our men to be at the top of the chain and not the bottom. We want our men to stay strong and love us the way that we love them.
I particularly love the different shades or our men come in and their strength. Honestly, I could go on and on about our men.
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Permalink Reply by Sharon on -
Wow!!, you and your siblings are so blessed. Thanks for participating in discussion, ppl need to hear more stories like this. I cringe when I hear negative talk about black men because all of them aren't the doing the same things, "you know what I am saying...making the headline news". However, we need to share stories of positive men who have weathered a many storms while raising their families. This is truly encouraging.....thanks!
jennifer said:My dad was/is the most positive male figure in my life.
When our mom died in 1977 I had just turned 11 about a week before that and I was the oldest of 5 girls. The youngest was 2 yrs of age. Daddy was not an old man yet he wasn't a young chicken. His first wife had died and they had 7 kids. He married my mom and they had 5 girls along with 2 sons she already had. His first set of kids were all adults except for the youngest one...so daddy had a lot going on that day in 1977 when mama passed.
People tried to get him to give us up to DHR (dept of human services), give us to other kin who was on my mom side of the family or just get on with his life. MOVE...you need to live! You definitely need a break! How could a man who was born in 1917 & turned 60 the day my mom died take care of 5 kids who were all girls under the age of 11 and work? It was rough.
Short end: He did. He moved closer into town. The baby sitter was an cousin who was married with grown kids who lived next to our new home He did it. He retired 2 yrs later and was a full-time dad..and let me tell you we kept him plenty busy! lol...especially yours truly.
He cooked, cleaned and all that good stuff. He did remarry a short time later but my dad, chose a woman who loved him enough to love us.
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Permalink Reply by Christopher D. Sims on
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Someone has to be real and speak about the original side of Black men I believe Sharon. It took a lot for us to turn into what the media depicts as, what music glorifies about us, and how some Black women see us. We were not born thugs, murderers, disrespecting women, and useless - as some see us as. What about who we are in our core?
Sharon said:Wow!!, you and your siblings are so blessed. Thanks for participating in discussion, ppl need to hear more stories like this. I cringe when I hear negative talk about black men because all of them aren't the doing the same things, "you know what I am saying...making the headline news". However, we need to share stories of positive men who have weathered a many storms while raising their families. This is truly encouraging.....thanks!
jennifer said:My dad was/is the most positive male figure in my life.
When our mom died in 1977 I had just turned 11 about a week before that and I was the oldest of 5 girls. The youngest was 2 yrs of age. Daddy was not an old man yet he wasn't a young chicken. His first wife had died and they had 7 kids. He married my mom and they had 5 girls along with 2 sons she already had. His first set of kids were all adults except for the youngest one...so daddy had a lot going on that day in 1977 when mama passed.
People tried to get him to give us up to DHR (dept of human services), give us to other kin who was on my mom side of the family or just get on with his life. MOVE...you need to live! You definitely need a break! How could a man who was born in 1917 & turned 60 the day my mom died take care of 5 kids who were all girls under the age of 11 and work? It was rough.
Short end: He did. He moved closer into town. The baby sitter was an cousin who was married with grown kids who lived next to our new home He did it. He retired 2 yrs later and was a full-time dad..and let me tell you we kept him plenty busy! lol...especially yours truly.
He cooked, cleaned and all that good stuff. He did remarry a short time later but my dad, chose a woman who loved him enough to love us.
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Permalink Reply by Christopher D. Sims on
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Great!
LADY said:I know lots of positive men some are family and some are friends. One of the most positive men i know is my nephew. He's a 27 year old father of 4, he cooks, cleans, volunteers at school and works 40 hour over-night shifts while his wife goes to school. This young man has his head on right.
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Permalink Reply by KC on -
The first man I ever loved was my dad and it was pure love, he wanted everything wonderful for me. He was and still is a very hard working man and as I got older I knew I would marry someone with those say qualites. Our men have been here for millions of years teaching and inventing there's nothing better than that.
KC
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Permalink Reply by Christopher D. Sims on
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Word to Carter G. Woodson, Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglas, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Ossie Davis, and countless other Black men who have invented great things and taught us.
KC said:The first man I ever loved was my dad and it was pure love, he wanted everything wonderful for me. He was and still is a very hard working man and as I got older I knew I would marry someone with those say qualites. Our men have been here for millions of years teaching and inventing there's nothing better than that.
KC
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Permalink Reply by Christopher D. Sims on
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Indeed, when you have a good example, you want to see more of that. Black men, we, have so much potential. Some of are there, a lot of us are not. It's a matter of getting back there and remaining there.
Favored said:My father has been the most impt and influential man in my life. He raised myself and my bro since we were in 5th grade by himself. So he was a provider, he was active in our extra curricular activites, he coached lil league football when my bro played and he helped coach my b-ball team in jr high. He always made time for us, homework, exercise, cooking, everything, so when looking at other Black men, there is no excuse not to be active in their child's lives, fathers play a big role in children's life that they carry on into adulthood. I wish some men would realize how important their roles are and the impact and power that they have.
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