Black boys need role models: Report

[Lenny Jr.]

Black boys need more role models who do not glamorise crime, guns or drugs, according to a new report.(Advertisement)It will call for the creation of a National Role Model programme to give the youngsters figures from their own community to look up to.The independent Reach report was commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government and its findings are expected to be welcomed by ministers. A copy of the full report will be presented to Communities Secretary Hazel Blears at its launch in Manchester.It says that tackling underachievement and a "culture of low aspiration" in black boys could boost the economy by £24 billion in the next 50 years.It suggests a five-point plan for how communities, local agencies, parents and the Government can work together to improve the life chances of young black men.It also recommends the creation of a national umbrella organisation to provide support to the many small voluntary groups around the country that it says face "significant barriers" to getting government funding.The report advocates stronger relationships between parents of black boys and schools to improve educational aspirations.It also urges Ofsted to provide greater consistency in the way schools are inspected to ensure all schools seek to close the academic gap between black and white pupils.Chairman of the Reach group, Clive Lewis, who runs The Men's Room charity for black men, said: "We need to focus our collective effort on raising the aspirations and achievement of black boys and young men to enable them to be more connected and engaged with wider society and more able to make an even greater contribution economically, culturally and politically to Britain."Often the only well-known images of black men are those of sportsmen and rap artists. But black boys and young men desperately need a greater diversity of images and portrayals, showing that black men can be, and are, successful as in a wide range of careers including business, teaching, the law and health care."

[Gray Fox]

Well duh...

[DINKY]

how much money did that report cost?and its jokes they get all these expertsand pay them big bucks 4 this some babylon systemits to late spend as much as u want u can not change sh*t

[Gray Fox]

how much money did that report cost?and its jokes they get all these expertsand pay them big bucks 4 this some babylon systemits to late spend as much as u want u can not change sh*t

Exactly, boss.

[Guest StabiloBossman]

{KANO} Here We Go Again {KANO}

[Carpe_Deum]

so it took a whole report to come out with the obvious answer? seen. gordon brown obviously isnt listening cos i dont see no black person in his cabinet. they love printing and publishing reports that are never put into practice in this country...

[DINKY]

I was watching some report on birmingham one time and the black people therethey spent something like 7 million pound!!! to come up with sh*t I could of told them and they r just funding each other this stuff pisses me off

[Supernova]

What about sportsman a??

[Guest I.B.Blackman]

AHHHHHDERE ALL f*ckIN DUMBMANS GONNA STROLL IN2 PARLIMENT 1 DAY N SAYBLACK BOYS KILL EACH OTHERN C IF I CAN GET PAID 100K 4 DATSTUPID FOOLSAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[DINKY]

if u check it deeply black boys are very smart academically til the age of about 9then something happens i dont know what it is but then they start to slouchby the time they reach secondary school things get worse I dont wanna say itsinstitualized racism but it is teachers, everythingeven on tv now when I watch shows and it says this person is doing a good thing for their community and when you check it deeply they are doing something any normal person would do.black people get bad press I see some small changes who remembers the 80's and the sun come out with the front page title ''discrace to his race''after the broadwater farm riotsalot of heat has been taken of blacks recently and now they r going for brown brothers (muslims, sikh, hindu dont matter ur not liked if u actually read the sun paper they have the most racist stuff about muslims in there nearly everyday)Its like when you get stopped by police all the time go into a shop to buy something and security is following you aroundwalk past people and they watch you like you want to rob themall them things f*ck up a persons mentality and after a while they we act in that wayits like guys who beat up their women and tell her she is nothing worthless etc after a while she starts to belive thatits to late for things to change that money for these reports etc is better off building better homes and facilities for the general public

[Gray Fox]

Some black boys are smart academically until the age of 9, some aren't.Just like any other race.

[Lenny Jr.]

Dinky talking sense

[DINKY]

yeah gray but how can they be like this and just turn into under achievers

[AdzStar*]

if u check it deeply black boys are very smart academically til the age of about 9then something happens i dont know what it is but then they start to slouchby the time they reach secondary school things get worse I dont wanna say itsinstitualized racism but it is teachers, everythingeven on tv now when I watch shows and it says this person is doing a good thing for their community and when you check it deeply they are doing something any normal person would do.black people get bad press I see some small changes who remembers the 80's and the sun come out with the front page title ''discrace to his race''after the broadwater farm riotsalot of heat has been taken of blacks recently and now they r going for brown brothers (muslims, sikh, hindu dont matter ur not liked if u actually read the sun paper they have the most racist stuff about muslims in there nearly everyday)Its like when you get stopped by police all the time go into a shop to buy something and security is following you aroundwalk past people and they watch you like you want to rob themall them things f*ck up a persons mentality and after a while they we act in that wayits like guys who beat up their women and tell her she is nothing worthless etc after a while she starts to belive thatits to late for things to change that money for these reports etc is better off building better homes and facilities for the general public

Realest talks

[zlastboss]

blame mtv

[Gray Fox]

yeah gray but how can they be like this and just turn into under achievers

Many intelligent black boys become underachievers for many reasons. One prominent reason is status. Status that they do not feel they can get anywhere, but the streets.I could write essays about it all day long ya na, but I'll save it until it's actually going to make some difference.

[AdzStar*]

yeah gray but how can they be like this and just turn into under achievers

Many intelligent black boys become underachievers for many reasons. One prominent reason is status. Status that they do not feel they can get anywhere, but the streets.I could write essays about it all day long ya na, but I'll save it until it's actually going to make some difference.

Yeah but why are they pushed to look to the streets for "status" ?

[Gray Fox]

yeah gray but how can they be like this and just turn into under achievers

Many intelligent black boys become underachievers for many reasons. One prominent reason is status. Status that they do not feel they can get anywhere, but the streets.I could write essays about it all day long ya na, but I'll save it until it's actually going to make some difference.

Yeah but why are they pushed to look to the streets for "status" ?

Well that's where the institutional racism comes in, partly.