Are Black Boys Being Prepared for manhood in the 21st century?

Question

This is my topic for a research paper for my African American history class. Please intelligent answers this is a very serious question especially because its for a grade!!! Thank You

Answer 1

this depends on many things but if you are talking general then i dont think they are ready... i mean in high school most of them dont pay attention, they talk big about going to projects and all. RAP and hip pop has made a mush out of there minds. they think they are better then everyone because they their "Bling Bling"...... they dont take things seriously because its in their brains that no matter what they will be stuck where they are also they think they can make big bucks by selling drugs....no offense to anyone i am talking from persoanl experience. i have encountered many black guys in my school years. most of them annoying yet one of them i luv to death.... so that proves that if they work hard and are nice they'll get what they deserve. Another thing is that they dont like to act normal and nice because they think that would make them like white boys...swear all the black guys in school call my friend jerrall little white boy because he has a really high GPA and he hangs out with ur non black people and me ( asian)* .....

Answer 2

In all truthfullness I would like to say that Manhood has no particular set meaning. You would have to condiser just whose manhood exactly (every culture views manhood differently), what signifies the beggining of manhood. is it becoming an adult, is it making rational decisions on your own? Some people would like to believe that a town , community whatever macro concept you want to take raises a child, and thus prepares him for manhood. This would mean mommy, daddy, uncle, neighbour, teacher, cop in the mall. etc .. With the exceptions of gangs and single mother's many people think that
that lack of a present father in the household would indicate that ----->NO they are not infact being prepared fo rmanhood because there are no leaders to present examples of 'what manhood is ..and how it is defined'<-------
If you want to take the easy way out and be able to find secodary sources to aupport your argument then that would be the way to go..Good luck.. Is this a highschool or college/uni paper?

Answer 3

I'm not sure what you mean by Black Boys. I'm sure some are and others aren't it depends on their attitude and upbringing which can take on innumerable forms. Much like for boys of any other race. Now if you are to be looking at society as a whole then I'm not sure what process you can use to separate blacks from non blacks. If you want to look at statistics of the success of black people then I feel it is important to remember that these are only statistics. Just because 72% of black boys are 67% more likely to get paid 32% less (a fabricated example of course) doesn't mean this is true of all Black's (or any other race).

So I think it may be worth while to look at how society prepares it's children in general. Then look at two case studies one of a successful black man and examine why and how he fared then also compare him to those statistics that don't support his way of being. Then you can discuss why some succeed and others fail.

I feel this thesis would be much more interesting then merily gathering a bunch a data together and trying to argue that this represents the fate of every person who checks the black box when filling out government forms.

Answer 4

To keep this on the serious note, no I don't think they're being prepared for manhood in this century because there are too many influences in the world that has them behaving in a way that's not allowing them to make the transition from childhood to adulthood. Many black males are slowly making their way into the prison system at an alarming rate starting from as young as 7-8 years old. Many black males end up in adult prisons by their 18 birthdays and many are rapidly getting life sentences or the death penalty. Some of the problems is the mothers you got so many women who are having babies too young and early in life that they're ill equipped to handle the responsibility of being a parent and also having to take on the role as father too if they're not married or the father walked out on the kids and marriage when the kids were babies leaving the mother to fend for herself.

Most black women also need to stop babying their sons and start ttreating them like men since so many black men don't learn how tto be men when they got women taking care of them and supporting them. Black men won't grow up when they're not shown examples of what a man is supposed to do. We have lousy role models since few black men will take the time to teach a black boy on how to be a man and what his responsibility as one entails.

Answer 5

This is such a broad topic. As a teacher I'm scared for our black men. They get the short end of the stick in so many ways and the sad part is they don't know they don't have to. As a people blacks are so underinformed (if that's a word)because their parents were uninformed and the cycle continues. It makes me sick thinking about the mediocrity that we accept for ourblack men. We expect them to be jail birds, trap stars and bums. That what we get. Moms can only do so much and after that the world is a boy's teacher. My answer is NO and there's too many reasons why and it makes my head hurt...sorry.

Answer 6

Unfortunately, far to many are falling through the cracks in our society,helped by the negative imaging Hollywood producers allow.

The military seems to be a way out for some, if they can survive the perils of war.

On the positive side, more AFRO-American young men are in college now than at any other time in this nations history.

As in all things, only the strong survive.

http://www.riseagain.info/blackturtle.htmlng

Good luck on your r-paper.

Answer 7

I think this is really dependent upon their parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc. It depends on the family structure and values of the family in which they are being raised. I think that regardless of your race, culture, ethnicity, etc. Most mothers want their children to grow up and be successful adults. I believe we have a great deal of stereotypes in our society when it comes to young black men, that are certainly not what is going on as a whole. Good luck on your paper and God bless

Answer 8

they are not. no other US children are either. the line between boyhood and manhood does not exist. there is no point at which society demands that a boy stop behaving as a boy. theres nobody to tell any boys to put childish things behind them and start acting like an adult.

Answer 9

How can they be prepared for manhood, if they aren't even allowed to have a childhood anymore? The boys in the suburbs are still playing with Legos at 12. These kids in inner cities are helping to raise their crackhead sisters' kids, running errands for the streetcorner drug dealer, and learning how to clean a handgun, while their single moms are working three jobs and are never home...

Answer 10

There are a variety of answers to this question. One answer on the no side emphasizes the victomology stressed in the discussion of black men. There is an increasing tendency to view blacks as victims in an unjust society (which they actually are). This, however, makes them feel that they have no hope in succeeding. This, in turn, perpetuates their position in society.