Black In America 2 Review

My review of CNN's Black in America documentary.

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News & Politics

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• Black
• in
• America
• steven
• perry
• malaak
• rock

[livinggreatness]

This is a problem I have with people saying being a basketball player is not a realistic dream. The NBA is NOT the only place u can become a basketball player. if u dont play in the NBA does not mean u have to stop playing basketball. The USA is not the only country on the planet that has professional basketball players. Why encourage someone to do something else if they really wanna do something. Thats like telling them they r going to fail. Dont wish ill for the kid, wish him the best.

[TheDreamReborn]

@livinggreatness It's a damn shame that rappers and ball players are mostly what black kids want to be. Why not promote academia? I know so many smart young black kids whose parents are pushing them to be sports stars or singers when they really aren't that good. They'd fit in much better in a job where they have to actually use their brains. Stop selling your kids short. It's as if if black parents are afraid to see their kids succeed in anything other than entertaining the masses.

[Bloodsport1]

Manhattan have cameras on their buses also.

[TheDreamReborn]

Which buses? I've never seen any before.

[Southwesttwo]

I didn't see it because I'm from the UK, but I've seen Black in America 1.

[TheDreamReborn]

I'm sure they'll make it available online, sometime after the final episode airs. If not, I'm sure somebody will.

[toxicshock87]

Black kids are not stupid, but some of our parents are. Some of the parents are bad examples to these kids because of their lifestyle. These kids grow up thinking the only thing they will amount to is what their parents are, which is not good most of the time. Some of the parents don't motivate them to learn. Tell them it's ok to go play outside instead of making them sit down to do homework. Some can't even help their children because they didn't take school seriously. EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT

[Pentazoid111]

Just because the kids making bad grades in school doesn't not mean his is stupid. He probably is not applying himself or he just has not found a learning style that suits him best. The word stupid to me means that you are incapable of learning a variety of subject matter. His interest is not in academics but in basketball. If he showed an intense interest in academics , I am sure he would be sucessful academic fields.

[GGLebo23]

@leeason1 Most black people live in majority black neighborhoods....

[livinggreatness]

@TheDreamReborn See an issue is that they see them as being very rich and successful. A lot of rappers have promoted academia by getting their masters and their degrees, they just dont speak about it. Its not that these parents are selling their kids short, they just want their kids to be rich. Being an academic is great if u find a subject u are good at. Music and Sports although i believe both are very exploitive to blacks are what will last forever in making kids some money. or even adults.

[visionimagify]

@soojenite Soojenite, you sound pretty accomplished there and despite things in your life, you've made it seems. Have you notice it's always those who've been through the most tragic and emotional destroying things in life become the best and most successful people in life? The same thing happens to me too. Sometimes I remember the past and would like for it to go, but it's always in my mind.

[soojenite]

depression is something that kills many people, i got alot of disappointments in early life and everytime when i think about it i feel an unspeakable pain right deep in my chest, eventhough i triede to do do the things rights these days i almost crashed my C CLASS mercedes recently, still i feel worthless sometimes, a smile is something i even forgot long time ago, lord have mercy

[Sacred722]

just cuz some one grades are not good in school does not mean they are stupid. u sound really ignorant with that statement about the kid is as dumb as a rock, academics is not a accurate measurement of a persons intelligence. albert einstien was horrible in school but the man was a genious. and i think all new york buses have cameras on them

[leeason1]

I just don't understand - If Black people are treated so poorly by White people, why do they prefer to live with White people instead of their own kind? I resent being called racist by people who then try to live where my kind is. I am trying to be neutral here but I do not like racism against any race, Whites included.

[westsidenasfan]

@Pentazoid111 Yeah,you can be stupid academically and not in common sense.