The Sport of Embracing Failure (part 1)

See both part 1 & 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75_fgQTKAD0
This video was 50 minutes long in the making. I edited a great deal of it out to fit into 20 minutes. So if it sounds like its missing portions.... It is....
Check out the references.. There are a lot of them. I have been studying this for a while...

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/education/24AFFI.final.html?ex=1205294400&a...
http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~jsteele/files/04082317412924405.pdf
http://www.uncc.edu/rmicklsn/images/paradox.pdf
http://nyesma.org/documents/Black_Students_Acting_White.pdf
''The Shape of the River,'' William G. Bowen and Derek Bok
"White Guilt," Shelby Steele
"Losing The Race: Self-Sabatoge in Black America," John McWhorter
"Come on People," Bill Cosby & Alvin Pousaint
http://www.parentsassociation.com/education/drop_outs.html

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[isrealilover]

goood vid bro! thanx 4 not using to many big words! lol

[ForChangeMovement]

HA HA! I try brother. I should have another vid coming late tonight or early tomorrow.

[ForChangeMovement]

Yeah I have had midterms and a lot of school work.

That analogy was actually stolen from Shelby Steele's book "White Guilt."

I disagree. I think Jamal could learn to play well on his own. He may not learn the ins & outs of team play, but he can build his skills up on his own through practice & study.

Even if he had a bad coach, he could still learn a few things from that bad coach if he doesnt call it quits.

I see so many of our youth saying, "I QUIT!" without even trying.

[MissLady212]

Also, when Blacks see intelligence within their race, it stumbles upon then as "abnormal". It could also do with the fact that Blacks are trying to separate from the white race to embrace their own culture. The sad thing about this, is that they don't recognize that embracing education should also be a part of their culture. Blacks bringing in "white traits", by showing special aptitude in academics is somehow seen as traitors to the Black culture.

[MissLady212]

When I stated that "The sad thing about this, is that they don't recognize that embracing education should also be a part of their culture", I meant the extent to which they embrace it. Embracing means eagerly accepting and adopting something. Of course Blacks embrace education, but where is it located on their list of priorities? It's waaayyy at the bottom. How many young AA men, can you honestly say, would jump at the chance to go to college? They would jump to join the NBA much faster.

[xalambalax]

@fmcneillii In the three-year-old comment you refer to, Farrakhan's name was included in a list of THREE prominent "black leaders" and was not the first name listed.

So I find it necessary to replace the aforementioned comment with the following relevant quotation, a warning:

"The best proof of the power of ideas--the power of reason for men of all levels of intelligence--is the fact that no dictatorship was ever able to last without establishing censorship." (Ayn Rand)

[fmcneillii]

@xalambalax I wouldn't say Farrakhan so much.

[seanpdineen]

here here brother i am not of african decent, but as a wheelchair user, I am accused of selling out my people by refraining from medication, and selling out for welfare, and supportive employment

[Steadno]

many great points

[Steadno]

I agree with you on some points but you should remember that you came from a well structured two-parent family with one being a doctor and the other an educator. This isnt the typical black experience my friend!

[albaqaahuna]

please use only audio to express the your well-thought out arguments because your cuteness is too distracting for video... he he he

good job.

[Zsagegrouse]

Thank you for what you're doing. It is not an exaggeration to say that white America wants to see black America do great.

[Wilco79]

Great video! Thank you.