Your Voice Matters: Injustices Being Unsilenced from an Educators Perspective

If you have ever been within a Black community, than you have probably heard someone say... "Black Men Ain't Shit." This can refer to a lot of things other than the notion of them being absent in their children's lives. Though this may be an ideology that most Black women hold on to and believe based off of their negative experiences with Black men, does this necessarily mean that it is true, and most importantly that it applies to every Black man that is walking the earth? I would argue no, but the media definitely wants to display a different image. We may not notice it, but the media is the Black man's biggest critic. The media works overtime and picks certain stories to display Black men as murders, thugs, and animals that simply need to be detained. This is why police officers think that it is okay to kill our Black men, and expect that there should not be any consequences for their actions. In their minds, they are only protecting our communities, and keepin

 When you come from a city like Philadelphia, it is easy to look around and think that Black people do not value education. This may seem like the case, but in reality this is what society wants you to think. The society that we live in today wants you to think that Black people do not get married, they live off of welfare, live toxic unhealthy lifestyles, and keep having babies to collect another check. Though this may be some Black people's reality, does it really speak for the entire Black community? I would argue no, because the more my horizons broaden, the more I see Black excellence and success. Despite this, it still seems like the world around us evolves every day, but our perspective and lenses seem to reflect the lies that has been passed down from generation to generation about Black people. I think that it is time that Black people take a look around them and realize that baby steps are still being made, despite all of the trauma we witness everyday that makes us want