#VestorVote? EVERY Parent of a Brown Boy Needs to Watch This!
Inspired by the spate of killings of Black people by police and vigilantes, Florida-based social justice group The Dream Defenders created a powerful ad campaign to encourage more young people of color to head to the polls on Election Day.
But does it go too far, or not far enough?
5 Apps Brown Boys Will Love
I don’t know about your #BrownBoyGenius, but my son loves technology. He’s practically taken over my iPad—ok, he has—and now he’s got his eye on my laptop. While it’s tempting to let your kiddo occupy himself with your gadgets while you breathe, cook dinner, or get in a few minutes of silence, making sure our boys aren’t using the wrong things is just as important as letting them become tech experts.
Yes, Boys Struggle With Body Image Too
I was perusing Facebook the other day when I ran across a post from the amazing and talented Carol Cain about her 7-year-old son. In case you’re not up on game, Carol is a wonderful travel blogger and mom to 3 dope boys. She’s traveled around the world, and taken her husband and sons along for the ride, but the post that stopped me cold had nothing to do with globetrotting.
The Skin They’re In: How Does Your Brown Boy See Himself?
Today’s BrownBoyGenius post is by Najat Shamsid-Deen, a new mom, blogger, and co-author of The Prince and Timberance. If you’d like to submit a post to our site, shoot us an email at brownboygenius@gmail.com.
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How Does Your Brown Boy See Himself?
EVERYBODY Needs to Listen to This Cris Carter Speech
After news broke that Minnesota Vikings player Adrian Peterson was benched for allegedly abusing his young son, NFL legend Cris Carter had a few powerful words about why hitting our children is not the only (or even the best) way to teach them how to behave.
No, Spanking Your Son Is Not Necessary
On the heels of the Ray Rice domestic abuse scandal, another NFL player has landed in hot water after TMZ Sports published photos of bruises and cuts Minnesota Vikings superstar Adrian Peterson allegedly inflicted on his 4-year-old-son.
Here’s Why Teaching Boys Not to Hit Girls Is Only Half Right
Domestic violence is front and center again as news of former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice’s indefinite suspension from the NFL made national headlines. And like many things in the media today, this affects our boys.
Floyd Mayweather Can’t Read Well, But Neither Can Many of Our Boys
Rapper 50 Cent and boxer Floyd Mayweather are engaged in a little childish beef. After trading verbal jabs, the former friends have been taking jabs at each other on social media for some time now. Recently, 50 took things up a notch when he challenged Mayweather to a read a page from Harry Potter (he later downgraded it to Cat In the Hat). If Mayweather accepts the challenge and reads a page from the book, 50 will donate $750,000 to a charity of the boxer’s choice.
Why Did He Run? On Mike Brown & Parenting Brown Boys
“Why did he run?”
That’s the question that gets thrown back at me when I tweet about my frustration around Michel Brown’s murder by the Ferguson police. Yes, murder. That young man was slain—hands up, no gun in sight, barely human. His body lay in the street for four hours while police armed themselves for war with a community who’d just lost one of their sons.
It’s not fair.
Let’s Talk About Sex: When Did You Have The Talk With Your Son?
The other day Le Kid and I were in the living room on our respective tech devices—him on the iPad, me on my MacBook—and Law & Order was on in the background. During this particular episode a young man was accused of intentionally infecting women with HIV. During one scene Jack McCoy explains that this case isn’t about loose women or lack of condom usage, but rather a man who purposely endangered other people’s lives. Ya know, normal L&O stuff. Only this time Le Kid asked a question that caught me off guard.
