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UPDATED: Dallas Saggy Pants Song: Homophobic?
Interview: Dooney Da' Priest explains that in jail, showing your boxers is a way of signaling sexual availability to other men.
No sooner had we blogged a Morning Edition piece about a push to stop kids in Dallas from wearing saggy pants than BPP listeners snagged on a lyric in the campaign's signature song, "Pull Your Pants Up," by Dooney Da' Priest.
Listener Andrew Jones transcribed it this way: "You walk the streets with your pants way down low/ I don't know/ looks to me you on the down low."
The "down low" is slang for keeping something secret — perhaps most commonly same-sex encounters.
Jones commented:
It's cute when homophobia is part of a citywide campaign. Shaming the youth by calling them gay, love that from the government.
We're working on an audio segment about this, and we welcome, encourage and otherwise beg you to take this up in the comments. Check out the audio link and tell us, is "Pull Your Pants" up homophobic? Is it just another case of prison culture exported to the streets? A little of both?
UPDATE: Dooney Da' Priest talks to the BPP.
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During college, I worked in a video store with a sizable adult section. Although it's almost a given that adult film actresses will take part in girl-on-girl scenes, it was rare enough to see black porn starlets perform in these scenes that it had become a specialized taste, with a small selection of specific videos devoted to them. (And at that time -- 15 years or so ago -- there were even fewer videos starring gay African-American men.) When even within the porn industry, African-Americans performing homosexual acts is considered kinkier than usual, it's clear that there's still a pretty strong taboo there.
I'm not sure how there could be any question about this. The song attempts to get kids/guys to pull up their pants in part by saying that saggy pants make it seem like they have sex with other men. In what way could that be seen as non-homophobic?
If Mr Da'Priest is not here to judge, as he claims, then why does he say that people wearing low-rider baggy pants -- and by extension, gay men in or out of prison -- are less then "real men?" Sounds extremely judgemental to me. Yes, it's a very silly fashion (THANKS, Calvin Klein!). But a tedious song like this, with its tired beats and equally tired heterosexist sentiments, is hardly a ringing endorsement of love, peace and harmony in the 'hood. I wonder if Mr Da'Priest has any equally canny insights to share about women and the notion of sincerity in popular music.
The "real men" lyrics in context seemed to me to be more of a social conformity technique than as overt gay-bashing. Personally I have always felt that the saggy boxer phenomena was always more of a hip-hop cultural identifier than it was a sexually provocative message.
It is important to clarify though that just because someone is oblivious to how their comments or lyrics may be interpreted does not automatically make them a hate monger.
Well as most of the young kids will be spending some sort of time in prison anyway, it's probably a good thing they know what's in store and the various styles of prison code! But maybe it's just a phase Mr Da'Priest is going through.
I am gay and if this gets these people to stop wearing their pants like that I dont have a problem at all. I find it extremely disrespectful and crude. It is a sad reflection on the black community (I live in Baltimore City which is predominantly black). To me it reflects poverty, anti socialism and lack of respect for your self and others. I think its wonderful that the black community is stepping up to this challenge. I also appluade Bill Cosby for his recent comments regarding this matter
It is also a gender bias. We do not seem to see any thing wrong with female wearing their paints around their hips.
To me this represents these want to be thugs, trying to imitate prison life. I think it is really sad though that the people they look up to are prisoners. But it is really funny that they don't understand the true prison meaning of it.
I think its wonderful!!! Women are allowed to display G-strings, bras, panties, etc. why can't guys do the same? Its nice to have something to look at. ;)
Yes, cute is exactly the term I'd use to describe a tax-payer funded media campaign that stigmatizes homosexuality. What's with politicians being so cute lately? (http://schmitzblitz.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/obama-black-churches-and-gays/)
I am relatively young, but I think I've cultivated a sense of cynicism when it comes to politicians and gay rights. When we're not being openly marginalized by Republicans and the religious right, the democrats take our support for granted and wish we would just go away and stop causing political difficulties for them. Then there's this Dallas campaign. This is just one example of the subtle, but pervasive, marginalization that gays face at the hands of their governments and fellow citizens across the country.
This is not a political gay rights issue! This is simply stating that these idiots that walk around imitating "prison life" not knowing what showing their but means. If some of these morons get the message that it means that they are inviting a homosexual encounter, then hopefully the rest of us don't have to see their ignorant butts all day! Wouldn't that be nice! Keep your butt in your pants, where it belongs!!
First off this song sounds like it was made by a three year old. This man is a lyrical genius with lines like "walking around showing your behind to other dudes you look retarded". that seems very offensive by its self I have family memebers with mental handicaps. In the end this is a homophobic and very repugnant song. in the end its even more ironic because this man says he is a christan.
I teach 9 and 11th grade English at a high school with mostly minority students. I see pants and shorts that are literally worn around the mid thigh to the knees, paired with shirts that are long enough to cover their butt. I think the song is great. The songwriter was not mocking homosexuals. He was alerting the kids trying to be "thugs" and look "cool" to the fact that they don't even know where the fashion statement came from.
I've had conversations about the words "pimp", and "bastard" that originated from hearing students use the word with today's meaning. Students today have no idea where things originated, and that is a major problem with how they perceive things. I applaud the singer for trying to relate to the kids.
I think the Dallas City Council has run out of things to do or run out of place to waste taxpayers' money. Telling people how to dress is something I once thought only Singapore and Communist China would do.
Americans are creative because they think for themselves, but Dallas is teaching the concept of conformity and try to bring the society to its own sense of normality, at the expense of personal freedom and taxpayers' money.
That is just funny. I hope it will workout for the best.
I'm a gay woman and was surprised to read that "being gay" is still considered taboo. How many no.-1 pop singers, television shows and celebreties do we have to have before we understand that "being gay" is far from UNcool. Quite the contrary. Why don't these young men say, "So what?" We're not living in the '80s, are we?
I'm a lesbian, and I agree that black men should pull there damned pants up! I do not like it when women show their asses in public, and I do not like to see men show their asses either! I also understand that the lyrics to this song can be homophoobic to most gays, but the irony of it all is that the majority of these men and boys did not educate themselves on the history of "saggy pants. It is true that it came from men in jail who let other men know they were down for sex.
Just like black people and worshipping a bible that was man-made and named after a known homosexual (King James VI of Scotland and I of England), most of us as blacks do not think for ourselves or check the history behind why we adopt certain beliefs and fashion statements. Most of these men who consider themselves heterosexual wear their pants low because they think that it makes them thugs.
I'll bet you these guys will pull their pants up now! Unfortunately, all it takes is for someone to call these guys gay in order for them to pull their pants up. The joke was on heterosexual men all the time. Or are they really down low like their pants?
Just slow!!!
From my frame of reference, this is a signal from the individual saying, "hey, look at me, I have a double digit IQ"
If the sweet young things want to show off their booties to guys who like that kind of thing, who is the government to tell them not to do it?
"Homophobic" or "homognostic"? Or is "homognostic" homophobic?
"In what way could that be seen as non-homophobic?"
Right, we wouldn't want to alarm people of the pants-below-the-buttocks lifestyle with the worry that they might get AIDS.
This song ISN'T "mocking homosexuals"? Yeah, right. Saying "you look like you're on the down-low" is another way of saying "you look GAY". The "down-low" is just another way of saying someone is gay, in the closet, and looking for discreet, anonymous action. --
And if that's not clear enough for you, watch the video above--he makes it abundantly clear that this IS about trying to use homophobia to get kids to pull their pants up. Anti-gay peer pressure is as low-down as it gets. What does it say to the gay kids who are looking for some nonjudgmental respect from their peers?
I guess, for some people, it's too lame to rap something like "Look, man, I ain't no snob/Why don't you pull your pants up, you look like a slob". Even though it IS more to the point.
D'Priest is the reporter/prophet that doesn't exist elsewhere.
He is saying that this ridiculous habit is, indeed, capital letters RIDICULOUS.
He ties in low end jobs and "goin' nowhere!" with this habit.
I work in a school and will make endless tapes of this rap and it WILL be played in school detention rooms. It will ring in their heads and it will change their minds in a way that authority figures cannot.
It should be noted that most truly lack a biological father authority in their own home.
And that's why we're in the mess we have today.
BTW, I predict that any and all attempts to use this song to influence the kids will fail. They like to do the opposite of what they're told, and even being told "it makes you look gay" won't work. Remember those two guys who noticed a kid in a pink shirt being homophobically bullied? They got hundreds of schoolmates to wear pink as a show of support.
Oh wait, that happened in CANADA. We don't take kindly to homophobic "peer pressure" and authoritarianism (which seems to be getting touted in the Red States as the answer to all of society's problems, when in fact it's a root cause of them). We even have legal same-sex marriage now. Guess that makes us really screwed up, eh?
My dentist is convinced that the problem with American culture(?) is that we are reducing everything to the Lowest Common Denominator. What was common in the Afro-American culture ten years ago is embraced by the Caucasians and Hispanics today. Then social authorities notice. People are criticized not because of what they do but because of the ones they are imitating. In high school we called them "Whiggers" when they dug rap music and the hip-hop fashion. Bill Cosby is right in stating that Black America must learn to live with White America if there is to be any chance at survival. The tragedy of so many Black males in our prison systems can't help but influence how family life is practiced in the Afro-American community. I do not know what White America should do. Already the Hispanics are surpassing the Afro-Americans in home ownership, productive employment and blending into higher social groups. Wearing a skull cap or a dashekee makes no sense outside of Kwanza celebrations. You cannot have Saint Patrick Day Parades all year and expect to get ahead. Thug culture, or prison culture, or Hip/Hop Culture can be celebrated one day a year if Afro-Americans believe this represents who they really are. Muslim Africans sold the tribal captives to Christian ship captains to be marketed here. There is little chance that religion will solve these probals. We are all heirs of a toxic racism. Education will not provide a way up. These days the schools are violent and drag students down to the lowest common denominators.
The teachers are not paid to teach but warehouse. Social work is substituted for education. Why shouldn't the kids wear their pants around their butts because they are getting exploited by others. Why fight it? No one knows what is expected of citizens in the U.S.A. I think a mandatory two years of public service in the military, environmental protection groups or social service areas with mandatory civics instruction might move many in a better direction. After age eighteen, no exceptions. Military careers could follow afterwards if desired. College could follow afterwards if desired. Paid employment could follow afterwards if desired. Ask not what the country can do for you but what you can do for your country.
No Question 'bout it.
It's about being gay, and the teen and jobless adult "gangsta's" are just too stoopid to know it.
Besides, who is going to hire them with their pants down acting gay? Just the crack dealers.
Although it is unfortunate that this can be considered "homophobic", that's not the point.
Although it is sad that in the Black culture that being gay is (severely) frowned upon, that is not the point.
The point is that kids are wanting to express themselves in a way populated by what they see their peers do and television tell them without bothering to find out the history behind what it means. If they were not ignorant, given the choice, they would probably decide that "baggy pants" don't exactly fit into the "sex, drugs and thug-n-roll" ideology that those youths love -- ignorantly -- and decide to pull their pants up.
BTW, I am a black male.
I agree with Phish phan, but as a wise barber told me, this is just another phase in a kid's life.
Yes, as soon as those kids hear that they look gay for doing it, they'll stop. And so the stereotype that "gay = bad" is perpetuated. How will the gay kids among the blacks feel? Even more ready to commit suicide than they were before? I'd trade some bare behinds for a few kids' lives any day.
I thought it was funny....and I don't even care for rap
Those of you who think this isn't homophobic are just like those who think hanging nooses isn't racist, just a "prank." What could be more homophobic than trying to shame boys by telling them they look gay? If you think they look stupid or thuggish or ridiculous or whatever, then say that. But what do any of those characteristics have to do with being gay?
Personally, if I needed a clear picture of the detachment between the mainstream African-American community and the gay community, it???s the idea that local Christian rapper, Dooney, has produced a song with anti-gay undertones. Listening to the song, Dooney points out that pants ???saggin?????? comes from prison, and that by donning that garb young men are suspect to crime (???down low??? still also means criminal) and less likely to hold down a job. While I also personally believe that this is backwards thinking in that people hope to change behavior and not the mentality under which these young men live, I still don't hear specifically anti-gay undertones in the song.
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I work at an inner-city school where this style of dress is popular. It would be ridiculous to divorce the style from its prison culture roots. I think that the artist is trying to persuade those young men who dress this way to adhere to the standards of their peers on the streets. Homophobic? Yeah, definitely. Persuasive to the targeted population? Yes, definitely. I hope they make a bounce version of it so it gets more play out my way- not with the aim of gay bashing but getting each young man to have more awareness of how he presents himself.
This is so overboard it's not even funny. I'm not a fan of sagging britches, but I do know that nobody ever died from seeing someone's underpants. If people want to dress sloppily, so what?
The meaning of saggy pants comes from their belts being taken away in jail but it does also mean they are available as a "passive" partner.
The backwards baseball cap is also from the gays indicating they are available to perform oral sex.
I know because I am gay and laugh everytime I see some teenager trying to look cool but only looking like a submissive "bottom".
Oh noes!!11!!! It's homophoobic!! It stigmatizes homosexuality! Eek!
Lessee...without consulting a dictionary... homo= "alike, or "the same." -phobic= "fear of" or "irrational fear."
So, if, by "homophobic" you mean fear of unthinking conformity to something crass and stupid, well then... I salute "homophobia!!!". I think we should encourage all our young people to be homophobic, and avoid crappy fashion trends like the low rider pants.
If by "homophobic" you mean an irrational fear of homosexuals and homosexual behavior, then I don't think the term applies. You see, these kids have a very good, very rational, reason to be fearful of homosexual activity.
As young black men in a major metropolitan area, these guys are statistically very likely to end up in prison. Where they may find out exactly why they should be in fear of unsolicited homosexual behavior.
So, congratulations, Mister D'Priest. You've inadvertently struck lyrical gold.
I can think of better things to do than walking down the street and continually pulling my pants up.
Mind you, it has crossed my mind as to whether these guys are gay or bisexual. Quick drop, quick session, and off they go , no one being any the wiser LOL ;)
Yes, homophobic and childish. Any 4th grader could come up with a dumb remark like "that's gay!" to get what they want. It's pathetic.
Bina, On-Point, Exactly my feelings. Well Done. Huggs!
homebuilding, Please consider a more "refined" approach. I understand the frustration (I currently have one of "these" in my anatomy class at Cal Poly Pomona University. As his instructor, I find his dress annoying. (I really dont cruise 20-somethings - YUCK!).
Encouraging blatant homophobia is unacceptable. And this program/pogrom does this.
I don't think they mean to do wrong, but their approach hints at an underlying anti-homosexual bias. Perhaps one that they don't, themselves, even realize that they (perhaps you) have.
Peace be with you.
I started seeing this style while driving a taxi up in Buffalo back in the late 80s. When one is put in jail their belts and shoelaces are taken away so they don't try suicide. Everyone's pants droop when they're without their belt. This style with simply that in mind was easily translatable to the street to establish street cred. I've really heard about this idea of making oneself available for the past five years. I think it's urban legend all for the purpose to shame or embarrass them into pulling up their pants.
Could somebody just clear something up?
Do gay men actually wear their pants around their butts in order to advertised their availability or not?
Gay at one time meant happy and light hearted. Then it became a an insult indicating a homosexual lifestyle. After that it became a point of pride for the the male homosexual community. Now it is becoming a way to indicate a social unacceptable behavior. Thus is an etymological advancement. Its queer its here so get used to it.
How gay is that?
Just because men from prison say sagging pants are for homosexuals. Who are we as people to be listening and also making decisions on a fact that jailed members of society say a style outside of prison is homosexual. This is America and We as American's have the right to wear and say what we like at any time and some beat down rap song is not going to change that.
Guys walking around with baggy pants deserve any comments they receive. They chose to dress like that; deal with it, then If a dog came running after them, they would fall, get hurt and get bitten, because the crotch is down on knee level, and running just isn't possible! ANYONE walking around of "stylin'" with what used to be called "droopy drawers" deserves any comment he/she gets. If you don't want to hear negative comments, then Pull Your Pants Up!!
In the report, the rapper himself is wearing a baseball cap sideways and backwards. WTF? Does he realize that years ago in the shipyards that was a style worn by Black boys to let the white supervisors know they were compliant. There had been some protests at the shipyards, and Black boys who wore their hats sideways like that were signalling to the white overmaster that they knew their place and would follow his orders. The rapper is in for a rude awakening when he finds out what he is signalling about his Black lifestyle.
How could anyone claim this song doesn`t show anti gay bias... What if a white rapper had been commissioned to sing a song to discourage whites from wearing saggy pants. ``Be a real man, not a colored boy,`` etc... Would anyone still be ignorant enough to argue, ``Oh, well it`s not racist, he`s just educating white kids on the origins of that fashion trend.``
It`s really ridiculous that any city outside of backward theocracies like Afghanistan or Iran thinks they need to spend taxpayers` money to police the fashion that citizens are wearing. These kinds of campaigns, mixed with the bias in slogans commissioned by the city, just reinforces perceptions of Texas as backwards.
Anyone have a link to the lyrics? Love that song! lol
It is wrong that the city of Dallas would endorse such a homophobic song. It is also ridiculous they would waste tax dollars on even pursuing this issue of saggy pants, homophobic or not. Poor people? Nah....let's make stupid songs about gay pants!
This is a homophobic waste of time. They should make songs against poverty. Or something good. Not shaming people for "looking gay". Oh ha ha, you've got gay pants. Sorry this is not gonna work. Even without the homophobic element. Because it's stupid.
I would hope that every black American that has ever felt to be a target of discrimination or racism would stand up and recognize that this is discrimination towards another social class. Fair is fair. Discrimination is discrimination. This campaign is unacceptable.
I don't think most of the young men walking around showing their drawers have any idea that they may be advertising their availability for sex with another man. That information alone may be enough to get them to pull their pants up.
That said, OF COURSE any suggestion that gay men are not "real men" is extraordinarily homophobic. You don't have to be a homophobic man to decide it's a bad idea to signal your availabilty to other men. None of the "real men" down at city hall - or the recording studio - were smart enough to figure that out?
Where do ya'll get off believing this made up BULL about the supposed sexual signal behind the prison image of sagging pants? That's a huge load of cr*p and I don't believe it for a minute. Years before that neo-logical explanation was invented, the more believable explanation I kept reading about was how jail garb for prisoners awaiting trial was handed out to them without any regard to their waist size, and without belts. There are no belts or even drawstrings in jails since they can be used as to stangle someone else or hang yourself. Old and re-used drawers with elastic waistlines soon lost their stretchiness. Therefore lots of prisoners wound up with saggy drawers from necessity, not from choice or any b******t desire to send any b******t sexual signals.
Yeah, I don't buy it either -- that saggy pants is a prison sign for "gay and available."
And about the homophobic thing: When the world thinks you're gay (because of your baggy pants, apparently) when you're really not, it's violating. There's nothing inherently homophobic about heterosexuals not wanting to be seen as gay.
I've got to agree with several other posters. If the most important thing that the city of Dallas has to do with it's taxpayers money is berate the fashion sense of it's teens then I need to move there. It's obviously got no problems.
Oh, btw. isn't there supposed to be freedom of expression in this country? Remember the quote: " I disagree with every word this man has said, but I will defend to the death his right to say it!"
This is just more homophobic rhetoric, but to rap. This guy has just jumped on the band wagon. I am not particularly fond of all the asses hanging out of jeans either, but that also includes female asses. So, are the women in low riders with thongs exposed NOT real women...oh wait, lets call them hos. Fags and Hos showing they asses! This seems to be the new thing. If you are too lazy, busy or ignorant to get your point across or convey a message, then use force or intimidation. Hell, it works for the government! Shame does not create good behavior; it creates low self esteem and hatred. If you really want to "reach" the youth, maybe you should make the time to talk to and listen to them. I think they'll have to deal with enough bullies. BTW, not all, or even the majority of men, on the down low or those that are in prison sag.
Dynomite. You hit the nail on the head. Is it heterophobic that I don't want to be seen as straight? It's true. I hate it when a woman glances at me in that way. Or, if I get the occasional comeon. To have to explain it? Give me a break. So, I try to gay it up as much as possible. Am I a heterophobe? No.
I spent 4 years in prison, and I can tell you that this supposed "availability signal" is crap. There are certainly homosexuals in prison, but "sagging" has nothing to do with any "signals" they're giving out, and never did. It comes from the fact that -- especially when you first arrive, in 'reception' -- the clothes almost never fit, and you're likely to end up walking around trying to hold your pants up. A prisoner who wants to indicate his sexual preference in that regard would be more likely to rip his prison-issue jeans into short-shorts, knot his shirt into a 'halter top' looking thing, and dye his undergarments pink with kool-aid. It may be that, once the style became popular, gays outside of prison adapted it to their own purposes, using it as an identifier in pick-up spots etc. Prisoners don't need 'signals' like that, because even in a large prison one gets to know everyone with whom you share common interests in a very short time. There's no 'scene' where you go out to meet 'strangers', because there aren't any strangers, basically, and also there's no way to keep whatever you do in prison secret from anybody, because prisoners have no privacy & nothing to do but gossip about each other, and so hinting 'codes' have no purpose. Everyone already knows which are 'available', and the 'fish' who don't know, youngsters, aren't going to 'get the point' of what they're offering via these 'codes' or whatever. The whole idea of it is ludicrous. The only kinds of 'code' or 'signs' going on in prison are gang-related signs, which are used for 'security' reasons and because any gang-related activity is watched closely by the guards. On the other hand, the guards could care less whether the inmates are having sex with each other (unless they were just looking for a reason to harrass them, since it is of course technically against the rules).
First of all, I'm gay and I think the lyric is way blown out of proportion.
I'm also glad someone is taking this issue up. I am mighty tired of seeing people's ass-cracks in public. If the good lord wanted me to see your ass-crack the good lord would have put your ass-crack on your forehead.
It's not to say there should be a law against it. I would oppose that...but I do believe in laughter and shaming someone who's too stupid/fashion "conscious" to pull their damn pants up.
I am here to add support to Mr. Da Priest's attempt to reach out to young people and change their mind about the fad of saggin. I will not be distracted by the politically correct rhetoric crying homophobia. Homosexuals can take care of themselves. This is not about trying to change their behavior. This is about helping young men who participate in the fad to know how it is percieved by our society in general. If they want to be successful in this society (does anyone care about that) then they need to be able to discern when to showcase their urban culture and when to mainstream. If they want to be taken seriously and not stereotyped then... pull your pants up!
Dooney, you were put here to send a message and you're doing it. Don't stop! As long as you were doing it thier way, talking about cars, boos, and women, they had nothing to say. But as soon as you start doin it God's way, they have a problem. Like I said in my last ast song, " We're the shepards, that are fixin' to lead the flocks".
It amazes me of how far some people will go to destroy moral standards in this country. Your grandma and granddad taught morals, but noooo lets not teach our kids that anything about decency. Thats what some of you are saying. This man is saying what needs to be said plain and simple. By the way the govt does have a right to protect us from indecent people. Quit hidding behind some homophobe label.
So now bashing gays is OK.. so long as it from the gov't. and is trying to accomplish a completely unrelated mission.
This is the most ludicrous thing that I have heard in a while and it makes me glad that I live in a suburb outside of Dallas and not in the city... sometimes I wonder about Dallas officials!
What is interesting is that a few months ago I read a church newsletter that pointed out that SAGGIN was the N word backwards. I never equated that until a black CHURCH newsletter pointed this out. [sorry, I do not remember the church newsletter. It was online somewhere]
The fad needs to DIE I cannot believe it has lasted this long and maybe this scare tactic will work.
Saggin' Pants ( baggy pants, sagging )are a trend. There are far worse trends currently being ignored in this country. And, yes, many of the arguments that are being made are related to gay black men in prison. Once this trend reached the white and multi-cultural suburbs, that's when things heated up. Alternatives are available at places like TrashPants.com - their pants just look like the style. It actually is a simulated Boxer Top and the pants are one piece and fit at the waist. A white woman invented them, so it'll be hard to say wearing them makes you a gay, black man in prison wanna-be.
Last night while I was trying to parallel park on a crowded urban street, I waited patiently while a young man on a bike idly circled his bicycle in front of me on the street. Incredibly, his pants were pulled below his buttocks, and those buttocks were covered with a pair of dirty, grey underdrawers. Charming, simply charming.
This is a staggeringly repulsive style. I can only think of one way to put a stop to it. Middle aged Matrons unite! All we have to do is coax our husbands to abandon their belts and pull their trousers down below their buttocks for a single weekend. I promise the kids will get the point!
I'd just like to point out that "phish phans" are the second-most likely group to be wearing saggy-ass blue jeans.


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No matter your politics, voting matters.
How do we talk about voting with minors who aren't allowed to vote yet? As parents, how can we get them involved?
I came up with three ways to create experiences for kids to vote firsthand. I want them counting down the days until their 18th birthday with the same enthusiasm they have for their 21st. Voting is a big responsibility… and it's also a right that the majority of Americans take for granted.
1. Have a family vote
Give your kids a voice in your family and let them decide what they want to vote on. Perhaps it's something small, like what's for dinner on Friday night. Or perhaps something bigger like where to go on vacation. Create opportunities for them to campaign for their candidates and discuss pros and cons of all issues. Just be ready to honor whatever wins the majority of votes!
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Encourage your kid(s) to come up with a question and have them tally the results. Sample questions could be: Should kids be allowed to stay up late on the weekends? How many times a week should kids get dessert? Once they decide on the topic, help them prepare materials to share with voters. Survey friends at school, family members, people in the neighborhood, count the votes, and share the results.
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As the mom of two young children, I wanted to inspire my kids to really care about voting and standing up for what they believe in.
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In early November, two huge motivational seminars — Zig Ziglar's star-studded Get Motivated! and the very right-wingy Seize the Day! — are coming to town, exclamation points in tow, just eight days apart. So, obviously, the question that's kept you up at night (the nights you don't drink yourself comatose for lack of success) is which event should you attend? CL takes a look at each and helps you decide.
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Get Motivated!: Monday, November 1 from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Georgia Dome
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The biggies: Former politician (current something?) Sarah Palin, conservative pundit Bill O'Reilly, former First Lady Laura Bush, Nixon speechwriter and eyedrops salesman Ben Stein , former football great and NFL commentator Terry Bradshaw, motivational speaker Les Brown
The people I don't know: John Maxwell, Phil Town, Tom Hopkins
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The biggies: Actress Goldie Hawn, comedian Bill Cosby, motivational guru (and fun name-haver) Zig Ziglar, former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz, Forbes, Inc. CEO Steve Forbes, General Colin Powell, former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani, Microsoft President Rick Belluzzo
The people I don't know: The two unrecognizable guys on the page header (and whose names I seriously can't find anywhere on the website)
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Seize the Day!: $4.95 per person or $19.95 for an entire office
Get Motivated!: $9.95 for an entire office
WINNER: Get Motivated! On Seize the Day!'s site, right below the reasonable prices, is a disclaimer that says "$99.95 general admission without special pricing code." Sounds fishy. Either way, both of these things are super cheap, although you could easily make the argument that THEY should pay YOU to come sit in an arena with your dumb co-workers for 10 hours.
Seize the Day!: Six white guys, two white ladies, one black guy
Get Motivated!: Seven white guys, one white lady, two black guys
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Seize the Day!: Nine exclamation points on Atlanta event page.
Get Motivated!: Seven exclamation points on Atlanta event page.
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Seize the Day!: Sarah Palin?! Bill O'Reilly?! A lady who thought it prudent to marry George W. Bush?! This shit's goin' off the rails on a crazy train.
Get Motivated!: Rudy Giuliani has an unreasonable distaste for strip clubs. Crazy.
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Donald Trump won the GOP presidential nomination over the loud objections of more than a few leading Republicans. But as our collective attention turns to the general election, most Republicans appear to be falling in line behind the nominee – even if they're gritting their teeth to do it.
A national survey this week from Public Policy Polling finds Hillary Clinton with a four-point edge on Trump, 42-38, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 4 percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 2 percent. (Johnson and Stein are actually pulling more votes from Clinton than Trump; take them away and Clinton's lead would jump to six points.)
For all the talk about GOP disunity, though, Trump gets almost exactly as much support from Republicans as Clinton gets from Democrats. Clinton leads Trump 78-9 among Democrats, while Trump leads Clinton 78-7 among Republicans; 72 percent of Republicans say they're comfortable with Trump as their party's nominee, while 75 percent of Democrats say they're comfortable with Clinton. (The number of Republicans and Democrats who say they're uncomfortable with their party's frontrunner? Exactly the same in both parties, 21 percent.)
Get more numbers from PPP's presidential survey here.
Those numbers may be disappointing to Democrats who were hoping for a fractured GOP this fall – but PPP director Tom Jensen says there's plenty of good news here for Democrats too. For one, the undecided voters in a Clinton/Trump matchup tend to be supporters of Bernie Sanders – Clinton/Trump undecideds favor Sanders over Trump by a 41-8 margin – so if Clinton does end up winning the nomination, she may be able to expand her lead in a big way merely by winning over Sanders' supporters. (The Clinton/Sanders race has been contentious, but Jensen says he does expect the party to come together sooner or later. At this time in 2008, he says, nearly half of Clinton's supporters were telling pollsters they wouldn't vote for Obama that fall – far more than the number of Sanders supporters who say they won't support Clinton now – but almost all those voters did wind up supporting Obama in the end.)
And while Clinton's popularity ratings remain low, Jensen says Trump's are even lower: only 34 percent of voters approve of him, against 61 percent who disapprove. (And Trump's supporters still tend to be on the fringes when it comes to their political views: nearly two-thirds of them say they think Barack Obama is a Muslim, for instance, and nearly three-fifths say they still don't believe he was born in the US.) To drive home the point, PPP tested Trump in head-to-head matchups with other despised things: voters prefer lice to Donald Trump by a 54-28 margin, root canals to Donald Trump by a 49-38 margin, used car salesmen to Donald Trump by a 47-41 margin, and the band Nickelback to Donald Trump by a 39-34 margin.
(Trump does win head-to-head battles with cockroaches and hemorrhoids, though. So he's got that going for him, which is nice.)
Tom Jensen spoke Thursday with WCHL's Aaron Keck.
Jensen says even if the GOP does end up unifying around its nominee, Trump's place at the top of the ballot may still haunt the party in the general election. Democrats lead Republicans 46-41 in a generic Congressional ballot – not enough of a lead for Democrats to regain control of the House of Representatives, but enough for Democrats to pick up several seats in both houses (and possibly retake the Senate). Voters also say (by a 45-26 margin) that they'd be less likely to vote for a candidate if that candidate endorses Trump for president.
Get more numbers on PPP's Congressional survey here.
And the thought of Donald Trump in the White House is also making voters more likely to want the Senate to vote now on President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court. Only 38 percent of voters say they trust Trump to make a Supreme Court nomination, against 53 percent who don't; 58 percent of Americans say they want the vacant seat filled this year (up slightly from two months ago); and 50 percent of voters say they'd be less likely to vote for a Senator if that Senator blocked Merritt Garland's confirmation hearings. (Only 18 percent say they'd be more likely to vote for such a candidate.)
Get more numbers on PPP's Supreme Court survey here.http://chapelboro.com/news/election/republicans-unite-around-trump-but-clinton-still-has-edge
Republican leaders, like House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senator John McCain, are hesitant about endorsing Donald Trump, but that is not the case for one of North Carolina's senators.
Senator Richard Burr announced his support for Trump via Twitter on Wednesday. He said in a tweet that he had always planned to support whoever became the Republican nominee. He also tweeted there would not be a third term for the Clinton/Obama Administration, using the #NeverHillary.
But according to a recent poll, that decision may not be popular with North Carolina voters. Public Policy Polling's director Tom Jenson explains.
"That is a dangerous thing for Burr to be doing," said Jenson. "We asked on a poll in North Carolina last month, if Richard Burr supported Donald Trump for president, would that make you more or less likely to vote for Burr, or would it not make a difference one way or the other?
"We found that for Burr, endorsing Trump was a 25 point negative. 25 percent more people said endorsing Trump would make them less likely to vote for Burr," said Jenson.
Jenson predicts, however, that the presidential race will be a much closer contest than many are anticipating.
"I don't think it's going to be that good of a year for Democrats and I don't think that Donald Trump is going to be nearly that bad of a candidate for the Republicans," said Jenson.
Governor Pat McCrory has also said he would support Donald Trump if he was the Republican nominee.http://chapelboro.com/featured/sen-burr-endorses-trump
North Carolinians voted to approve the Connect NC bond in Tuesday's primary.
The $2 billion dollar bond will fund investments in the UNC system, community colleges, state parks, National Guard Facilities and water and sewage utilities. Those investments include a new Medical Education Building at UNC and improvements to Jordan Lake State Park and Eno River State Park.
The bond received support from both Democrats and Republicans ahead of the referendum.
The two billion dollar proposal would be the first general obligation bond in 15 years with the purpose of improving the state's infrastructure.
Pat McCrory pitched the bond to UNC and Chapel Hill leaders in February. McCrory has said that the bond will not result in any new taxes and tax increases.
Opponents of the bond said it would leave debt to future generations.
View all of the Connect NC Bond projects.
UNC Chancellor Carol Folt on the passage of the bond:
"I am so grateful to North Carolina's voters for supporting higher education in such a wonderful way. It is a strong endorsement for the importance of having the very best facilities at Carolina to train more North Carolina doctors for our state."
UNC System President Margaret Spellings released this statement Tuesday:
"This is a great day for the UNC system and all of North Carolina. We are grateful to the voters for approving the Connect NC Bond package and for their demonstration of support and confidence in our public University and community colleges. North Carolina is known for its longstanding commitment to public higher education, and the economic return on that investment has been tremendous. Today—at the ballot box—our citizens reaffirmed that historic commitment. With their votes, they said that higher education must continue to help meet the needs of the state and to open the doors of economic opportunity for their children and grandchildren."
The 2016 primary election is the first in North Carolina where you'll be required to show a valid ID in order to vote. (You can vote without one if there's a "reasonable impediment" preventing you from obtaining one, but you'll have to go through some red tape if that's the case.)
Legislators say the voter-ID provision is designed to prevent voter fraud, and there's something to be said for having safeguards in place. But is the cure worse than the disease? There have only been a handful of cases in North Carolina where an individual has tried passing themselves off as somebody else in order to vote – only two cases this century, in fact, out of about 35 million votes cast.
And the voter ID provision will make it demonstrably more difficult for many North Carolinians to vote. How many? Perhaps as many as half a million, a disproportionate number of which are black, female, and either young or elderly. Evidence is still unclear on the specific effect of voter ID laws on turnout, but there's growing evidence that it does have a negative effect. (This in turn tends to benefit Republican candidates, and voter ID opponents argue that that's the whole purpose of the law in the first place.)
More information on voter ID and turnout here…
So what should North Carolina do, when it comes to voting and voting restrictions? Orange County conservative Ashley DeSena and WCHL's Aaron Keck (a progressive) discussed the issue on the air this week. (Both are skeptical of voter ID. Keck likes Oregon's law that automatically registers you to vote when you turn 18, without your having to do anything; DeSena goes further, wondering why 'registration' is even necessary in the first place.)
Listen to their conversation.http://chapelboro.com/featured/remember-your-voter-id-but-why
Early voting is underway now for the 2016 primary election, with a number of key races on the ballot. There's the presidential race, the Senate race, and the "Connect NC" bond proposal – and at the local level, there are also four open seats on the Orange County Board of Commissioners, with nine candidates in the running. (All nine candidates are Democrats, so the BOCC races will be decided in the primary: whoever wins the Democratic nomination will be running unopposed in November.)
Find your Orange County early voting sites here.
Three of those nine candidates – Mark Marcoplos, Matt Hughes, and Andy Cagle – are competing for the at-large seat being vacated by outgoing Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier. Which candidate should get your vote? What do the candidates have to say about the future of Orange County?
On Monday, WCHL's Aaron Keck welcomed Marcoplos, Hughes and Cagle to the studio for an informal, hour-long conversation about Orange County's biggest issues.
Listen to the forum.
Last week, WCHL also hosted informal forums for the four candidates running for two seats representing District 1 and the two candidates running for a seat representing District 2.
Listen to the District 1 forum here.
Listen to the District 2 forum here.
Early voting runs through Saturday, March 12; primary day is Tuesday, March 15.http://chapelboro.com/featured/2016-election-bocc-at-large-candidates-talk-issues
Early voting is underway now for the 2016 primary election, with a number of key races on the ballot. There's the presidential race, the Senate race, and the "Connect NC" bond proposal – and at the local level, there are also four open seats on the Orange County Board of Commissioners, with nine candidates in the running. (All nine candidates are Democrats, so the BOCC races will be decided in the primary: whoever wins the Democratic nomination will be running unopposed in November.)
Find your Orange County early voting sites here.
Two of those nine candidates are competing for a seat representing Orange County's District 2, covering Hillsborough and unincorporated Orange County. Incumbent Renee Price is seeking her second term on the board; challenging her is Bonnie Hauser.
Which candidate should get your vote? What do the candidates have to say about the future of Orange County?
On Friday, WCHL's Aaron Keck welcomed Price and Hauser to the studio for an informal, hour-long conversation about Orange County's biggest issues. Part 1 of their forum focused on education and economic development; Part 2 focused on housing, transportation, firearm safety and solid waste.
Listen to Part 1.
Listen to Part 2.
Tune into WCHL on Monday at 3 pm, as Aaron hosts the three candidates vying for an at-large seat on the Board: Mark Marcoplos, Matt Hughes, and Andy Cagle.
Earlier this week, Aaron hosted the four candidates running for two open seats representing District 1: Mark Dorosin, Penny Rich, Jamezetta Bedford, and Gary Kahn. Listen to that forum here.
Early voting runs through Saturday, March 12; primary day is Tuesday, March 15.http://chapelboro.com/featured/2016-election-price-hauser-vie
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory was in Chapel Hill on Wednesday pitching the $2 billion bond proposal that will be on the March primary ballots across North Carolina.
A crowd that included Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger, Durham Mayor Bill Bell, members of the North Carolina General Assembly and local county commissioners gathered at the Center for School Leadership Development next to the Friday Center on Wednesday as McCrory continued to tout the upcoming bond proposal.
McCrory said the bond is important for North Carolina's future as the state continues to grow.
"Do we prepare for it, or do we react to it," McCrory asked. "And I'm convinced you have to prepare. Those people who react, lose."
North Carolina passed 10 million residents in late 2015 and is now the ninth most populous state in the nation.
UNC Chancellor Carol Folt called this bond proposal a "partnership" between state leadership in Raleigh, community colleges and universities in the state and North Carolinians. Folt said this bond is badly needed to fund projects that will make a positive impact, pointing out that it has been 15 years since the last statewide bond.
"Probably everyone remembers it, but North Carolina passed the largest capital bond issued for higher education in the history of the United States," Folt said. "And that was the last bond. That was the largest one in the country.
"I didn't live here. I knew all about it. This made waves everywhere. It was of immense consequence. Other states, they were all looking at this."
Folt said that bond 15 years ago improved the entire higher education system in North Carolina and, in turn, the state as a whole.
McCrory said there were three strategies behind the bond: to keep up with population growth, to restore a crumbling infrastructure and to borrow while interest rates remain historically low.
McCrory continues to call the proposal a "sound financial model" as he says the multibillion-dollar proposal will not require a tax increase.
"Because we have not had a bond in 15 years, and those bonds are now being paid off," McCrory said.
He added, "The debt from bonds will be less in five years than it is today, with the approval of this $2 billion in bonds."
McCrory said that there was even room to borrow more money. At a UNC Board of Trustees meeting in November House Representative Dean Arp told the board the bond did not include more funding because lawmakers did not want to risk the bond not getting the approval of North Carolina voters.
The bond proposal covers wide-ranging issues, including the 17-campus university system, community colleges, parks and infrastructure.
At UNC, the bond money will be used to provide a new facility for the School of Medicine.
McCrory said he is proud of the bipartisan support the bond proposal has received.
Some have questioned whether the bond package is politically motivated during an election cycle that is expected to see a tight race for Governor between McCrory seeking a second term and a Democratic challenger, very likely to be Attorney General Roy Cooper. Other groups are urging voters to vote against the bond and to fund the projects on a pay-as-you-go plan rather than taking on debt.
North Carolinians will decide on whether to approve the $2 billion bond package during the March primary.
Get more information on the Connect NC Bond and the projects that would be funded.http://chapelboro.com/featured/mccrory-pitches-2-billion-bond-in-chapel-hill
Friday is the last day to register to vote for the upcoming primary election on March 15.
If you are registering for the first time or updating your information, you can find that form here. The form must be filled out and postmarked or received by your local board of elections or the State Board of Elections by this Friday, February 19.
Voters will choose their party representative for the general election races in November. North Carolina has a semi-open primary process, which means unaffiliated voters can vote in any one party's primary but registered party members must vote in their respective party's primary. Voter will choose their party's representative for President, Governor and Senate.
Voters will also vote "for" or "against" the Connect NC Public Improvement Bond. Most of the $2 billion bond will goes towards the UNC system, improving the water and sewage system and funding for state parks.
This year will also be the first year North Carolina will require a photo ID to vote. Acceptable forms of ID are a NC Driver License, a US passport, a military ID, a veteran ID, and certain tribal identification cards. If you do not have one of these IDs then you can still vote if you sign a form saying you have a reasonable impediment, such as a lack of paperwork or proper transportation.
If you want to mail-in your vote, you can request an absentee ballot online or receive one during early voting. Absentee ballots must be received by March 8. No photo ID is required to cast an absentee ballot.
Same-day registration will be available during the early voting period from March 3-12. To vote on the day of the actual primary, March 15, you must register by Friday.
According to the State Board of Elections, only 35% of registered voters in North Carolina voted in the last presidential primary in 2012.http://chapelboro.com/news/voter-registration-deadline-is-friday
Before moving to Chapel Hill 38 years ago, I was a newspaper reporter in south Florida.
Have you driven there lately?
The weather is still great, but the beauty is harder to find. Over-development squashed it years ago.
But, I learned a lot as a covered the deliberations of those city leaders who struggled to deal with developers who saw dollar signs on every empty lot.
"I'd never want to be in their shoes," I told myself.
It's a thankless job.
We all owe a large debt of thanks to those who have served Chapel Hill for years, but who lost their seats in this past election.
It is a tough job.
Why do people run for public office?
Well, many reasons. But, if we read the campaign websites of those who recently got elected to Chapel Hill's Town Council, it's clear why our local election turned out as it did.
Chapel Hill residents desperately want their voices heard. Some of us have the quaint idea that council members who represent us should actually listen to and consider our concerns.
Mayor-elect Pam Hemminger said that too often the mayor and council dismissed residents with legitimate concerns as anti-development or afraid of change. Thoughtful input for task forces and advisory boards is ignored.
New council member Jessica Anderson wants to promote smart development by listening to residents and advisory boards and prioritizing the interest of local residents over those of developers and investors.
Nancy Oates wants to restore trust and accountability. And I quote her, "So all of us who care about Chapel Hill can live our lives without having to worry about what council members are doing to our town."
Michael Parker says that he wants to insure that our town government works for and is responsive to the needs of all its residents.
Donna Bell, the only incumbent voters returned to the council. is proud of her work to develop more affordable housing in Chapel Hill.
Don't expect these new council members to take over the castle exactly, but you can bet that their voices, and maybe ours too, will be heard.
We'll see more 5 to 4 votes and that's healthy.
Here are the 2015 election results for the races for Chapel Hill mayor, Chapel Hill Town Council, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, Carrboro Mayor, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, Hillsborough mayor, Hillsborough Board of Commissioners, and Chapel Hill referenda.
We have more detailed coverage on the 2015 election results here. It was a rough night for incumbents in Chapel Hill. But, it was a good night for incumbents in Carrboro and Hillsborough.
|Chapel Hill Mayor
|Pam Hemminger✔
|Gary Kahn
|Mark Kleinschmidt
(Precincts Reported: 23 of 23)
|Chapel Hill Town Council(Elect 4 seats)
|Jessica Anderson✔
|Donna C. Bell✔
|Adam W. Jones
|Paul M. Neebe
|Nancy C. Oates✔
|Michael Parker✔
|David Alan Schwartz
|Lee Storrow
|Jim Ward
(Precincts Reported: 23 of 23)
|Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board of Education(Elect 4 seats)
|Joal Hall Broun
|Rani Dasi✔
|Gregg Gerdau
|Pat Heinrich✔
|Margaret Samuels✔
|David Saussy
|Annetta Streater✔
|Theresa Watson
(Precincts Reported: 29 of 29)
|Carrboro Mayor
|Lydia E. Lavelle✔
(Precincts Reported: 8 of 8)
|Carrboro Board of Aldermen(Elect 3 Seats)
|Bethany E. Chaney✔
|Michelle Johnson✔
|Damon Seils✔
(Precincts Reported: 8 of 8)
|Hillsborough Mayor
|Tom Stevens✔
(Precincts Reported: 4 of 4)
|Hillsborough Town Commissioner(Elect 3 Seats)
|Mark Bell✔
|Ashley DeSena
|Evelyn P. Lloyd✔
|Brian Lowen✔
|Cindy Lee Talisman
(Precincts Reported: 4 of 4)
|Bonds For Streets and Sidewalks
(Precincts Reported: 23 of 23)
|Bonds For Trails And Greenways
(Precincts Reported: 23 of 23)
|Bonds For Recreational Facilities
(Precincts Reported: 23 of 23)
|Bonds For Solid Waste Facilities
(Precincts Reported: 23 of 23)
|Bonds For Stormwater Improvements
(Precincts Reported: 23 of 23)http://chapelboro.com/news/2015-election-results


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Scott Skiles back to Orlando?
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After helping to deliver the Cleveland Cavaliers an NBA championship, head coach Ty Lue has agreed to a five-year, $35 million contract extension, league sources told The Vertical. The agreement was reached on Monday and a formal announcement is expected in the next 24 hours, league sources told The Vertical.
After his promotion to head coach following David Blatt's firing in January, Lue gambled on himself and decided against signing a shorter, less lucrative deal as Cavaliers coach – never signing a three-year, $9.5 million contract framework. Lue's decision turned out to be prophetic, because the Cavaliers' improbable 3-1 comeback victory in the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors allowed for him to become compensated among the NBA's elite head coaches.
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By the time they enter kindergarten, 1 out of 4 African-American boys in California expect to never be successful, according to last year's findings by the state's Assembly. In response, schools and various organizations in Oakland are focusing their energies to reverse the fortunes of young Black boys and men in the state.
PBS NewsHour aired a special report on Tuesday focusing on the efforts of American Graduate Project group, which is working to reverse the trend of high school dropouts. As host Gwen Ifill opened the segment, the clip quickly opened with Sizwe Abakah, who teaches the manhood development class at Oakland's Skyline High School. Abakah is one of a dozen teachers working to help the boys graduate.
"We're trying to make transformations," shares Abakah. "A lot of our brothers are failing disproportionately. Like, if we look at the statistics in Oakland, we're the highest in everything we don't need to be in."
This sobering fact was backed up by Junious Williams, CEO of the Urban Strategies Council. "You will see higher rates of dropout, lower rates of graduation, higher rates of chronic absence, higher rates of suspension," said Williams. Williams' group joined forces with the Oakland School District, which later spawned the Office of African-American Male Achievement.
"One of the strategies with our manhood-development classes and just getting eye level with the youth is, how do we put kind of the swag back in education, in learning," said Chris Chatmon, the Office of African-American Male Achievement CEO.
Watch PBSNewsHour's segment on "Transforming School Experience for African-American Boys" in the video.
There is also heavy emphasis on working with the younger boys to avert the dropout crisis. The segment switched gears and profiled a charter school not far from Skyline High. The 100 Black Men of the Bay Area Community School's 75 enrolled students are almost all African American. Dr. Mark Alexander, board chairman of the school, spoke about his devotion to the mission.
"I grew up in very, very tough situations. I used to fight a lot," said Alexander. "I used to get suspended. And so I see a lot of myself in these boys. And I see the genius in a lot of these kids. I know that it only takes a few people to just give someone the encouragement that they need to really thrive."
The Office of African-American Male Achievement said that while gains have been made in Oakland and across the state, there are further obstacles to overcome ahead.
Learn more about the American Graduate Project here.
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It's the International Moron Patrol!
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Giant beasts battle it out for supremecy!
Yeah, how do you restart a level without dying?
On several of your levels it is possible to fail by accidentely bumping the cube into areas where portals cannot be made, and there is no way to die. I could not complete the game because of this, and believe me, it took an hour to get to where I was, cause I was messing around (great game btw!) Needless to say, I was miffed. Any mission select codes? Ways to restart levels?
PORTAL 2 please!!1
seriously this game hella fun also it wouldn't kill to have a save feature.
This game was amazing, I loved it, please make another!!!
I loved this game and even after i beat it i played it again to see if i could do it faster. Some levels were frustrating but the most it ever took me to beat a level was about 15 minutes. The physics were great and the graphics were excellent. 10/10 5/5!! Awesome job keep up the great work. PS.To all you who cant get past level 5 or any level just use your head and you'll get it.
pretty fun
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