I resent what inspires me

The struggle between apathy and irony
-Murs & Slug, "All I Can Do"

word. made me pause in my tracks for a bit. had me thinking if anything that inspires me also cause me to not like it as well. like umm yeah.

i am inspired by creativity. power. respect. progress. love. originality. passion. adaptability. confidence. tenacity. poise.

but do i resent those same traits? in a way, yes. when i lack them. or see when their need or presence would prove useful.

but anyways, the irony part is what really drew me in. because i received an interesting email today about some things going down at Wheelock College. I just found it timely given what I wrote a recently. But I won't front. I don't resent anything the benefits the Black male. I'm entitled to my personal bias. Nevertheless, like my homegirl M said, sometimes the best things happen by surprise. Start planning for Halloween now.

The Education of Black Male Youth Lecture Series
Responding to the Crisis Confronting Black Male Youth Crisis.

Marginalized. Endangered. These terms are used with increasing regularity to describe the plight of young Black males in the education system.

Wheelock College and the Delores Walker Johnson Center for Thoughtful Leadership at ATLAS Learning Communities are responding to the crisis confronting Black male youth with a series of public lectures, beginning October 18, to address the education of young black males. The series is being held in conjunction with a Principal Leadership Seminar Series.

• In Boston, there are 15,575 Black male students, approximately 24 percent, in the school system.
• Black students received 72 percent of the out of school suspensions, while White students received 7 percent.
• Black students accounted for 69 percent of classifications for “Emotional Disturbance”
  
• 53 percent of “Specific learning disabilities” while White students made up 13 percent and 18 percent of those so classified. (Schlott Foundation, 2004)
  

Please join us for these free lectures that will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Lucy Wheelock Auditorium located at 180 The Riverway, Boston.