Young African American Men, there is a Great Man in You – by Brian K. Rice

 

” African American Youth, Your Dreams Are Meant For You ” by Brian K.Rice

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbLeB2yq9XY

Mae West “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

Never Give Up Motivational Video. I love it!!! B. Rice

 

 

Part 2: Letters to Young Black Women: from education to self worth

Letters to Young Black Women by Daniel Whyte is one of the most insightful books I have read for young women. I am a motivational speaker and I am always trying to find great material to share with others and great material to learn from and this at the top of my list for women.  Below are some sentences that highlighted in the book that I wanted to share with others. My earlier blog post of this book focused on two of the letters that dealt with men and the few highlights below cover a few more letters from the book

• “what troubles me the most is that more young black women today are allowing themselves to be used, mistreated, and hurt by men who do not care anything for them” Daniel Whyte

ON YOUR LIFE — Educational ON THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR EARLY EDUCATION Letter Twelve

• The value of getting a good education is all around us.
• First, you must have an internal motivation to want to learn. You must have a desire to learn. No one can

part 1: for women and fathers raising girls: Letters about men who are dawgs

A few weeks ago I read “Letters to Young Black Women” by Daniel Whyte and I said I was going to share some of my highlights from the book. As a motivational speaker, I am always trying to find good ideas to make me a more relevant speaker and this book is a must read and discuss for women of all ages as well as fathers raising girls and you will see this from my few highlights below. The author speaks primarily to young women in their teens or as young adults about spirituality, education, dealing with men, and purpose but I believe women from various generations will get value from this book especially if you are single. The section below is from letter 22 and 23 which focus on sorry men who are dawgs at their core. This section gives the reader real insight into how men think. (I will be positing another set of highlights of this book in my next post)

Letter Twenty-Two: ON YOUR LIFE — As a Young Black Woman BEWARE OF THE DAWGS

• I want to lovingly warn you to beware of the dawgs. (In case you do not know what a dawg is, a dawg is a man who heartlessly plots to take advantage of women sexually with no intentions on marrying them.
• Consequently, they somehow get a mentality that women are nothing but “B’s” and “W’s” to be conquered, subdued, taken advantage of, and sometimes abused.
• The nature of the dawg, like the devil, is very deceptive. He looks good on the outside, but on the inside he is full of deceit and corruption. The Bible says they will “come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” (Matthew 7: 15).
• the dawg wants to work on eye contact, for the dawg feels that if he can make good eye contact with you, he is fifty percent toward his goal. Now, mind you, the dawg does not care who you are, or who you are with, be it your boyfriend, husband, or parents. He truly believes in his mind that if he can get some good eye contact with you, he can get you. Sister, don’t let anybody fool you; there is power in the eyes. Whatever you do, DON’T GIVE HIM YOUR EYES IF YOU DON’T WANT HIM TO GET YOU.

B. Rice highlights from the book “Mo Letters to Young Black Men” by Daniel Whyte

Recently, I finished Daniel Whyte’s second book for young black men, it is titled “Mo Letters to Young Black Men”. Below is a short list of my highlights from the book. The first book has 25 letters just as the second book. This second book is focused on the relationships you will have with your mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, women, wife, friends, racism, and God. If you enjoy some of my highlights, please make sure you share the book with someone raising a young black man and have them to discuss the details of this book as well as the first book “Letters to Young Black Men”

Mo Letters to Young Black Men by Daniel Whyte

OH! THE MISTAKES I’VE MADE Letter Two

• The first big mistake I made as a young man was having sex before marriage.
• The second big mistake I made was not taking my early education seriously.
• In my mind, school was a place to tolerate, a place to skip, a place to run the girls, and a place to have fun. Oh, how I regret not taking my schooling seriously. Because I didn’t, I had to play catch up when I got older.