What Is A Man

What is a man? By: Tavias Johnson School: Central High Hobbies: Play games, go to the movies, eat out, and skating.

Both Boys and Girls are Shaped By their Fathers ► Fathers

are Important

A Must Be A Father Fatherhood is the Crown of Maleness

Goals ► Discuss

African Manhood ► Face the stereotypes and myths ► Set goals

Father of Negative Ideas Thomas JeffersonStereo-typed Black Males ► Jefferson wrote, (Black Slaves) needed less sleep ► No ability to love ► Sex is more important than love to Blacks ► Blacks are inferior to Whites (Less than) ►

Origin the Dozen ► What

is the playing the Dozen ► Joking about someone or a person’s mother ► Insult one another ► Humiliate one another ► Abuse one another ► The winner was the cruelest who managed to keep cool

Society is Cruel to Black Males

Stereotyping Promotes the Cruelty ► Violence ► Dislike ► Evilness ► Racial ► Jail ► Death

Profiling

► Hate

What Does it Take to Be a Man? ► ► ► ► ► ► ►

Men must define themselves Know who you are Control their environment Men defend their family Men protect woman and children Men provided their family Men live by truth

African American Male ► ► ► ► ► ►

Must know about the True Nature of man Man is an individual who is to shape it own character Master his own will Direct his own life Shape his own ends There is nothing ordinary about a real man

Vision of Black Male ► ► ► ► ► ► ►

Material things don’t makes a man Sex don’t makes a man Violence don’t makes a man Alcohol don’t makes a man Dope don’t makes a man True character makes a man Fatherhood is the crown of man hood

Strength as an African American Man ► Marriage ► Slow

to angry ► Physical strength ► Emotional strength ► Spiritual strength ► Mental strength

Modes of Strength ►

Physical- is the ability to use and develop both muscular power and material possessions

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Mental- is the ability to use and develop your natural intelligence as well as academic knowledge.

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Spiritual- is the ability to accept the influence of higher value and the courage to act.

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Emotional- is the ability to get in contact with and accept your feelings and express them in relationships with other people.