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Cortez, Angel
English 113b
April 14,2015
Professor Bieber
Role models Importance in the African American Communities
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today - Malcolm X. The way African-Americans
are still looked as a group of people that are ludicrous, unpredictable, and absurd. The AfricanAmerican community is in dire need of a change in order to thrive under todays standards of
living and to do so we must turn to Government systems, the media, and themselves for not only
solutions but also role models.
I guess its hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chance- Wes
Moore. Wes Moore Wrote The Other Wes Moore. Moore, the other Wes Moore, Joy, Mary
along with Tony and Woody was the main characters. Growing up with in the same city limits as
each other. Both Wes Moores had similar stories growing up. The two boys were both fatherless,
both with the same name, and both born in Baltimore, Maryland in the late 1970s.
How can the African American communities around United States to urge the
government systems to help. One way is to have a protocol when dealing with these young
African Americans. But how can this happen when they are afraid of the local police
departments. Just recently there was a officer involved shooting with a black male. After the
shooting occurred and the killing of these African American, the supervisor of the officer
involves told him to document as what went on. But was replied with What happen the
adrenaline is just jumping. While both officers were laughing saying Its pumping. This was
all caught on videotape in broad daylight. I personally would also be afraid of my local police

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department, after seeing the unprofessional work is been done by them.

We need to have programs assessable to these young black males. The classroom these
topics need to be touch. Have after school activates, which would be free because most of these
blacks males leave in the poverty levels. An other program is a police cadet, which will help the
young kids and also help the officers understand these kids. One of the biggest mentor/ role
model programs right now is My Brothers Keeper, which President Obama launched. This
program is to help the African Americans find reliable role models these kids from the crazies
neighborhoods. Someone these underprivileged kids can talk to without feeling weak, scared, or
intimidate. Not only is this helping them right now, they can use it on their little brother, friends,
and later in life. We need to address the unique challenges that make it hard for some of our
young people to thrive(Obama)

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Work Cited
"My Brother's Keeper Task Force." 27 Feb. 2015. Web. 9 Apr. 2015.
Moore, Wes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2010.
Print.