Black Boys are Not Safe

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Please check out this video's sponsor Brilliant.org--- https://brilliant.org/fdsignifier/ to get started for free and get 20% off your annual subscription. Look for the ad at the end of the video. In this video we use at Will Smith's recent public meltdown as a jumping off point to look at some challenges of black boyhood and how the constant barrage of trauma affects even the most successful and outwardly charming and charismatic black men. To do this we will be looking at Belair the reimagining of Will Smith's star making show "The Fresh Prince of Belair" as well as shows like Atlanta and numerous other figures and stories pertinent to the issue. Join the Pareon--- https://www.patreon.com/fdsignifier?fan_landing=true Go to the B Sides Channel for other content- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCInOR_Jhe-MH-IDSJ2BSOVA 00:00 Intro 04:10 Horror Stories, System Failures, and Exaggerated Swag 23:40 Belair as a Case Study in Black Boyhood 32:19 Will's PTSD 44:55 Carlton's Struggle Under the White Gaze 1:02:12 Final Thoughts 1:08:20 Ad Read for Brilliant.org 1:10:32 Patrons and bloopers Videos/Channel's referenced: I Take on Movies- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfTO33jtdAs Foreign Man in a Foreign Land- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fdvT29oPqU&t=7s Needless- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLxH65f3oxntTk3EnXLFwlA Pertinent research and further reading suggestions bell hooks - "We Real Cool" Alexander Mitchell - The New Jim Crow Tommy Curry- The Man Not Jawanza Kunjufu- Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Little Black Boys Ta-Nahesi Coates- Between the World and Me Eduardo Bonilla Silva- Racism Without Racists Incapacitated Fatherhood: The Impact of Mass Incarceration on Black Father Identity- https://www.qualitativecriminology.com/pub/v8i3p4/release/4