Mixed feelings on this one. I wouldn't want my daughter unbraiding his air. He says the parents were okay with it. My guess? And its only a guess. They were single moms who said it was okay. I can't really see a father, step father, even mom's bf being okay with a girl doing that.
It has weirdo vibes. It has grooming vibes. That said, I wouldn't doubt he's a positive influence on them. My guess is these girls don't have any father figures.
Lastly, we (Blacks) are desperate for Black men to teach in predominantly Black schools. I had a handful growing up. Middle and High School. None in elementary school. I would love to see a program where we recruit Black men to teach from elementary (start that male energy early) school and pay them well enough to make it financially viable for them to do it. We have more than enough sisters. They are great, needed and got mad love for them. But the truth is too many Black girls grow up with next to no authoritative / father figure black males. Single mother homes, biological father isn't involved. From K-12 no black male teachers...except maybe gym class...maybe. Young folks aren't going to church so no pastor or deacon and the few either don't have time or you may not him around a daughter. If they go to college, no black male professors unless they go to an HBCU. I'd love to see someone like an Oprah, Robert Smith do that instead of donation to Spelman or Morehouse. If you are a black student who has made it to an HBCU you already got a winning mindset. I'd like to instill that in the 8, 9 and 10 year olds with thorough black men through out their lives.
Long term these girls will likely not choose a pookie or ray ray and you'll reduce pookies and ray rays. Instead of firing him, I'd had rather the school district reprimand him and set boundries. But that's me.
It has weirdo vibes. It has grooming vibes. That said, I wouldn't doubt he's a positive influence on them. My guess is these girls don't have any father figures.
Lastly, we (Blacks) are desperate for Black men to teach in predominantly Black schools. I had a handful growing up. Middle and High School. None in elementary school. I would love to see a program where we recruit Black men to teach from elementary (start that male energy early) school and pay them well enough to make it financially viable for them to do it. We have more than enough sisters. They are great, needed and got mad love for them. But the truth is too many Black girls grow up with next to no authoritative / father figure black males. Single mother homes, biological father isn't involved. From K-12 no black male teachers...except maybe gym class...maybe. Young folks aren't going to church so no pastor or deacon and the few either don't have time or you may not him around a daughter. If they go to college, no black male professors unless they go to an HBCU. I'd love to see someone like an Oprah, Robert Smith do that instead of donation to Spelman or Morehouse. If you are a black student who has made it to an HBCU you already got a winning mindset. I'd like to instill that in the 8, 9 and 10 year olds with thorough black men through out their lives.
Long term these girls will likely not choose a pookie or ray ray and you'll reduce pookies and ray rays. Instead of firing him, I'd had rather the school district reprimand him and set boundries. But that's me.
