Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.
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I hear all the time from our audience about how it's nice to see a positive African-American role model for the younger kids out there that are watching.
I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.
You have little representation of young black men in the business sector, so you have children growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods who don't hear discussions at the dinner table about what goes on in business. It's almost as if we have two nations.
I want to see as many black professionals as possible.
Children need models rather than critics.
I've gotten a firsthand view at the destruction that black men and black women not being able to stay and build healthy relationships has had on the black family and black children.
We need role models who are going to break the mold.
Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.
As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.
I can't talk about the education of black children if I ignored two of my nieces who were a couple of grade levels behind. I believe that charity begins at home, and I take seriously the role of a godfather to fill the gap when the parents aren't doing their job.