In the studio, listening to tracks from his latest album, Usher recently reminded me of this passage from 1 Corinthians When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. This passage serves as a reminder for all of us to take stock of our own manhood. Or Ryan Mack asking us, Why are some of us more concerned with material wealth than with establishing trust funds for our children? The Black Male Handbook must be read thoughtfully and carefully.
Use this book as I like to use all books; as an interactive tool. Underline passages that resonate with you. Write your own ideas in the margins.
This book is no different than a hammer or a nail—use it as a tool to aid you in building the life you want. In order to become the architects of our own lives, we must create a blueprint. A plan. Most architects, when designing their structure, use a pencil for their blueprints. Why do they use a pencil? So they can erase and make modifications. None of us are perfect, but we are here for divine reasons—so there are no mistakes to erase. But we may need to make modifications as we move forward into our future.
You can and will win at your life and be unreasonably happy. This world, this universe, will conspire to help you win. Please believe that there is nothing you cannot do. Remember, you are the architect of your life.
The possibilities are limitless. You are magnificent. You are brilliant. You are already wealthy beyond measure. You can take risks relentlessly to create the life you design. The only thing that will limit you is the capacity of your imagination. Do I agree with everything that every author says in this book? Think about what the authors in this book have to say, and decide for yourself whether you agree with their ideas.
The authors represent many different points of view, but they share the same goal: to uplift the lives of Black males and help us work together to build stronger communities. Use the words on these pages to stimulate your own thoughts about the way you would like to live your life. Reading this book reminded me of the time I traveled to Kenya and saw the Maasai warriors. And interestingly enough, when these strong, proud Black men went out into the bush to hunt, they held hands.
Did it seem odd or effeminate to me? Not at all. Instead, it represented a deep-seated brotherly affection, mutual support, and confidence in their self-worth as men.
Like the Maasai I saw in Kenya, I feel comfortable being able to look a brother in the eye and say I love you, brother. And so I say, to whatever brother is reading these words right now, know that I love you. I want what is best for you. Recognize how magnificent you already are! Like your history, your destiny is majestic! It is up to you to manifest it. My brothers, you all personify greatness. You will win at your life, if you choose to do so.
You will be unreasonably happy. So Dream it. Believe it. See it. Now do it. I had grown up fatherless, reared by a poor young Black woman in Jersey City. My concept of manhood, of Black manhood specifically, had been shaped by that absent dad and the destructive images I saw all about me: street hustlers, thieves, pimps, numbers runners, drug dealers, and bootleg preachers who seemed to have more interest in our meager earnings than our souls.
Add to that the parade of backward Black male media images in the form of sitcoms, the Black characters on The Little Rascals , and elsewhere, and my self-esteem and self-worth were shot right from the beginning of my life. But that changed when I got to Rutgers, not because of what I was taught in the classrooms of that school, but because of what I learned outside them. Additionally, two Black male leaders of the s would have a consciousness-shifting effect on how I viewed Black manhood and, by extension, myself: the Reverend Jesse Jackson, because of his two historic runs for president in and And Minister Louis Farrakhan, because of his controversial and outspoken leadership of the Nation of Islam, including its national resurrection during that decade.
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