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Well A loser is a loser. An "incarcerated or financially broke" young brother isn't a winner. Victims of society are losers even if this isn't entirely of their own making. You become a winner when you find or are provided a way to successfully overcome your negative circumstances and go on to survive or even thrive. "Loser" can be interchangeable with being "unlucky". All losers are not people of bad character, just like all winners are not ones of good character. Whatever the case, Life doesn't give a damn because it holds no obligation to be fair. Society reflects life. (BTW, the Chicago Cubs baseball team was nicknamed the "Lovable Losers" because for 100 years a pennant eluded them. Then they underwent a remarkable transformation and became an extraordinary team, going on to win the World Series, and become acclaimed winners!) Certainly you don't think this is an original idea. It's a grandiose suggestion that never gets beyond the talking stage because people with foresight understand how the logistics of it would prevent its implementation. However, for years righteous black men in the form of community and church leaders, entertainers and athletes who give back to the "hood", even law enforcement groups have all embodied microcosms of this dynamic via of regular demonstrations and marches and wholesome social activities and mentoring programs. It's so common that it doesn't make the news. Also, "each one, teach one" has been the motto of many individual activists. All the bad that goes on in the inner cities is what is publicized because it's sensational. One problematic factor which has become a part of the underclass culture is the irresponsible breeding of children. Men like you who celebrate promiscuity and wallow in their testosterone can share the blame for this. And until birth control becomes popular in the ghettos, there will always be neglected kids who grow up to be losers.

Actually, I care nothing about the NFL.I care more about blacks and their heritage and history than the NFL.For all I care,African American men could get their own NFL and black people should invest in that.

LOL! Thank you! I grew up reading and watching Agatha Christie mysteries. I hated learning that one of her books was entitled The Ten little N-ers" But Jessica B. Fletcher ? I want her life! LOL ... I remember when Netflix licensed Murder, She wrote ... I binged watched every episode - some twice. Now, I fall asleep to her shows at night LOL! I love the performance! I don't know why I'm so weepy but I felt a bit nostalgic watching them perform. It appears there are several tribes represented in the dance segments. And one of those dance segments reminded me of the Djembe Nyabhingi drumming. I wrote about it in my book as it marks the moment when one of the women becomes an Obeah High Priestess and possessed by the spirit of Nyabhingi - According to some articles, women aren't allowed to play the djembe drums ... but the first Djembe drummers were allegedly WOMEN. The mythology allegedly traces it roots back to Women Warriors defeating German colonist who were attempting to conquer Uganda ... https://jah-rastafari.com/forum/message-view.asp?message_group=6450 https://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/lioness-nyabinghi-priestess-queen-mother-of-africa/ "The African warrior Queen Nyabinghi was believed to be the reincarnation of the Lioness Kemetic warrior goddess Sekhmet. Queen Nyabinghi was known for playing her powerful, mystical trance drum. Her Ugandan female followers, called bagiwas, were so fearsome in victory that the invading colonialists had them branded as witches performing rituals with the drum. The drum was eventually outlawed. The Nyabinghi rhythms of resistance have long played a major role in Rastafarian culture."… The drum is therefore a divine tool of the Supreme Being, a womb or beginning of created life."The name Nyabinghi was a synonym for Sekhmet. Though the true details of her life has been subsumed in legends, Queen Nyabinghi was the archetypical Priestess-Queen of a province of Upper Kush (Ethiopia-Egypt), who rebelled against the oppressive life-denying evil regime which disrupted order and stability in the motherland through the instrumentality of foreign occupation, external manipulation and local collaboration. " As you can see, I was determined to let my daughters know who they are - and what black women really mean to this world. I even found the names of the heroines of that are left out of the traditional scriptures ... Noah's wife... the wives of the sons that were on the ark; Judith slaying General Holofernes ... I had to reference Talmud for that info... but these women figure into my story. I find the old testament scriptures the greatest occult book ever written and it serves as a foundation to my novel. The Testament of Solomon still scares me - lol I'm considering re-editing my novel to be a bit more conventional in storytelling and see if I can get a traditional publisher to release it this time. If you'd like to read it - before the changes; here's a link http://theleadstory.org/paperbacks/2755-2-paranormal-romance-excerpt/