Comments for Getting Black Boys To Read Books: Hip-Hop Enters The Fray (and that might not be a good thing) at http://www.izania.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.izania.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.izania.com/articles/our-community/getting-black-boys-to-read-books%3a-hip%11hop-enters-the-fray-%28and-that-might-not-be-a-good-thing%29/#comment-79 This article implies a solid truth concerning black youths. I myself am a 24 year old and I read quite a bit. But I wasn\'t a reader at all until I starting heavily reading the Bible. As I got into the flow of reading through reading the Bible so much I starting reading other books of interest, now I read books of varying subjects. The author of this article, however, said something which I know is NOT true. \"There is nothing more exciting to a young sista than seeing a young brotha with a book in his hand. Not bling on his wrist, not rims on his car. A book.\" As a \"brotha\" who has spent much time in the library, I firmly disagree. Many those young \"sistas\" consume just as much perversion as young \"brothas\", and they are attracted to \"brothas\" who are like them. - Marlon Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:11:25 +0100 http://www.izania.com/articles/our-community/getting-black-boys-to-read-books%3a-hip%11hop-enters-the-fray-%28and-that-might-not-be-a-good-thing%29/#comment-75 Words can not express how disappointed I am with BET and this video. As if Hot Ghetto Mess was not bad enough! Well while there is still time to show it to the masses, I have linked to a clip of it and added make take on it on my blog: http://blackparenting.blogspot.com/2007/07/have-you-seen-this-read-book-video.html I\\\'m About to reach out to as many Black Parents as I can, because we have to do something about this. - lhenry Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:46:20 +0100 http://www.izania.com/articles/our-community/getting-black-boys-to-read-books%3a-hip%11hop-enters-the-fray-%28and-that-might-not-be-a-good-thing%29/#comment-74 \"It needs to start with reading a book.\" It needs to start with showing some love. - customer77 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:00:45 +0100