The Masculinity Project: The Masculinity Project 2mins 14secs
Produced by National Black Programming Consortium
What does it mean to be a man? The Masculinity Project will gather multi-generational voices to explore this question, with a focus on the black community in the 21st century. This project addresses the critical topic of masculinity in the African American community by exploring how men are represented and perceived, investigating the obstacles they encounter, and exploring the influences on the community at large.
The Masculinity Project is a partnership of the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) with funding provided by the Ford Foundation.
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Without seeing the whole, it seems that we are allowing the media, word, music and screen define what it means to be a black man, strong, proud, powerful. I think that there are many examples of Black men who are not in any images the the short clip shows who are examples of what it mean to be a strong Black man. BarackObama, Denzel Washington, Haki Madhubuti, Cory Booker, Spike Lee, Eddie Armstrong, Drs. SAmpson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, who wrote "The Bond", and on and on. Why are we letting the negative others set the standards or even have any say in what it means to be a man? Let us, who think positive and know the real deal, set the standard.
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