That’s a Wrap! Thank you Students, Parents, and Sponsors!

Usually our first student to arrive weekly, this is Stacey Caver and her family. At the link there are 184 other shots.

Black History 4 Young People, season 8, is now complete. At the link are 184 parting shots from the summer, including our last meeting, which was at the Ladera Community Center. http://theprperson.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=24321640&AlbumKey=hTNG6w

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Winner Week 6 Dharhan Khemet Woods

Week 6 winner Dhahran Khemet Woods, 2nd year BH4YP student.

 

Week 6–Culmination Class–Parents are invited!

Black History 4 Young People 2012

Where has the summer gone so quickly?  Saturday is our 6th and final class and we have enjoyed getting to know the young people in class. For this last class the students’ parents and family members are invited, which is why we have moved it to the Ladera Community Center on 62nd and La Brea Ave. just south of Slauson. Please know we start promptly at 10 a.m. and dismiss at Noon.

We thank Ben Caldwell for the use of his KAOS Network Studios Leimert Park for the past 8 years.  He has other youth friendly classes there year round. We appreciate you, Brother Ben!

Our final class topics will be  “History of the Americas” for the parents and for the youth “Encouragement for Your Future.”  Certificates of completion will be awarded to students who have attended for the summer session.  As always, students who pay per class may attend as usual.

Class Location:

Yvonne Burke Ladera Community Center

4750 62nd Street

Los Angeles, CA (Just South of Slauson and La Brea)
Class Details:
Class is 10 a.m. til Noon, July 28, 2012

FEE: $15 per class (students only)

For this class Parents, Guardians and Siblings are free!

Week 5 Winner of Black History Quiz- Valerie Varnado!

Valerie Varnado is a delightful young woman who we enjoyed on our tour of Leimert Park. She is the Week 5 Winner of the BH4YP Black History Quiz. She won a meal at Simply Wholesome, a popular Natural Foods restaurant and Health Food store on Overhill and Slauson in Los Angeles.

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Week 4 Winner of the Black History Quiz for Simply Wholesome

Akilah Douglas is a 10th grader at Hamilton H.S. She won a free pass to Simply Wholesome Restaurant

Week 4: The Afrika You Don’t See, Black Colleges and Legal Traps Youth Should be Aware Of

What is Afrika really like today?

We will update more later.  Until then, please follow this link for details about today’s lass, the weekly winner and more. http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=02a943150afd31dbc2b1b8d50&id=4193b09f0d&e=

Note: The student who won this week’s quiz and a pass to Simply Wholesome will be identified after today’s class. Tardiness of this week’s communique is explained at the link.

Week 3 of Black History 4 Young People

This week at Black History 4 Young People

The images you see here are merely illustrations to depict the vast differences of skin color available in our race. Colorism is Dr. Kwaku’s topic this Saturday. Why?  Try this:  Ask your own teens how they feel about color in general or their own color in particular. Just have a casual conversation, especially with the boys about what skin color and hair types (or even races) they prefer. Then, bring them to class on Saturday if you are saddened to learn this colorism thing is not over.

THIS WEEK AT BLACK HISTORY 4 YOUNG PEOPLE

7 July Colorism: Dark Skin versus Light Skin. Do we discriminate within the race? Within our own families?

We will investigate how slavery was used to divide people of Afrikan descent on the basis of a dark skin or light skin complexion, and how it is being practiced today. We will also look at the use of negative images about skin color and hair texture.

NOTE ABOUT THE IMAGES ABOVE: These are an assortment of images which depict the variety of colors (and there are many more, including albinos) that Black people come in. The young girl with the two plaits is Sudanese. (Yes, she is.) Robert Ri’chard is a family friend who went to school with our sons, now a heartthrob on TV. Beyonce has been at the center of the color controversy when her sponsor lightened her skin and hair for an ad campaign. The little girl on the left is beautiful, as is the brown woman in the middle and all these images, but will our kids ever see that? And the girl on the right appears to have vitiligo and, like Michael Jackson, has a choice to make. Let’s talk about it. Young people develop preferences and assessments early on from sources you may not be aware of. What have yours learned? Ask them. If you are surprised at their answers, bring them to class Saturday. www.DrKwaku.wordpress.com

BLACK HISTORY 4 YOUNG PEOPLE DETAILS: 

Location: Leimert Park, CA:  Kaos Network, 3333 W. 43rd Place, Los Angeles, CA 90008 (Largest cross streets: Crenshaw and Vernon.  Class is two blocks east of Crenshaw on 43rd at Leimert Blvd.)  TIME:  10:00am – Noon  (Ages 12-18 – Give or take)  Price: $15 per class.  Need more info? (213) 394-5075.

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Week Two Winner! Kelley Johnson

Kelly Johnson, 14, is the Week 2 winner of the Back History 4 Young People Quiz. She is very sharp but we haven’t seen her in years, not since her Mom used to bring her to the adult class Dr. Kwaku teaches in the Fall and Spring. She was a precocious 4 years old then, and her Mom would have her and her older brothers complete their homework while she was in class. Being the registrar I sat outside the class with them. (Back in those days at Ben’s we could. He had a roomy sofa outside class.) Kelly would entertain me for a solid two hours with stories and songs and jokes. Since I always had my camera and recorder, she did some of this on tape. (I only hope to find those before class is over!) –by Isidra Person-Lynn, Registrar BH4YP