Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h2JLKEH16698; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:20:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:20:14 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20030319211637.9002.qmail@web10207.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: sarah bassuk <s_bassuk@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1461] Re: HELP!!!--Motivating young African-American males to read X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 1381 Lines: 31 I see that the original issue of how to motivate young African American males to read in school does not appear to be relevant for a family literacy listserve. But it is a good idea to restructure the issue. If African American males are left out of the arena of being literate citizens, then this has a grave impact on family literacy. First of all, if our young African American males are not literate, they are not able to participate in the many aspects of society that demand literacy competencies. This leads to fathers who are not able to pursue opportunities because thier literacy experiences (at school and beyond) were not adequate. In addition, their children will be lacking the modeling that is needed throughout their emergent literacy experiences, which will leave the children at a disadvantage with regards to literacy exposure. --- Atcawl@aol.com wrote: > I am also one of the graduate students monitoring > the forum. What about the role the African American > male plays in a family. Isn't as important to > address this issue as a family literacy issue. > From my experience it is more the females, of any > ethnic background, who seek help easily, especially > when it comes to doing something that will encourage > their children. I don't think of the racial issue > here as much as looking at this as a need that > should be addressed. - Amy >
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