Graham K. Soul
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My passion is the power of storytelling to stir hearts and save souls, and I apply this to my academic research on mentorship for youth of color. I am currently completing a master's degree, and helping to house street youth.
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What Will Smith's Slap did to Black Sons
As a youth justice advocate, I work mainly with young men of color who are trying to claw their way out of the youth detention system. In most cases, their fathers have been one of two types: either completely absent from their lives, or modelling or encouraging of violent behavior. In light of this, I feel like the most important thing I can offer our youth is the consistent and caring mentorship of a fellow man of color. Sadly, in the celebrity world, there haven’t been many truly positive black mentors for these young men, or for myself. Ill Smith was one of the precious few ---- right up until Oscar Night. That's when "Will" became "Ill" to me.
By Graham K. Soul4 years ago in Families
