http://www.blackinformant.com/commentary/it-begins-here Engaging the culture by challenging the status quo Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blackinformant.com/commentary/it-begins-here/comment-page-1#comment-10350 S. Cain Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:50:52 +0000 http://www.blackinformant.com/?p=9262#comment-10350 I meant "weren't absorbing". The kids in this video are five and two. Some of the folks in the background I will say are at least 20 or 25. A child is gonna respond to its ambient environment. If all he hears are the same songs at a fairly loud level (come on) you gotta expect that the kids are gonna just sop it up like a fresh sponge. See it on video? Mimic the little gestures. It doesn't matter that these kids don't know the definition of the word money, or how money works on a fundamental level... I have two nieces, 3 years age difference. They are both strong willed -like Mom and Grammie- but the younger is especially spirited. They both watch a lot of the kid networks. I have my concerns with the younger as she has a bit of a tendency to emulate the snotty, snarky, pompous idiosyncrasies on some of these shows (mainly Disney). I try to tell them about little things, like the laugh tracks("now why is thaaat funny?") or the attitude towards parents (things she wouldn't nary dream of mouthin' off to her elders). All I can do is plant seeds that I hope will make them think more critically in the future about their world. She also tries to 'hang tough' with the older, just as I imagine the 2 year old boy is doing. I meant “weren’t absorbing”.
The kids in this video are five and two. Some of the folks in the background I will say are at least 20 or 25. A child is gonna respond to its ambient environment. If all he hears are the same songs at a fairly loud level (come on) you gotta expect that the kids are gonna just sop it up like a fresh sponge. See it on video? Mimic the little gestures. It doesn’t matter that these kids don’t know the definition of the word money, or how money works on a fundamental level…
I have two nieces, 3 years age difference. They are both strong willed -like Mom and Grammie- but the younger is especially spirited. They both watch a lot of the kid networks. I have my concerns with the younger as she has a bit of a tendency to emulate the snotty, snarky, pompous idiosyncrasies on some of these shows (mainly Disney). I try to tell them about little things, like the laugh tracks(“now why is thaaat funny?”) or the attitude towards parents (things she wouldn’t nary dream of mouthin’ off to her elders). All I can do is plant seeds that I hope will make them think more critically in the future about their world. She also tries to ‘hang tough’ with the older, just as I imagine the 2 year old boy is doing.

]]> http://www.blackinformant.com/commentary/it-begins-here/comment-page-1#comment-10347 S. Cain Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:56:46 +0000 http://www.blackinformant.com/?p=9262#comment-10347 There are lots of bigger fish to fry than this scene. Haters really need to look at the bigger picture and realize it's petty compared to more pressing and alarming issues. Once one looks behind the curtains, so to speak, of the corporate entertainment industry- and follow the money of course, then the picture becomes less dazzling and more transparent and blighted. I wish these kids were absorbing obnoxious, dulling media, I really do! I wish these kids, *anybody, anywhere* weren't flashing wads of play money like it meant anything. The sad irony considering the REAL economy! James Brown's funeral LIVE all over CNN, but not a glimpse or a live anything on BET! James Brown gets no love but the late defector (didn't he leave the country and change his name?!) gets lavished with attention. This nonsense is why I wash my hands of anything BET. There are lots of bigger fish to fry than this scene. Haters really need to look at the bigger picture and realize it’s petty compared to more pressing and alarming issues. Once one looks behind the curtains, so to speak, of the corporate entertainment industry- and follow the money of course, then the picture becomes less dazzling and more transparent and blighted.
I wish these kids were absorbing obnoxious, dulling media, I really do! I wish these kids, *anybody, anywhere* weren’t flashing wads of play money like it meant anything. The sad irony considering the REAL economy!
James Brown’s funeral LIVE all over CNN, but not a glimpse or a live anything on BET! James Brown gets no love but the late defector (didn’t he leave the country and change his name?!) gets lavished with attention. This nonsense is why I wash my hands of anything BET.

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