Tag Archives: raising black boys

Correcting The Miseducation of the Negro

Posted on February 3, 2024 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Carter G. Woodson’s seminal book, The Miseducation of the Negro, published in 1926, is a book Black folk should periodically revisit, perhaps every three years, ideally every year. If you are Black and you have not read the book, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Education & Teaching, Lest We Forget, Politics & Public Affairs | Tagged 1619 Project, Aristotelian Logic, Aunt Jemima, Black History Month, Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, Brown v. Board of Education, Candace Owens, Carter G. Woodson, Clarence Thomas, Classical Rhetoric, Compulsory Education Act (1852), General Grammar, Jim Crow, Nicholas Capaldi, Plessy v. Ferguson, raising black boys, Russell Sage College, Slavery, The Art of Deception: An Introduction to Critical Thinking, The Miseducation of the Negro, Tribium, U.S. Senator Tim Scott, Uncle Tom | 4 Comments

Black Youthful Fate

Posted on October 1, 2023 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

As youth they couldn’t waitTo reach for the very starsFor them no such thing as fateAs youth they couldn’t waitTo reach for the very stars Their dreams never appeared to be too farFor them no such thing as fateThey’d be … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Memory & Personal Essays | Tagged Growing Up, Poetry, raising black boys | 2 Comments

Remembering My Father as I Remember Maceo Snipes, Black Veteran, Shot to Death After Voting in Georgia Primary — July 18, 1946

Posted on July 19, 2023 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

As a teenager my father, a Native Southern Son (NC and VA), was drafted to serve in the segregated U.S. Army during World War II. Shortly after he was honorably discharged from the Army in 1946, he moved to Brooklyn, … Continue reading →

Posted in Lest We Forget, Politics & Public Affairs, Race, History & American Society | Tagged Black Patriotism, Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, Family, fathers, Growing Up, Maceo Snipes, murder, raising black boys, Relationships, Segregation, The Black Vote, World War II | Leave a comment

The Pledge of Allegiance, Little White Lies, and All that Jazz!

Posted on March 7, 2023 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

It has been more than 50 years since I was in elementary school in the New York City public school system, yet I remember, word for word, the “Pledge of Allegiance.” At this time, I thought nothing of it, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice Chronicles, Lest We Forget, Politics & Public Affairs, Race, History & American Society, Streets of Rage | Tagged Atomic Bomb, Black Codes, Black Power, Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, Camelot, Confederate States of America, Critical Race Theory, Culture Wars, Great Society, Growing Up, Hiroshima, internment of Japanese Americans, James Brown, JFK, John F. Kennedy, LBJ, Little White Lies, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Nagasaki, patriotism, Pledge of Allegiance, raising black boys, RFK, richard nixon, Segregation, Slave Codes, Slavery, Thirteenth Amendment, urban decay, war on crime, World War II | Leave a comment

A Constantly Evolving Lifespan: A Review of “This Life” by Quntos KunQuest

Posted on February 8, 2023 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

A life sentence in prison is life, that is, there is living to do in prison, even under a life sentence. Quntos KunQuest, in his novel, This Life, demonstrates that life goes on inside of prison. Since 1996, KunQuest has … Continue reading →

Posted in Education & Teaching, Justice Chronicles, Literature & Cultural Criticism | Tagged Alexandre Dumas, American Studies Association, Angola State Penitentiary, Bell Gale Chevigny, Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing, Edmond Dantes, Growing Up, In the Belly of the Beast, Jack Henry Abbott, Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars, life sentences, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Norman Mailer, PEN America, PEN International, Prison Writing Program (PWP), Quntos KunQuest, raising black boys, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Executioner's Song, This Life | 4 Comments

Treatment Not Jail – “Fostering Benevolence”

Posted on January 19, 2023 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

In October of last year, I had the honor of appearing on a Podcast, Treatment Not Jail, to talk about this issue as well as others connected to the criminal legal system. Please check it out!

Posted in Criminal Justice & Punishment, Justice Chronicles | Tagged Mark Graham, raising black boys, The Redemption Center, Treatment Not Jail | Leave a comment

A Time to Live

Posted on September 29, 2022 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Today our baby brother, Whitney, NOT Houston, turns 55 in Paradise. Although Whitney is no longer with us on this physical plane, he lives on in our hearts and minds. If you know my brother, then you know he’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Writing Projects, Streets of Rage | Tagged Diana Ross, E-Z Waters, Easy Waters, Gangsta's Paradise, Goolio, I.S. 318, Marcy, Marcy Houses, Park Avenue, raising black boys, Shakespeare, Touch Me in the Morning, Whitney E. Waters | 1 Comment

Emmett Till — On this day in history, August 28, 195…

Posted on August 28, 2022 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

…Emmett till was kidnapped and murdered. In my latest collection of poetry, “The Black Blood of Poetry,” which I am shopping around, the title poem begins with the murder of Emmett Till. For those not familiar with poetic forms, “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Lest We Forget, Politics & Public Affairs | Tagged Emmett Till, Lynching, Mamie till Bradley, murder, Ole Miss, raising black boys, The Black Blood of Poetry, White Citizen's Council | 1 Comment

National Poetry Month

Posted on April 3, 2022 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

April is National Poetry Month. Purchase and read one of my three books of poetry. My first, award-winning book, Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass: Co-winner of the Edwin Mellen Poetry Prize . . . this poem is … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice Chronicles, Mother's Messages, Politics & Public Affairs | Tagged Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, murder, National Poetry Month, NYPD, Poetry, police involved shooting, raising black boys, Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats, The Black Feminine Mystique | Leave a comment

Mommy

Posted on March 31, 2022 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Some people have a fear of growing old. Some people die young. Those who fear growing old, methinks they wouldn’t want the alternative, dying young. Dying young shortens the timeline to fulfill dreams, to see the world, to see your … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Memory & Personal Essays, Lest We Forget, Mother's Messages | Tagged being a teenager, Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, Family, raising black boys, Relationships | 3 Comments

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