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In this video we use at Will Smith's recent public meltdown as a jumping off point to look at some challenges of black boyhood and how the constant barrage of trauma affects even the most successful and outwardly charming and charismatic black men. To do this we will be looking at Belair the reimagining of Will Smith's star making show "The Fresh Prince of Belair" as well as shows like Atlanta and numerous other figures and stories pertinent to the issue.

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00:00 Intro
04:10 Horror Stories, System Failures, and Exaggerated Swag
23:40 Belair as a Case Study in Black Boyhood
32:19 Will's PTSD
44:55 Carlton's Struggle Under the White Gaze
1:02:12 Final Thoughts
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1:10:32 Patrons and bloopers

Videos/Channel's referenced:
I Take on Movies-    • Bel-Air | Why I Kinda Like The New Ca...  
Foreign Man in a Foreign Land-    • The Commodification of N*gger  
Needless-    / @needlessnick  

Pertinent research and further reading suggestions

bell hooks - "We Real Cool"

Alexander Mitchell - The New Jim Crow

Tommy Curry- The Man Not

Jawanza Kunjufu- Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Little Black Boys

Ta-Nahesi Coates- Between the World and Me

Eduardo Bonilla Silva- Racism Without Racists

Incapacitated Fatherhood: The Impact of Mass Incarceration on Black Father Identity- https://www.qualitativecriminology.co...