"When we look at what's going on in our communities... first of all there's so much underlying racism that's impacting the ability of a young Black man being great. We're simply judged  because we wear a durag. We're simply judged because of the pigmentation of our skin color. We're simply judged because of how we dress and the attire that we wear, and then, we have programs that's telling young Black men of color that you must wear a suit to be accepted into society.... Be it, I, personally, disagree[...]".

How Brotherhood Can Strengthen Fatherless Children Especially As They Become Fathers

"I know that my father had a tough time growing up... And he had some deficits emotionally that he wasn't able to show me because he didn't get what he needed. He wasn't full from what he needed from with what his father should've gave him".
-Jason Hoskins

[Trauma-Bonding] You are attached to a person that has negatively harmed you repeatedly, but because this is a person you rely on, this is someone you're still attached to. Let's say a father leaves... you will have an  insecure attachment where it may be anxious. Most people experience an anxious attachment, which means you will do whatever it takes to keep that person around no matter how good or bad.
-Donzell Lampkins, MSW, LCSW