Da Bruhs BookShelf

Greens:

Jimmy Earl

We will discuss the scene where the doctor took the grandmother in the room and gave her little anesthetic.

Jimmy Earl Drive Kiese Drive

Momma’ love for their sons:

Talk about the pressures in low economic families to make it and start contributing financially to the family

Lenny brings Harvey up to speed on Walt Baby love

Mother’s letting their sons leave the nest

Privilege and Power:

How Kiese created an environment in which his students were too comfortable and audacity of Cole

Read page 190

The story of Cole

Talk about the family’s propensity towards addictions, his obsession with weight loss and his mother gambling.

The conversation between Kiese and his mom in the hotel room.

Wrap up

Read pg 240 and talk about our thoughts on the book and the wrap-up.

Contraction’ the various experience that makes us feel small

We are going to discuss Kiese’s mother saying, “THEY CANNOT F#@K WITH US!!”

Patrick Ewing Shoe parenting and physical abuse

Depression:

Depression and mental health and how the lack of a deeper understanding on the topic in the black community affects our daily lives. How environment and trauma passed down from slavery can foster an ethos for depression to cultivate. Depression is such a common thing in the underserved communities, how do you describe water to a fish?

Abby Claremont -whether or not Kiese’s mother was right if Abby has Kiese’s best interest or not and her fight against a teenager’s sexual desires.

Gumption:

I am going to read the passage from page 107 about the Rodney King verdict and his mom wanting him to write about it his thoughts. How consuming so many traumatic events can trigger depression. Being desensitized is a defense mechanism to fight against emotional trauma.

Coach Schitzler:

The relationship with coach Schitzler… and the bruhs different perspectives on the coach’s style of motivation

“Keece Lay-moon”

Dr. Harvey Hinton III shares his story on the matrix while her lip gloss was popping.

LaThon’s Farewell:

What in the hell was LaThon doing at Freaknik?

Lenny shares a personal story on his encounters with johnny law while in college.

The Millsaps experience:

The bruhs gets into an in-depth discussion about the benefits of an HBCU verse a PWI. Steve shares his college experience and why he chose to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. A debate ensues on whether Kiese would have had a similar experience had he gone to an HBCU.

Fantastic:

The bruhs debates on how to properly handle Nzola Johnston’s statement about her boyfriend wanting to see her for Christmas.

She ran the thought by Kiese that James wanted to see her for Christmas and instead of opening up, Kiese played it off like it was nothing, so she hit him with the deuces with the “you have a FANTASTIC break”

At the end of fantastic Kiese hits a low point in the book when he wasn’t invited to the white boys’ pizza party and Ray Gunn steps in a save Kiese’s stomach.

Chpt 8.

The River Jordan: The Dilemma of Neutrality

Michael Jordan

· We will discuss how it is hard to stay neutral ethnically and politically while successfully navigating through the capitalistic and racially divided country.

· Would have Michael Jordan become the iconic superstar if he would have taken a stand?

After his career with the Bulls, he came out of retirement and took a position in the executive office as the team president for the Washington Wizards with the aspirations to learn the business and eventually take over the franchise. Soon after assuming the position as president, he was convinced to come out of retirement to suit up on the court. Before Jordan joined the team in 2000, the Wizards reportedly lost $40 million. With Jordan playing they sold out 82 straight games and profit 30 million. Two years later when Jordan retired, Alan Pollin patted Jordan on the back and told him that we appreciate everything you’ve done for us

Chpt 9

Ain’t I a woman

Lusia Harris

A brief summary of her story

We will discuss any thoughts on the story and the challenges to be a woman in this society

Chpt 10

The $40 Million Dollar Slave: The dilemma of Wealth with Control

Bob Johnson

We will discuss how Bob Johnson sold out the black community for capital and to grow his BET brand just to sell it for a large profit. Then leverage begin black to acquire the basketball team

Larry Johnson

Talk about the controversy surrounding him and he words about being on the plantation

Final thoughts and discussion.

How can an elite talent who is so far out of the peripheral of the such a university….who normally would be ignored….. be at the top of the school’s priority recruitment list? The answer is, through a sophisticated recruiting apparatus that can create a drastic reversal of fortune where the poor become rich and those with the least access to higher education….. receive scholarships to some of America’s distinguished institutions. This apparatus is called the CONVEYOR BELT

The Race Begins: Chpt1

· Setting the stage of the author’s point of view and up bring

· What the black Athletes meant to blacks (touch on the mindsets of the ALI vs Liston fight)

· The Grambling and Morgan State game

How soul black style and artistry is commoditized by the people our than those who are the creators

The Plantation: Chpt 2

· Tom Molineaux

· What sports meant to the Whites vs what it meant to the slaves and the history of the sports cultures between the two.