Vibrationally, I already felt some eye rolls at the mention of men in this very touchy #meToo societal point. I implore you to bookmark that for another time and allow the distant memory that men in our particular society, specifically of color, often don’t have the same mentorship & guidance from older, established men in their groups. The reasonings for this discrepancy are wide & varied, we all know them, so let’s bypass the WHY to instead move on to what can be done (my POV on essentially every societal ill)   The mental strategy for this table was to compile a group of ethnically diverse men to speak on their personal #experiences in regards to the men/lack of models in their lives. As happens in #production, that didn’t quite come to pass. With three men of color & one white, I felt a lot of pressure to find a way to diversify this setting. But how?   Thanks to someone in the room who said, ‘wow, when do you ever see this many men come together to talk about their feelings on men, typically a feminine thing that they shun?’ 💡 Even in @theshop or any other heavily male show, feelings aren’t the focus and are evaded. Maybe we can transmute this energy into something positive; when’s the last time you saw four #alphamales sit together to talk about the hardest truths of their own lives?   

Bring this conversation to your dinner tables and let us know how that jawn went! As (soon to be always), leave the hate, shade and trolling out or we'll delete ya. Use #atTheTable to get things going!   

Find us: @andersonstreeTV | andersonstreet.co   

Host | @adventuresofv  

Production | @duke.media, MPC  

Post Production | Rachelyancey.com 

Interns | Christiana & Marva  

Guests:  

John | NJ | Business Owner | @john_ni_bravo  

Marco | NY | Producer & Entrepreneur | @marcoglorious  

Simeon | NJ | Retired HPD Captain & HR Executive  

Anwar | VA | Author & Facilitator | 1ive6mart | Buy his book on mentorship: https://amzn.to/2Y7DZpe