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Edward Williams is a pundit for the site Policy Mic was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. He lived in Washington then went to teach in Atlanta but has returned to Washington to pursue his law studies.
During our conversation, Edward talks about various subjects including:
– How supportive his parents were while he was growing up
– Family and education was valued in his growing up years
– How he ended up going to Howard University
– The challenge of leaving home and going to college and how going to changed in a positive way
– How he postponed going to law school into teaching for a few years and what did he learn while he was a third grade teacher
– Why did he leave teaching
– The story behind the article
– The reason for the lack of young Black successful men
– Why he feels education system is failing to educate Black men and the effects of this
– His belief that society and education system devalues Black men
– What can young Black men do to become successful and what does the community need do to help this situation
To read Edward’s article, “The Weight of Being a (Young and Successful) Black Male”, please click on the following link: http://www.policymic.com/articles/11599/the-weight-of-being-a-young-and-successful-black-male
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