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(From left) Bottom Line Executive Director Danielle North, Metro co-host Tia Graham, and Black Male Educators Alliance Founder Curtis Lewis at WDET Studios, April 21, 2025.
There are more women attending college in the U.S. than men, enrollment data shows.
And more women have college degrees today than men of the same age. Research shows the more education a person gets, the lower their chances are of living in poverty.
Today on The Metro, we’re having a conversation on why boys are struggling with two people who are working to help Black boys find success right here in Detroit — Black Male Educators Alliance Founder Curtis Lewis and Bottom Line Executive Director Danielle North.
We’re looking at this approach through the Black lens because while all boys are struggling, Black boys are falling behind the most.
We also asked listeners:
“Why do you think boys aren’t going to college at the same rate?”
Adelia in Detroit said: “There are a couple of discussions about this matter centered around Black boys and men, and their traumas inflicted upon them through centuries and years. And even as recent as days and months, centered around white domination and supremacy…and so that’s the root that has to be kind of rooted out and try to capture it and heal our young men, and our grown young men and our grown older men of color in America.”
Use the media player above to hear the full conversation.
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