Jan 18, 2021
At-Risk Males: “Why Do We Do What We Do?”
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The way life is today, we certainly need to understand what is happening to our young and older men in the United States.
As I watch the shootings, the rioting, the bombings and hatred on TV every day, I wonder why, WE MALES, are doing these things. I don’t see too many women doing this stuff, WHY?
During the day, I watch a TV show that reports homicides that are mostly done by minority males and in the evening, mostly late at night, I watch a forensic file show and a date line show, where most of the killing and murders are done by non-minority males.
Don’t look at the evening news, as the murders, bombings and killings are evenly spread among minority and non-minority perpetrators. I have written numerous books and articles about minority at-risk males and why they do what they do, but now, it just ain’t minority at-risk males anymore.
Today, we have to change the term at-risk males to include all males, not just minority but all males, young and old. Who’da thunk’ it? Guy’s, what’s happening? Why is this happening to WE MALES? At-Risk Males: Why Do We Do What We Do?
According to a report at Eric.ed.gov, the U.S.- government-sponsored Web site repository containing a wealth of educational Materials related to the nation’s schools
“An at-risk youth is usually a low academic achiever who exhibit low self-esteem. A disproportionate numbers of them are male and minorities.” In 2021, this is changing to include all males!
Maybe we can analyze the figures below from the U.S. Census Bureau to get some indication of: “Why Do We (At-Risk Males) Do What We Do”?
• They come from low-income family.
• They reside in an unstable school district.
• They are minority, especially African-American (In 2021, this includes non-minority males as well).
• They have at least one disability.
• They have low academic skills (not necessarily low intelligence).
• They were retained in a grade at least once.
• Their parents did not graduate high school.
• They are a child of a single parent.
• They live in high-growth state.
• They have a negative self-perception
• They have low self-esteem.
• They are more interested in paid work over (going to) school.
• Neither parent or guardian is employed.
(Here is more from Eric.ed.gov)
• Generally they are from a low-socioeconomic-status family.
• Students who are both low-income and minority are a higher risk of being at-risk;
• Their parents may have low educational backgrounds and may not have high educational expectations for their children
Well let’s add some reality as to: At-Risk Males: Why Do We Do What We Do?
• He Wants To Protect Himself.
• What He Does is a Form of Survival Mechanism.
• He Tends to Fantasize About the Realities of Life.
• He Exaggerates About What Manhood Really Is.
• He Has a Hard-Core and Invincibility Attitude.
• He is Manipulative.
• He Know How to Manipulate to Control His Victims.
• He Has Other Manipulative Behavior Skills.
• He is Stuck on the Third Level of
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Love / Belonging Needs
Whew! Sound familiar with anyone that you know? Do I need to have all this stuff to be considered at-risk. Or would just one-or-two qualify me?
Check out Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory to helps to explain how needs motivate us all to succeed or fail in life.
There are four general types of needs (physiological, survival, safety, love / esteem) that must be satisfied before a person can do something positive for him or herself.
Is this the answer? Read more Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs interpretations on my blog, if interested, for the solution to this “At-Risk Male: Why Do We Do What We Do?”
Dana Greene ( The Baby Boomer)
