Gov. Wes Moore

And he's like, but he's like, listen, I'm all for all the things that are happening to support my daughters. But he said, I just do not want black girl magic to turn into black boy tragic. And I thought that was such an interesting way of phrasing this out. It's almost like society stopped caring. And society now deals with this issue of young men and boys as just a problem.

And I think that that is part of the thing where it's where, to your point, I don't think there's even a level of curiosity that people have until we're talking about election rolls. But if that's what motivates you to start talking about this issue, then, dude, it's like you really don't get it, do you?

And I think that that is part of the thing where it's where, to your point, I don't think there's even a level of curiosity that people have until we're talking about election rolls. But if that's what motivates you to start talking about this issue, then, dude, it's like you really don't get it, do you?

And I think that that is part of the thing where it's where, to your point, I don't think there's even a level of curiosity that people have until we're talking about election rolls. But if that's what motivates you to start talking about this issue, then, dude, it's like you really don't get it, do you?

fundamentally getting rid of this whole kind of way of categorizing everybody yeah i i think what it is it's just it's being honest that every well all anyone's hoping for is to be seen you know i'm not asking to be a category i'm not asking to be a campaign platform i'm not asking to be a talking point do you see me or not Do you care about me? Do you care about my future?

fundamentally getting rid of this whole kind of way of categorizing everybody yeah i i think what it is it's just it's being honest that every well all anyone's hoping for is to be seen you know i'm not asking to be a category i'm not asking to be a campaign platform i'm not asking to be a talking point do you see me or not Do you care about me? Do you care about my future?

fundamentally getting rid of this whole kind of way of categorizing everybody yeah i i think what it is it's just it's being honest that every well all anyone's hoping for is to be seen you know i'm not asking to be a category i'm not asking to be a campaign platform i'm not asking to be a talking point do you see me or not Do you care about me? Do you care about my future?

Are you actually interested in removing the barriers that in many ways have been intentionally put in front of me? The reason I had handcuffs on my wrist when I was 11 years old is because I came up in a community that was over-policed and we knew it. A community that this was the way that young boys were dealt with. was criminalizing.

Are you actually interested in removing the barriers that in many ways have been intentionally put in front of me? The reason I had handcuffs on my wrist when I was 11 years old is because I came up in a community that was over-policed and we knew it. A community that this was the way that young boys were dealt with. was criminalizing.

Are you actually interested in removing the barriers that in many ways have been intentionally put in front of me? The reason I had handcuffs on my wrist when I was 11 years old is because I came up in a community that was over-policed and we knew it. A community that this was the way that young boys were dealt with. was criminalizing.

That we came up in a framework where we knew that for a lot of the young boys who were learning differently than the young girls when they were coming up, that we were then either punished or medicated. without understanding that sometimes it just takes a little bit more time and understanding and acceptance.

That we came up in a framework where we knew that for a lot of the young boys who were learning differently than the young girls when they were coming up, that we were then either punished or medicated. without understanding that sometimes it just takes a little bit more time and understanding and acceptance.

That we came up in a framework where we knew that for a lot of the young boys who were learning differently than the young girls when they were coming up, that we were then either punished or medicated. without understanding that sometimes it just takes a little bit more time and understanding and acceptance.

Came up in environments where, you know, the reason that we want to recruit more men into the classroom, also partially because that a lot of the kids who are inside those classrooms are kids who are coming from single parent, oftentimes women only dominated homes. And so some of the first examples and role models

Came up in environments where, you know, the reason that we want to recruit more men into the classroom, also partially because that a lot of the kids who are inside those classrooms are kids who are coming from single parent, oftentimes women only dominated homes. And so some of the first examples and role models

Came up in environments where, you know, the reason that we want to recruit more men into the classroom, also partially because that a lot of the kids who are inside those classrooms are kids who are coming from single parent, oftentimes women only dominated homes. And so some of the first examples and role models

that a lot of these young boys are gonna have of how a man acts, talks, walks, et cetera, could be that teacher inside that classroom. And so these are the type of things that I think we just have to have a measure of honesty about, that introducing and celebrating this idea of masculinity or whatever we wanna call it, it's not a bad thing.

that a lot of these young boys are gonna have of how a man acts, talks, walks, et cetera, could be that teacher inside that classroom. And so these are the type of things that I think we just have to have a measure of honesty about, that introducing and celebrating this idea of masculinity or whatever we wanna call it, it's not a bad thing.

that a lot of these young boys are gonna have of how a man acts, talks, walks, et cetera, could be that teacher inside that classroom. And so these are the type of things that I think we just have to have a measure of honesty about, that introducing and celebrating this idea of masculinity or whatever we wanna call it, it's not a bad thing.

But I do think we have to be honest about the problem in the first place and actually have a real sincerity about ways we're going to address it and not a motivation of what can we do to increase voter rolls.