Reframing the Narrative Around Black Men

Trabian Shorters, founder of BMe Community (Image: BMe Community)

Which of the following statements is false?

• Black men lead the country in military service.
• More black men are in prison than in college.
  
• Black fathers, compared with fathers of other races, are the most engaged.

Both the top and bottom statements are true; the one in the center? False.
If you know who Trabian Shorters is, you probably already knew which statements were true and which was false. Shorters, co-author (with former NAACP president Ben Jealous, now a partner at Kapor Capital) of The New York Times best-seller, Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living, Leading, and Succeeding, founded and leads the national community organization that is changing the American narrative about black men.

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