Starting a national conversation about boys and men of color

Edgardo Cervano-Soto offers his thoughts on a recent online forum about My Brother's Keeper, an initiative to foster collaboration between private businesses, non-profits and local governments to support young men of color. Along with foundation and government leaders, the forum included three popular entertainers of color, which steered the discussion into the messier parts of the entertainment industry. "I wish the discussion had done a better job of hitting on the specific issues facing young men of color — suspension rates, incarceration rates, unemployment and the current 'stop and frisk' and “stand your own ground” policies — that are overwhelmingly threatening black and brown bodies." Read his full review, on Richmond Pulse.