NBA Odds and the Need for Black Male Role Models in STEM

There were a million Black boys last year that wanted to play in the NBA.

Of that million, only four hundred thousand will even make

it to play high school

ball. Of that four hundred thousand, only four thousand will be able to make it

to

play college ball. Of that four thousand, only thirty-five will make it to the NBA.

Of that thirty-five, only seven start, and the average life in the NBA is four

years. So the real problem is we have a million brothers looking for

seven

full-time jobs that last four years, and yet last year we had a hundred

thousand

jobs available to be a computer programmer, engineer, or doctor,

and only a

thousand brothers qualified. So our appeal to Black males

is to realize the

odds. That that you do most will be that that you do best.

I mean, we were the first doctor, not Hippocrates, Imhotep.

So we have the ability either in math or science or music and sports, but

that that

you do most will be that that you do best.

If you play basketball from three o'clock to nine o'clock, you'll be a very good

basketball player. If you went home and went to the library,

you'd be a very good

scholar. We need more Black male role models

that will encourage our youth

in math and science