The Ugly Duckling

For me "The Wire"and "The Corner" portrays Baltimore very well, well at least a large portion of the city. Baltimore is cursed with high poverty numbers. As a young child I moved a plethora of times and personally spent Kindergarden through first grade with four different schools. Growing up in Baltimore there are no real positive males in the city well at least none of them cool enough to look up to as a young child that is promoted.

 I have always been able to look beyond the horizon of the smoke and smug. Baltimore is a great city with tremendous upside but is in dire need positive strong male figures.

If you ask  young male students what they want to be when they grow up its either rapper, football, or basketball player. Which is not so bad but are alot less attainable. Its just astonishing to me because we have one of the best doctors in world right here in the city (Doctor Ben Carson).

You have to give credit to the women of Baltimore because they have stepped up in a tremendous way. Ranging from the increase in the field education, their college enrollment increases, and even power positions like mayor ( Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake). But young male still needs a male figure but, when the majority of us are negative we produce a negative future for our males.

The Inner Harbor, Harbor East, and Canton are very nice but only hides the other 80 percent of the city in poverty. Growing up in certain conditions its almost impossible to even consider college. Even it is not the prettiest picture certain shows like "The Wire" should not be discredited but in turn be used as motivation to uplift and unlock the potential we all see in the city of Baltimore.