Pt 2 "Heavy" by Kiese Laymon Patrick Ewing/HBCU/Pizza Party

Contraction’ the various experience that makes us feel small

We are going to discuss Kiese’s mother saying, “THEY CANNOT F#@K WITH US!!”

Patrick Ewing Shoe parenting and physical abuse

Depression:

Depression and mental health and how the lack of a deeper understanding on the topic in the black community affects our daily lives. How environment and trauma passed down from slavery can foster an ethos for depression to cultivate. Depression is such a common thing in the underserved communities, how do you describe water to a fish?

Abby Claremont -whether or not Kiese’s mother was right if Abby has Kiese’s best interest or not and her fight against a teenager’s sexual desires.

Gumption:

I am going to read the passage from page 107 about the Rodney King verdict and his mom wanting him to write about it his thoughts. How consuming so many traumatic events can trigger depression. Being desensitized is a defense mechanism to fight against emotional trauma.

Coach Schitzler:

The relationship with coach Schitzler… and the bruhs different perspectives on the coach’s style of motivation

“Keece Lay-moon”

Dr. Harvey Hinton III shares his story on the matrix while her lip gloss was popping.

LaThon’s Farewell:

What in the hell was LaThon doing at Freaknik?

Lenny shares a personal story on his encounters with johnny law while in college.

The Millsaps experience:

The bruhs gets into an in-depth discussion about the benefits of an HBCU verse a PWI. Steve shares his college experience and why he chose to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. A debate ensues on whether Kiese would have had a similar experience had he gone to an HBCU.

Fantastic:

The bruhs debates on how to properly handle Nzola Johnston’s statement about her boyfriend wanting to see her for Christmas.

She ran the thought by Kiese that James wanted to see her for Christmas and instead of opening up, Kiese played it off like it was nothing, so she hit him with the deuces with the “you have a FANTASTIC break”

At the end of fantastic Kiese hits a low point in the book when he wasn’t invited to the white boys’ pizza party and Ray Gunn steps in a save Kiese’s stomach.