#George jenkins

[paraparaparadigm]

[teenageread]

Review: The Pact

Synopsis:

Chosen by Essence to be among the forty most influential African Americans, the three doctors grew up in the streets of Newark, facing city life’s temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day these three young men made a pact. They promised each other they would all become doctors, and stick it out together through the long, difficult journey to attaining that dream. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt are not only friends to this day—they are all doctors. This is a story about the power of friendship. Of joining forces and beating the odds. A story about changing your life, and the lives of those you love most...together.

Plot:

 Growing up from broken homes in Newark, New Jersey, there was not much expected to come from Sam, George and Rameck. Smart in school, their parents pushed for academic excellence, but it was not cool to be smart. Skipping classes, hanging out with guys older than them, the three of them faced a lot of peer pressure growing up. Drugs, domestic abuse, lack of father figures, lined the streets for these boys, as the easiest way to make money was to sell drugs on the street corner, cash these boys needed to stay alive. In grade seven, Sam and George got accepted to University High, a school built because the government realized that public schools were not preparing their kids to accept jobs beyond just manual labor. Rameck did not join them until freshman year, and did not become tight with them until junior year. After all, just because Rameck was going to a different school, does not mean he was going to leave his friends in Plainfield behind. Yet once those boys got Rameck arrested after beating up a crackhead, Rameck began to leave them behind and hang out with Sam and George. The design that changed their life was a presentation they could either go to, or stay in class. Going to the presentation was from Sexton, University and their Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Plus Program, under their Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), created from the back community rioting for civil rights. This program was to help minority students finally through school, creating summer programs to help them catch up with their peers before fall semester starts. Where George was instantly hooked, a side dream of always wanting to be a dentist, the other two were more hesitant. That was their pact. No locking hands, or signing a contract, just the three of them agreeing to apply, and stick together until the end.

Thoughts: 

This book defines the power of friendship. The Pact, described the promise between George, Sam and Rameck made with each other to apply to the Sexton University’s medical program, and see it to the end where all three of them become doctors. Which they did, and even though you knew that since the first page, it is still hard to believe. They were tempted with so many things, from drugs, crimes, even a musical career halfway through their undergrad. These three boys, who people believed could do nothing right in their life, are saving lives today (or giving them a really nice smile). This story is beyond inspiring, as the story jumps around between Sam, George, and Rameck about their life at that time, sometimes going backwards, overlapping, but most of the time going through the days one by one. Where the writing was not the best, as it did not really capture the pain these boys were going through, and often skip probably the boring days of these boys' lives. Medical school must have been incredibly hard, yet they did not dwell on the study, as looking back you talk about what you did on Friday nights, and not the Monday to Thursday where you studied all day and all night. Even the ‘bad’ parts of the story, when they described their fights, their arrests, were glossed over, because it was not truly the point of the story. The story was about the three of them making their way through medical school, adding in the arrests and the bad parts as a: this is what happened, how I felt afterwards, how I moved on from it. Where the three of them wrote more books together about their struggles growing up, this one starts as kind of a beginning, as it goes into their early childhood life, how they met each other, their pact, and ending with them walking across the stage accepting their degrees and their new names of Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. George Jenkins and Dr.  Rameck Hunt.  

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What’s the deal with cats? Why are they like that?

[lilith-1916]

More pictures of the cast of Dead Boy Detectives because they are all great, have amazing chemistry and deserve to come back and work together again in a Season 2 💖

I love them so much, so @netflix Season 2 when???

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Dead Boys and the cats who love put up with them.

Jayden Revri and George Rexstrew talk DEAD BOY DETECTIVES.

-If this was from somewhere other than Netflix's site I would say the socks bit was a bit of a stretch, because how are these not just socks one would wear with this look versus cribbing from Charles' look?

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💀 W A T C H I N G 💀

[diamondsunbursts-and-marblehalls]

Hear me out. Howl, Sophie and Calcifer are Lockwood Lucy and George in a different universe.

A cocky boy who's seemingly selfish, actually noble, and allergic to communication. He schemes and plots, doesn't let anyone in, obsessed with his appearance and the public eye. Would kill before letting anyone in. Would die before letting anything hurt the people he cares about. Does everything he can to pretend he doesn't care. Is a business partner with his best friend, and knows he couldn't do it without him. The prettiest smile in the whole world and he knows it. An asshole. Absolutely magnetic and frightening at the same time. Falls in love at first sight, and he wouldn't change a thing. A homeowner.

A spitfire girl with a low opinion of herself, extremely nosy and will not be left out of things. Is more special than she can comprehend, completely self-sufficient, tends to think everything bad is her fault, and would go to the ends of the earth to protect the people she loves. Inadvertently manages to turn any house into a home, and any random group of people into a family. Can't not steal things? Falls in love before she can stop herself. Petty and easily gets jealous. Will call you out without hesitation. Talks to inanimate objects and thinks she always knows best. In a reluctant partnership, ends up caring about him more than she intended to.

A genius boy underappreciated by most, but knows more than pretty much anyone. Obnoxious and easily annoyed, with a big mouth and a mean sense of humor. Quite easily the glue that holds everyone together. Doesn't wear pants. The warm hearth they all come back to. Runs on his own time and doesn't mind anyone else's opinions. Knows full well his best friend might be a psycho but wouldn't leave him for anything. Generally sees more of what's going on than anyone else. Bullies his associate relentlessly but would defend her with his life. Constantly seeking to learn more. Legally required to take his best friend's side when it comes down to it.

[thevondoom62]

A man like Tony Stark sure knows how to keep himself busy.

[gameofthunder66]

The Chosen (2017- ) tv series

-(finished) watchin' Season 3- 9/11/2024- 4 stars- on Amazon Prime

[0hwonderboy]

t h r e e of my mutuals on twitter (from catnip crew) have drawn rolan as howl bc of me and i need to bring this agenda to tumblr. howl!rolan is something i need everyone to know of and understand

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[originalleftist]

YES PLEASE!

Love the strong Star Trek presence- this November, let's boldly go where no Presidency has gone before!

(Sadly I'll be in classes until twenty minutes after it starts that day :( )

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I'm gonna tell my kids this was Brutus and Cassius headed to the Senate today

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The priceless cast of Queen Charlotte 🐝

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What was the creepiest scene to film for you guys?

[whitesinhistory]

On July 28, 1916, the chief of police in Louisville, Kentucky, announced the arrest of at least three people for interracial relations, or miscegenation. He also announced plans to open an investigation into the practice, which would “spare no effort” to prevent people from forming or maintaining interracial romantic relationships in Louisville. 

Earlier that day, Louisville police made at least three arrests involving allegations of interracial romance. Authorities first arrested Harry Jenkins, a 34-year-old Black man, and Alice Shumaker, a 30-year-old woman who self-identified as Black but whom police believed to be white. Louisville law enforcement jailed both Mr. Jenkins and Ms. Shumaker on disorderly conduct charges, though they stood accused of little more than being found under the same roof together at the same time. Unwilling to accept Ms. Shumaker’s own racial self-identification, the local jailor forced her to submit to a blood test “to determine whether or not” she was Black.

The same white Louisville officers who arrested Mr. Jenkins and Ms. Shumaker also detained George Eaton, a 16-year-old Black boy. After subjecting George to a search, the officers found photographs of three teenaged white girls in his pocket. George claimed that the white girls had given him these photographs and refused to identify them. The officers arrested George, while the chief of police directed other high-ranking officials in his department to “make a round of photo galleries” in the city of Louisville to uncover the white girls’ identities. 

Kentucky criminalized interracial marriages from the year it was admitted into the Union in 1792. At the time that Mr. Jenkins, Ms. Shumaker, and George were arrested, state law made it illegal for a Black person—defined by the Kentucky Supreme Court as a person with “one–fourth part or more of Negro blood”—to marry or live with a white person. Those found in violation of the law faced a fine of up to $5,000 and up to a year in jail. Black people charged with miscegenation faced dehumanizing treatment by law enforcement, and investigations and court proceedings were often humiliating and intrusive. Despite the fact that the Supreme Court invalidated all laws criminalizing interracial marriage in 1967, Kentucky did not repeal its anti-miscegenation statute until 1974.

During the Jim Crow era, one of the racial boundaries white people protected most fiercely was the prohibition on romantic contact between Black men and white women. Fear of intimate contact between Black men and white women was fueled by the pervasive myth that Black men were violent, sexually aggressive, and always in pursuit of white womanhood. In Kentucky and other states, these fears led to the aggressive enforcement of anti-miscegenation laws, the degradation of interracial couples, and the destruction of multiracial families. To learn more about anti-miscegenation laws and other policies enacted to maintain white supremacy, read EJI’s report, Segregation in America.

[agentnico]

IF (2024) review

Seems like John Krasinski wanted to apologise to his kids after scarring them for life with A Quiet Place.

Plot: After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their kids.

One must ponder the question WHAT IF John Krasinski decided to make a good movie? Okay, that’s harsh, but in all seriousness IF isn’t a great film. About 30 minutes into watching this, I realized it wasn't going to have the broad, universal appeal of many films in this genre. It's extremely sad in parts, and then shifts to total silliness, then back to sad again. Films can be a lot of things at different times, but it was sort of whiplash here going from silly to sad and back again. As such it begs the question who this movie is intended for? Naturally one would think children as it’s got goofy imaginary characters and a lot of slapstick and stupid jokes, but then there are genuinely depressing and hard-hitting moments where it seems to connect more with adults and their traumatic experiences. The film suffers a huge identity crisis that is its primary downfall.

Also IF is boring. The plot just sort of wanders and things happen that bear no purpose towards progressing the primary narrative. The characters are also poorly written without, dare I say, much imagination, with Cailey Fleming as the little girl protagonist being extremely monotone and lifeless, and for someone who’s supposed to be inspiring and helping these imaginary friends find a new home, she lacks any energy to motivate. I recall she was way more likeable and charismatic as Judith Grimes in The Walking Dead and it’s not like that show is known for great writing, especially in the later seasons, yet there she left much more of an impression than in this film. Ryan Reynolds is enjoying his cool uncle era, yet even he felt really restrained here. Like it is still Reynolds doing his shtick, but it was missing something which I can’t put my finger on. As for the imaginary friends themselves, there are lots of voice cameos featured throughout, but again not many of these creatures actually had that memorable of a personality. Steve Carell is trying his upmost best as the big purple fluff that’s walked out of Monsters Inc., but I was finding him irritating more than anything. Of the more amusing ones there was Richard Jenkins as an Art Teacher and he has the most delightful voice, Bradley Cooper as a glass of ice which I found more entertaining than I should have, and Sam Rockwell as a superhero dog deserves a movie of his own. And again why the hell is Awkwafina in this? She’s voiced characters in like a gazillion animations in the last decade but her voice is so grading.

Usually I would admit to not being the right target audience for a movie that’s billed as for children, however in this case I feel the movie doesn’t really fit for anyone per se. It does seem that John Krasinski works best when there’s less dialogue like with his spectacular horror A Quiet Place, yet here IF seems to miss the mark. I’m certain this is done with good intentions, and maybe I’m being overly cynical here, but IF does not paint a solid case for imaginary friends.

Overall score: 3/10