The Anthony Martin Experience - a podcast by The Art of Being Dar
from 2020-12-17T02:44:07
Anthony Martin is a man on a mission.
22 years ago he started the Urban Youth Racing School (UYRS) in Philadelphia, thereby giving predominately young, African American children their first glimpse into a sport/world/industry that they knew nothing about.
NASCAR, IHRA, and the like and the cars, speed, look, design, fun of the racing world captured the kids attention & their imagination.
UYRS teaches them the sport, the mechanics, the mathematics, the science, the technology, the engineering, the artistry, etc., and the darndest thing happened along the way...
The kids started seeing and understanding the relationship between the racing world and what they're being taught in school.
Consequently their grades started to improve, the graduation rate from high school improved, college attendance and graduation improved, and these formerly neglected, overlooked, underserved, disenfranchised kids started to bloom...into scientists, pilots, mathematicians, engineers, and the like.
Who would have thought any of that was possible?
Anthony did.
His story is inspiring.
Enjoy this episode!
IN THIS EPISODE:
4:58 The genesis of the birth of UYRS and why it's been so successful
6:16 General Motors has sponsored them for 20 years
7:54 The reason few African American's have been in the racing world
8:39 You gotta see what happened here - check out my YouTube Channel for the video
9:37 Economic oppression excludes the African American and minority driver
11:59 The side effects of learning about racing - improvement in S.T.E.M. - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics - entire worlds are opened up for the kids
17:48 Increased high school graduation rates and college graduation rates - maybe this goes nationally?
21:20 It takes the right people to run it
24:28 Kyle Larson, the N word, a loss of $8.6M in sponsorships, and a 2 hour, 400 year history about the Black American Experience
32:25 The Associated Press (AP) calls Anthony and asks, "Do you think Kyle Larson is a racist?" & the pushback Anthony gets from his peers
36:09 Why James Brown of CBS, wanted to interview Kyle
41:41 How Anthony got involved with racing
50:54 Anthony's dream...
53:33 NASCAR is going to have E Racing - Electric Cars
58:19 NASCAR is changing
1:00:26 My challenge to banking and financial world - Help Fund UYRS and discover the new geniuses of Black America!!
LINKS MENTIONED:
STEM Science Technology Engineering Math
Auto Club Speedway (formerly known as California Speedway)
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