Can Twitch Star Kai Cenat Inspire Black Kids to Start Reading?

Overview: Twitch star Kai Cenat started his reading journey so he could articulate himself better. Experts say this is a great way to model reading for students, namely those who struggle with literacy. For the past few years, Kai Cenat has been one of the biggest names on the internet, a  Twitch streamer who has evolved from playing video games online into creating outlandish comedy that often goes viral. With more than 20 million followers, Cenat, 24, has rubbed shoulders with fellow internet star Druski, NBA star Lebron James and rapper Nicki Minaj.  But lately, experts say, his most important audience might be Black schoolchildren struggling to read. That’s because Cenat has traded his gaming console for actual books Recently, the gamer-turned-content creator-turned-fashion designer set a goal for himself: read, out loud, every day, from 10 minutes to an hour, on camera. He often stops to look up words he struggles to pronounce or doesn’t quite understand. Cenat then uploads the video to one of his smaller channels for everyone to see.  Why Did Kai Cenat Start His Reading Journey? “Honestly, the reason why I started reading was because I didn’t like the way I spoke,” Cenat, 24, said in
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