I reserve my love for family and friends. While I care for and want the best for my people, which includes all Black people no matter their origin and beliefs, I can not say I love them as a matter of course . My concern for my people is a form of enlightened self-interest. The better my people do, the better the future will be for my descendents. So while I will do what I feel is needed to better my ethnicity and to a lesser degree the Black diaspora over all, I will not say I do it out of love for them, but instead of out of love for my own family & friends and a concern for their future.
So the better Black women are doing, the better my family's future will be and the same for Black men. The more of us that are doing well, have self-respect, and make positive decisions; the larger pool of possible fit mates my descendents will have in the future. The greater the economic fitness of our people over all, the better our descendants' children will be doing over all. We all are connected organically with each other, and so our own triumphs and suffering well be shared among each other (no matter how far away we think we are from the conditions of others).
My concern for my people and love of my own family and friends compel me to use what wealth I have and may gain (in money and time) to help better the conditions of our people where I can. It also compels me to point out what we are doing right and what we are doing wrong, so that we are able to make better decisions and hopefully move towards having better living conditions as a collective. It is why I am willing to admonish and praise the actions of our people when warranted, while also doing what I can, with my money and time, to help better our people. I do care, but again I can't say I do it out of love for those not in my group of family and friends , but out of enlightened self-interest for the previous mentioned group's futures.
So the better Black women are doing, the better my family's future will be and the same for Black men. The more of us that are doing well, have self-respect, and make positive decisions; the larger pool of possible fit mates my descendents will have in the future. The greater the economic fitness of our people over all, the better our descendants' children will be doing over all. We all are connected organically with each other, and so our own triumphs and suffering well be shared among each other (no matter how far away we think we are from the conditions of others).
My concern for my people and love of my own family and friends compel me to use what wealth I have and may gain (in money and time) to help better the conditions of our people where I can. It also compels me to point out what we are doing right and what we are doing wrong, so that we are able to make better decisions and hopefully move towards having better living conditions as a collective. It is why I am willing to admonish and praise the actions of our people when warranted, while also doing what I can, with my money and time, to help better our people. I do care, but again I can't say I do it out of love for those not in my group of family and friends , but out of enlightened self-interest for the previous mentioned group's futures.