What I was trying to get across in my post though is we need more than just the bootstraps, black people gotta do better stuff, etc. We need people coming with practical solutions to the problems, things we can reasonably do in our daily lives and begin working towards that goal. Something like volunteering in the community.. mentoring some our young boys who don't have fathers. It seems to me we just get the criticism, and then that's where it ends. It's like people just wanna grandstand but not actually DO anything afterwards.
That post you made sounded an awful lot like what people say when they're asking for handouts. Sorry, but Blacks can no longer play the pity card because nobody cares about Black Plight anymore. Nobody. Not even Black people. It's practically legal to gun us down in the street at this point.Who said anything about cutting a check? It's interesting that you went there first, probably assuming I was talking about more monetary hand outs from government. It's sad to see this sort of racial bias coming from an African, but, it is what it is.
Okay, with that understanding let's move forward. Let's acknowledge the situation and keep it pushing. We need to stop sitting around waiting for someone or something to "fix" things. We need to stop feeling sorry for ourselves.
Anyway, I was talking about legislation. Ending bogus laws. Simply putting an end to the 'drug war', and the unwarranted target of black youths by police alone would do wonders. But like you say, no one really cares about our problems. I'm just saying that instead of only offering critiques that we keep going from there. It's not enough to just say our community is fukked up. Knowing this, let's brainstorm solutions to fix the problems and get to work. It seems to me often times these critiques whether they come from blacks or non-blacks are not coming from a place of genuine concern but rather condescension and their own latent racism. Because let's face it, these same folks who bash the black community would be bytching to high hell about any legitimate, black-centered movement that could bring about positive change.
wellllllll maybe you should consider it. Perhizzaps he can look at it from an unbiased perspective
shyt I work in employment recruiting and my white coworkers get calls weekly from employers who secretly ask for no black referrals. If you are white and somewhat competent, finding a job is easy as fukk.
