“I now realize, that we who consider ourselves leaders in the black community can’t just be against racism. We have to also be against a portion of black culture that has become increasingly anti-authority and anti-social to a point of self-destruction. This is an enemy we’ve yet to engage in the black community. But it’s a conversation I think we’re forced to have now.” – As told The New York Times by Brian Willingham, a church pastor and black police officer from Flint, Michigan.
My response: The above message is for Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and the other black leaders. It’s high time they began to address some salient issues such as the sky-rocketing number of drop outs among black students, frequent black-on-black crimes, the social malady of “babies” having babies, women having five kids for five different men and the numerous men who are “missing-in-actions” in the lives of their kids.
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Exactly what the popular black leaders should be preaching. Instead of focusing only on the cure, how about we devote some attention to prevention also.
Ifeoluwa, my beautiful daughter,
God bless you for your comment! The so-called black leaders are simply taking advantage of the people whose interest they claim to protect. And they are smiling to the bank for their "efforts".
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