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Jun 27
2007
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Encouraging one anotherPosted by savid in Untagged |
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Gone are the days of Martin Luther King, Malcom X, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass...but are they? Aren't their hopes and dreams dormant living in us yearning to come out. We live in a world replete with self-interest slogans-"Army of One", "My Life", "WWE", etc. Instead of calling and behaving as brothers and sisters, we call can behave as "dogs" and "hoes". Something is terribly wrong with this image. Yes, rap should address the issues facing the youth today, but they have a responsibility of educating and uplifting, not just entertaining and exploiting. White kids should be able to look a black kid and know that a black man invented blood banking, traffic light, air conditioning, the first open heart surgery.
I visited South Africa this year. Despite all its problems in the economy, HIV rate, and crime...the majority of black people in S. Africa are proud and humble, yet yearn and try to do better. Even beggers a grateful, truely grateful. Its time that we embrace each other and uplift , know one will do it for us. We can acknowledge our successes and mistakes, have discussions, thrive to truly love and respect one another. Please help me to help each other.............
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I appreciate your feedback. Black civility at least will give us a platform of cooperation. Nelson Madela didn't turn the economic situation completely around in S.Africa, but the situation has improved compared to what it once was. Alot more needs to be done in S. Africa, until the consciousness changes, whatever that takes, there will be little change economically.
read your blog and felt the luv. You are a good person. But let me ask you this: "Should we move the focus of our argument from white supremacy to black civility? And if we change black civility will that change white supremacy and it hold over American culture?" Has black civility changed South African white supremacy? Peace and Luv my brother.