Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Haiti Relief Clip
It is important to not forget about those that have been devastated by natural disasters. We have been blessed and to whom a lot is giving a lot is expected.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The Problem with Us by Shannon Guy
Many people would like to blame Black folks for the problems that face us today. However, the condition of the Africans born in America is not self inflicted. This is part of a larger plan. It is no coincidence that we are always on the bottom of the list. For example, our kids go to the worst schools, the worst hospitals are in our neighborhoods, the highest rate of HIV/AIDS is in our community. When I hear, "They are all on welfare", or "They're lazy and won't work", it makes me sick to my stomach. But as I said this is no coincidence.
Early, we were taught that we would be nothing but farm hands and that we could do nothing but manual labor types of jobs. These jobs do not require much education. Our Grandfathers and many of our Fathers were taught this same philosophy. They were encouraged to become mechanics, barbers, and builders. They were told that going to school to become lawyers, doctors and other professions that require extensive education were not for us. Thus, our Grandfathers and Fathers were placed into a box. This box would soon crumble leaving thousands of Black Men (many of whom was our Fathers) out of work and unable to feed their families. So these men would leave their families with hopes of finding work elsewhere in the country or join the military. Either way, most of our generation were raised minus a father.
When I said that the box crumbled, what I meant was that society no longer required the types of labor that we were trained in or that we could offer (with the exception of barbers). Many of the clothing factories that populated the inner city were either moved out of the city into the burbs or simply closed all together (due to shipping jobs over seas or by using the newly invented computer to make these things). The so-called box was slowly crumbling. (Keep in mind that all of this is happening in the 70's. Many of the people reading this was not even born yet.) After the closing of these factories (and not just clothing factories but auto plants were affected most), many of our people were the first ones laid off. Without the proper education, these factory workers turned to the only thing that they knew to keep their families from starving................THE STREETS.
The 80's were an even more tragic period for us. (TO BE CONTINUED.................)
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Early, we were taught that we would be nothing but farm hands and that we could do nothing but manual labor types of jobs. These jobs do not require much education. Our Grandfathers and many of our Fathers were taught this same philosophy. They were encouraged to become mechanics, barbers, and builders. They were told that going to school to become lawyers, doctors and other professions that require extensive education were not for us. Thus, our Grandfathers and Fathers were placed into a box. This box would soon crumble leaving thousands of Black Men (many of whom was our Fathers) out of work and unable to feed their families. So these men would leave their families with hopes of finding work elsewhere in the country or join the military. Either way, most of our generation were raised minus a father.
When I said that the box crumbled, what I meant was that society no longer required the types of labor that we were trained in or that we could offer (with the exception of barbers). Many of the clothing factories that populated the inner city were either moved out of the city into the burbs or simply closed all together (due to shipping jobs over seas or by using the newly invented computer to make these things). The so-called box was slowly crumbling. (Keep in mind that all of this is happening in the 70's. Many of the people reading this was not even born yet.) After the closing of these factories (and not just clothing factories but auto plants were affected most), many of our people were the first ones laid off. Without the proper education, these factory workers turned to the only thing that they knew to keep their families from starving................THE STREETS.
The 80's were an even more tragic period for us. (TO BE CONTINUED.................)
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