It is hard to predict with any
degree of accuracy what anyone like Dr. King, Malcolm X, Meager Evers or the brave
men and women who were beaten and killed in the struggle for civil rights; reaction
would be to the condition of Black Americans today! My best guest would be: If they read a newspaper or viewed the
television news of today, they would see that Black Americans are still at the
bottom economically, educationally, professionally and socially. They would see
3rd and 4th generations of black families still
subsisting on welfare and living in concentration camps (aka The Projects) They
would see that discrimination and racism against Black Americans is still
prevalent today. They would see the decline of black businesses in the community,
which use to provide employment for our youth and older people. They would see
the proliferation of non-black owned businesses, sucking the economic life out
of our communities, by taking the money and run, business practices. They would
see how the deliberate infusion and use of drugs has devastated the lives of
individuals and families in our community. They would see how we have allowed
criminals and thugs in gangs to intimidate and hold whole neighborhoods captive.
They would see the blatant disrespect our youth show to their parents, teachers
and elders. They would see our
deteriorating schools with understaffed, underpaid teachers, attempting to
educate in overcrowded classrooms. They would see how our able body young men
are dropping out of school to stand on corners selling drugs and look like
clowns wearing their pants below their butts. They would see black on black
crime and the random killing of one another because of some
imagined turf or color of clothing. They would see our young ladies dressed
like prostitutes, tongues pierced, tramp stamps and tattoos all over; smoking a
blunt, while cursing at her child she is dragging down the street, with another
baby in her arms. They would see the increase in child molestation and sexual
assaults in our families that go unreported because “It is family business.” They
would see babies’ daddy’s out at the strip clubs with their “Boys” getting lap
dances; while they won’t pay child support for the children they’ve fathered. They
would see our immature young mothers are neglecting their children in an
attempt to have a relationship with some abusive, worthless knucklehead! After viewing all of this, I think they would
ask themselves, “Is this what died for?
Is this what I underwent fire hoses, police dogs, clubbing, insults and
being spat upon, for? Is this what the sum total of achievement, I laid down my
life to achieve for my people?” The
answer does not have to be YES! WE CAN
CHANGE THIS PICTURE!
Your brother, In His Service
Min. Douglas
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