on fathers day I attended an event at the baltimore convention center.
black activists of all types came out to speak on the issues concerning black adult males in baltimore
there were about 20 to 30 speakers the majority local but the ones who really shook up the place were susan taylor and micheal eric dyson
miss taylor talked abouthow black people are over consumed with personal consumption and fulfillment other than saving our children (i rarely see people talking about how we are going to save our communities from all of these problems on blogs by the way)
she talked about how other groups look at us and laugh at us because we are more concerned with accumulating high priced trinkets as opposed to saving our children
she also spoke about hatian history (the history of the hatian revolution is something I have q great deal of interest in)
she talked about how the hatians took over that country and how the french when they fought the hatian men had to get help from the spanish and the british and at the end of the fighting the french, british and the spanish went back to europe HUMILIATED
she was awesome
and of course micheal eric dyson was ok with his critique of black males
talking about how black men should take responsibility for our community but he and susan taylor also condemned the government for denying black mem opportunities in the community and setting them up to commit crime so they can feed millions of people by going to prison
and by the way one of the lectures really struck me
it aaid that over 48% of black males 16 and over are UNEMPLOYED or UNDEREMPLOYED
as far as I was concerned he didn't have to say anything else
what is the responsiblity of a group of men when they don't have adequate job opportunities to support their family and children
who's taking care of them
and why would this government rather invest billions of dollars into law schools and building new prisons as opposed to providing ample employment for these men
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Good post. There are so many factors that are against the black man. You are right he just needs to be taught and have some positive, effective role models to talk to on a regular basis and pattern their behavior from.
And the ability to create generational wealth for his families and race as a whole.
Glad you were able to experience this wake-up call for change to the brothers!
nobody can accomplish anything without appropriate models
it will not happen
if you know the problem you know the solution
the leaders themselves talk about black men being unemployed but yet they are not starting businesses or demanding corporations to hire to more black men
i dont get that
Wow, so much to be said on this one, brother. I have little time, because I am about to be picked up so this will be short and might not make that much since, but i got to get it out or I will forget to come back.
As a cop I get to see first hand the people committing our crimes. Right now our ....sorry, they are here so I am gone.
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Sorry about that, Tubman. As I was about to say, as a cop I get to see a lot of what you are talking about head on. It is so said that so many of our crimes are being committed by young black from the ages 15 and up. Or at least that is what it seems like here in Dallas (blacks and Hispanics to be exact). It is like they lack so much direction, which is the point of your post.
I know that it is hard when you don't have an adequate job, but I say wait until you do before you just dive in and start making babies or have a family. How hard is that?
One of the things that bothers me is that my little brother, who is about to turn thirty, has never had a real full time job. You are about to be thirty man. The longer you wait the harder it will be, plus you need to start putting money into Social Security or an IRA or something, damn it. What was the point of getting you damn degree. You could be unemployed without that damn thing.
I think the problem is that young folks just want to be lazy. They want everything handed onto them on the silver platter or they want to take what they deem to be the easy route to riches. And it is the hard headed ones, who are not willing to listen that are the ones we need to be reaching.
Not an answer to the problem, just my two cents.
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