In the “United” States, in the Justice System is “Just Us”! There are more Black men in prison in the United States than in all 185 other countries in the world combined. Are you working to change that. I am. If you are a “good” American, you would be working to change that. You would be teaching Black boys how to read; teaching Black boys to respect Black girls and women; teaching Black boys how to work and become entrepreneurs; teaching Black boys to build and revitalize their communities. That is what you would do if you were a good American. I am a good American. I want this country to be better. I will work to make it better. Please join me. What is wrong with making Black men equal? Because right now they are not and you seem to be content with that. I am not. We need a movement of Black men.
When we talk about the violence in our communities, we have to ask, “Where are the Black men?” When it is time to take responsibility for the education of Black children, we have to ask, “Where are the Black men?” When it is time to raise little boys into strong, positive men, we must ask, “Where are the Black men?” And when it is time to prepare our communities for the globalization that threatens to eliminate our communities from cities across the country, our children scream out to us, “Where are the Black Men?”
There are some great Black fathers, husbands, community leaders, mentors, businessmen, men of God and generally good guys in the Black community. But my question is this: When the blood of Black children is literally running in the streets, where are those Black men? Where is the Black men’s movement that can revitalize the Black community? The answer: It is nowhere!
Black men must re-define what it means to be a Black man.
Real men nurture their children
Real men educate their children
Real men mentor children not their own
Real men provide security for their families
Real men build their community
Real men create jobs and control the economic destiny of their community
Real men ensure the safety of their community
Real men organize to solve problems in their community
Real men take care of the elders in their community
The Three Essential and Dynamic Principles for Black Men:
1) Black men must become the catalytic force in rebuilding the Black family. By rebuilding the Black family, you rebuild the Black community. Everything that is important to life flows through the Black family – education, economics, spiritual values, resistance to violence, character, reverence for our elders and more. In fact, it flows through all families, through any family. That is how nature and society is made.
2) Black men must take control of the education of Black children – formal and informal. They must set high standards and become the teachers of the knowledge and principles that will cause the Black community to survive and thrive into the 21st century. There is absolutely a place for government, Black women and people of other races in this effort, but Black men must take the lead for it to impress Black boys.
3) Black men must create and control a new sub-economy in the Black community. In 2008, the whole world is hustling except the Black community. Sure, there are a few Black billionaires, but they do not teach young Black boys how to get off of corners selling drugs or how to hustle goods and services legitimately in our communities. They don’t teach them to open up stores, to start business or to hire their relatives. The Black community is a community that has forgotten how to hustle legit! The Black community is being hustled. Black people beg for others to give Black children jobs but for the most part, we do not work to create jobs for our children.
In the Black community, the harvest of young Black boys is plentiful but the laborers of Black men committed to working with them are few.
We need black men! Women! Please pass this on to a strong, positive Black man.
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Sunday, December 9th 2012 at 5:54PM
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