| You are absolutely, in my opinion, correct. Amazingly, Colon Powell, J.C. Watts, Condoleeza Rice are not looked on as "for real" in the black community. It could be that many blacks do not have hope or believe they could ever rise to their level. However, I think the primary reason is believing that Sharpton, Jackson, Farrakan, etc. are getting them somewhere. They are completely missing the boat. Trying to legislate opportunity, respect, etc. won't every truly work. The thing that works immediately, once recognized, is to simply be a quality person with a desire to learn, produce, be a good citizen, etc.. Once recognized that person (black or white) will have people rooting for them and assisting them wherever possible. I think changes in attitude have to come about. For example, instead of defending and actually cheering for the O.J. Simpsons to beat the system, they need to chastise the people who break the law and offend the citizenry. They need to tell them, in no uncertain terms, they are letting the black community down by being lawbreakers. Don't support bad conduct. Secondly, they need to clean up their communities. I know here when an apartment complex becomes predominantly black it immediately seems to decompose and becomes in bad repair. And, most importantly, they need the solid family unit. With a father heading the household. I recently visited a nearby prison with a Kairos team. I noticed nearly every young black man that spoke with us said his "grandmother" had told him if he stayed on the streets he would either end up dead or in jail. The amazing thing to me is it seems sort of usual there is not only no father but often the mother is also not involved on a quality basis. Drugs are a super major part of this scenario. In my opinion, until these basic changes are made the situation is not a pretty sight and won't really change. Maybe on the surface because people stay quiet but that only deludes because then people believe they are progressing when it is not really true. |
