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Originally posted by Sistermadly
I've yet to see any prominent African American dare to take this message to the people who need to hear it most. Now granted, I'm up here in the Great White North and it might not have made the news cycles up here, but is anyone going this route?
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Sistermadly,
Yes, Spike spoke at MTSU but how many of the spectators who heard him are likely involved in community orgs. and making the difference he (and we) are all talking about?
This is the point I was making in the "black church" thread. it's not the "prominent AfAms" but everyday people who ARE working at these initiatives in cities across the U.S., just outside the media glare. I'm sure Urban League chapters, churches, NAACP chapters (in some cities), frat/sorority chapters, work in programs with elements of the "underclass" who do want to change. I just think the impact is more incremental than we'd all like to see.