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this is a good one!
...stop watching television shows that make us look like stumbling, bumbling people who constantly engage in bafoonery. It only reinforces that Sambo stereotype.
...stop buying music and watching videos that reduce women to objects and that further the ideology that the "good life" revolves around bling, money, and expensive alcoholic beverages. I don't care how catchy the song is, darn it. (and yes, I love the Cristal, but come on. there is more to life).
...get past the "nationality clash". Diversity is beautiful. We need to realize that no matter if I am from the U.S., you are from Haiti, she is from Jamaica, and the next brother is from Tanzania, we are all BLACK together. We don't need one more thing to divide us. I live in S. Florida, and you wouldn't BELIEVE the black people from various parts of the diaspora down here who will tell you that they are a different "race" because they are not black Americans. (yes, the hieffer at my job who said that went to college.)
...read the "Willie Lynch Letter".
...get a high school diploma or GED, at the very least. The first twelve years are free. Not to mention that those who came before us FAUGHT and STRUGGLED for us to be able to walk into anybody's school and get our learn on. (yes, I did say "get our learn on.)
...build/maintain family ties. A strong black family is a beautiful thing, crazy as family can be at times.
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"Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning."-Gandhi
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