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Originally posted by AXEAM
Christ!!!! You know education wouldn't be as bad if some parents got off their lazy butts and made sure their kids were doing what they should be doing. This co-hosting then is an important issue..have you ever seen say a black person co-hosting a country music tribute? In your statement yes education of blacks is important but that's something the parents in many situations have direct control of, they can help get their children an early start by taking them to the library and other educational based events. True educational resources in many black communities are lacking but if we can venture out and find the better movies/music we want that's not in our communties then we can also find educational resources that's not in our communties.Excuses don't cut it people always do what the hell they really want to do.....if a cat from Africa or The Islands can move here live in the same communties that we've been living in all our lives and ensure that his kids study hard and progress educationally why can't we?...............parents do your part, then make sure your kids study hard in school.....and also support this protest.
Also as far as the economics we as black people produce more wealth then many nations and there are a million and one books and magazines in publication about money management.......I quess what I'm saying is there's no excuse for us to really complain about that either...just keeping it real.
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Axeam, I agree with you and my soror Steeltrap. One way that we can increase our economic wealth is to begin to support Black-owned businesses. Do you know that the Black dollar circulates less than something like an hour in the Black community? That means that as fast as we can cash it, we spend it ... ELSEWHERE. This behavior is seen at all levels - lower-economic class right up through the wealthiest-economic class. We need a change of mentality.
How many Black people do you know who are willing to support Black owned businesses? The typical reaction when you even pose such a thought is folk telling you all of the reasons that they *can't* support. We don't have much faith in ourselves as a people sometimes.
I hear you that the award show is insulting. HOWEVER, as Soror Steeltrap said, we got bigger fish to fry. Just think what we could do in our community if those same organizations put just as much energy into education and economic empowerment. We would be much further as a people. But, alas, I think that all they really care about is being in the limelight. Furthering education and economic empowerment is not glamorous and it won't get you on tv or featured in articles so people are not as gung ho about it.
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