I have a BIG problem with reparations. I really believed if people concentrated more on how they can pull together their families and excel in the greatest country on the planet, that we'd be alot better off..instead of blaming slavery and what "the man" has done for all of our problems. Of course slavery has impacted our race, but i think we need to move on and take advantage of the many opportunities we have in this country now instead of focusing on the past.
College scholarships and other things are great...if they are earned based on academic success. Handouts don't help anybody. And we as a community (some of us) seem to find money from alot of places...because we sure stay in the hottest cars and in the freshest name brand clothes...so I ask you..will $$ really help us? We're so busy trying to look rich by buying houses, cars, clothes we can't afford...that we're squandering valuable opportunities that are right before us. Are we really going to go out and invest? Some of us have 401-k's through our jobs and don't even take advantage..some of us are in our thirties and forties and haven't saved for retirement...now who's fault is that? Slavery?? I think not.
We as a community need to adopt a mentality of making it happen regardless of what the situation looks like...cause if these slaves that we are trying to profit on had our current mentality of looking for handouts...we'd still be in the cotton fields.
I've said it once and i'll say it again...black folks biggest enemy is ourselves. All the $$, scholarships, money for new textbooks etc. won't help us unless we tighten up the things in our community that really matter i.e. the family and our values.
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