Leadership

[REIKI]

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[kizzie22]

Originally posted by REIKI
Do you think "Black America" has enough qualified leaders? Are you content with the way "we" as a whole are headed (i.e., educationally, artistically, etc.)? Or do you feel that we are succumbing to racial habit (i.e., cycles of poverty, contentment with "our" economic/political/artistic state as created by the social/political climates "we" have evolved in and out of)? What are your thoughts on the matter?

Peace.

No...There's always enough room for more intelligent young bruthas and sistas out there.. There is ALWAYS room for improvement in education. You can never have too much knowledge. I think that is the key to us as africian americans prospering today...Instead of always trying to hate and keep each other down.

[Tenacious1922]

I think as a whole Black America is headed in the right direction.
More of us are attending colleges and universities, (we are at least first or even second generation college educated) but I still feel there are not enough of us pursuing higher education. Looking at statics, we are still having trouble getting out of highschool, but I believe that as time goes on the idea of going to college will just be second nature. As far as leaders...there are many black leaders within all communities (Chruch, Schools etc.), but on a national level...no there are not enough. The media makes it seem as if Jesse Jackson or worse...Al Sharpton
are the leaders for blacks, but I do not agree. I think Al Sharpton meant well in the beginning, but he has been clouded in controversy for a very long time now, and I believe he looks out for self...not for his people. But the one issue that I find that bothers me the most is, alot of us do not keep up with what is going on in the world. Like we have no opinion or something. In my family we read newspapers everyday and the news was always on TV at 6pm etc. But of lot of us can not even talk about real-world news, because we do not bother to try and find out what is going on. And this goes for those of us who are college educated as well.

Tenacious1922

[SeriousSigma22]

Reiki,

This is a very good with many answers! However, I feel that there is always room for more qualified African American leaders. Yes, we are heading in the right direction for a lot of our causes such as more blacks are attending and graduating from college and univeristies. Moreover, each and every African America person that is in a position of influence is a leader and should act accordingly. We, as a people, shouldn't support an African American person just because he or she is in a leadership role. I believe we should support the person if they are doing a quality job and continuing to uplift our race.

Serioussigma22

[TRSimon]

Originally posted by REIKI
Do you think "Black America" has enough qualified leaders? Are you content with the way "we" as a whole are headed (i.e., educationally, artistically, etc.)? Or do you feel that we are succumbing to racial habit (i.e., cycles of poverty, contentment with "our" economic/political/artistic state as created by the social/political climates "we" have evolved in and out of)? What are your thoughts on the matter?

Peace.

I feel that "Black America" and America in general have too many leaders. Leaders have to have followers/attention in order to be effective. I think that America needs more heroes, the people who do what is right no matter who is looking, and don't expect to get a pat on the back, a check, or a soundbite every time they do something good for the community or the world. America also needs folks who won't "punk out" when things get adverse, either.

Just my thoughts,
TRSimon

[SeriousSigma22]

Sorhor TRSimons,

I see and agree with the point that the current black leaders don't need to "punk out" or "cave-in" when the masses go against their ideologies. They all need to get a backbone!

Serioussigma22