Look, all of us are lumped into one helluva hole and the only way is to die out of it...
"Who made this world like this??? I'm the wrong color and the wrong sex!"
--June Jordon
Anyhow, the best we can do is to be of service... Help out... Git in where you fit in... Everybody can use some kind of help, whether they ask for it or not...
I am tired of the low self-esteems and the horrendous "sadistics" that plague my community... There are so many negatives... I guess when you multiply them, you get positives???
But, I know I have been there and I've done that... I have worked "spirit filled" and "joyously" to uplift those of African descent, and have met resistance amongst those I had considered for the best support. But, "life for me, ain't been no crystal stair..."
Besides, angels do not come in colors that we can see nor comprehend...
Bush attended the National Urban League convention. A "Bougie" convention--or a "buppie" convention. I was suppose to go, but I could not for prior commitments... Bush attended that convention because he know he can get a few folks to vote for him there, whereas, he voting numbers would have been zero if he attended the NAACP. So he recused himself from going, quite lamely might I add--saying he was not going to put himself in harms way... In some ways, I can understand it... In many ways, I'm thinking, don't be a punk... But the National Urban League has Fortune 500 $$$ and can pay for Bush speaking fees...
NAACP has what???
Do any of you all pay for membership in the NAACP???
I know I use to. I do not now. I have not had the need or the money to lay out those kinds of dollars yet. Besides, who runs the local NAACP chapters are still stuck in the "we shall overcome" days of civil rights... The question to ask is, "is it working?"
The National Urban League fits into my lifestyle now. It has newer and fresher ideas to maintain civil rights for all people. Maybe Bush sees it, maybe he doesn't? I dunno...
As far as Black Families declining...
I have my own Black Family... My husband and I are our own family and we do things that are culturally relevant on a daily basis... Things simply as hair care...
Families are declining in general. It is hard to stay married when it is easier to be single, get paid more, pay less taxes. It is lonely being single, but you are in waaay more debt when folks have legal arrangements signed by the court... In fact, there is the marriage penalty...
If our Government does not condone support folks marriages--or legal unions--from a pure economic standpoint, then why be with anybody for any length of time unless you love that person???
Just asking...
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