Hmm. All interesting points.
I'm gonna have to agree with whoever said the resources thingie. With the way our country is (ie lack of good public schools, bad support for the poor, etc.) I think if you take the NPHC orgs away, it would be a major blow to the Black community.
I'm not saying that that would happen by focusing on serving other communities as well, but it would split resources.
Now, there are other ways to help. As far as social programs and developing strong non-profits, the Black community is light years ahead of the Latino/a and Asian American communities.
One thing I would like to see is things like the NAACP, NPHC, etc helping solidfy things like NCLR, OCA, NALFO, NAPA, etc. because their advice would be crucial to helping build up those organizations and allowing them to strengthen their own communites. However, right now, there just isn't enoug communication between organizations to really build effective coalitions that truly address the hearts of the issues.
I mean, it's kind of a Catch 22. You need to help your own community because no one else will focus on it, yet when all the various communities focus on their own issues, it makes it harder to see the big picture at times and create coalitions that could possibly help one's own community and the communities of others.
Hahahaha, I could go on for HOURS about this topic, but I'm sure people are bored of my post by now!
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