The Black Elite

[Dionysus]

Originally posted by Exquisite5
Actually alum, my hubby and I just opened our search to VA, but all we have found so far are areas with very little diversity. Please PM me the diverse areas you speak of.

Thanks

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RELATED QUESTION TO ALL:

How do you feel about upper middle class to upper class AfAms starting their own communities in efforts to escape the perils that so often are prominent in our communities? I am torn. I want to help rebuild "our" areas, but like I said before I want my kids to be safe. I want them to walk down the street and not pass drug dealers, I want them to play in parks that are not littered with syringes, etc...

What is our responsibility? In feeling a "responsibility" are we burdening ourselves with "group association" other groups do not experience? I am curious to the opinions of others...

Commute? There were several families at my previous church who lived in the burbs, but still continued to serve black communities in the inner city.

[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by Exquisite5

RELATED QUESTION TO ALL:

How do you feel about upper middle class to upper class AfAms starting their own communities in efforts to escape the perils that so often are prominent in our communities? I am torn. I want to help rebuild "our" areas, but like I said before I want my kids to be safe. I want them to walk down the street and not pass drug dealers, I want them to play in parks that are not littered with syringes, etc...

What is our responsibility? In feeling a "responsibility" are we burdening ourselves with "group association" other groups do not experience? I am curious to the opinions of others...

I don't have a problem with people wanting to live in a safe neighborhood - shoot, I'm one of those people. lol

I believe we are not the only group that dabbles in "group associations". I live in a predominately white city and there are all white, class-based neighborhoods here. The only difference between "us"(blacks) and "them" (whites) is that we are made to feel guilty for wanting to live and raise our children in safe neighborhoods.

[Live2Serve]

I personaly do not feel there is anything wrong with wanting to seperate yourself from that which you feel is "bad" (for lack of a better word) so that you and your family can feel secure. What becomes a problem is when you begin to feel "better" than those you left. My mother and I literally moved 2 miles up the street and found that our new neighborhood was extremely safer than the one we left however we still go back and get involved with their yard sales and community programs. lol I've never felt "torn" about leaving the nieghborhood because in the long run we (my mother and I) had to make a choice that worked best for us. Cant please everybody lol

[Senusret I]

^^^ I'm sure I said this before, but the Washington Metropolitan Links gave me a writing award when I was but 15 years old. Alelia Bundles was the chairwoman of the event, long before she had written the Madam CJ Walker Biography.

Yes, the majority of the women in attendance were older, but Alelia seemed to be in her 30s (or she just looked damn good for her age).

The Links definitely provided that positive reinforcement that young black writers and poets need. Not sure if it was a national programmatic thrust or a chapter thing.

[WenD08]

i answered based on your tone. if you ask 1000 younger members why they wanted to join, you'd get 1000 answers. the age of the members, including my original chapter and my current one, as well as the members as a whole for me, wasn't an issue.
at any rate, is this rhetorical? or are you asking as an aspirant or out of curiousity? my questions are rhetorical. why asking why about personal decisions makes me wonder why does one wonder...

[smc112]

Originally Posted by WenD08

i answered based on your tone. if you ask 1000 younger members why they wanted to join, you'd get 1000 answers. the age of the members, including my original chapter and my current one, as well as the members as a whole for me, wasn't an issue.
at any rate, is this rhetorical? or are you asking as an aspirant or out of curiousity? my questions are rhetorical. why asking why about personal decisions makes me wonder why does one wonder...

Actually, I wasn't asking you per se. I was just speaking in general. Sorry if you got that confused because I quoted you in the response. Actually, I wasn't looking for an actual answer to why you joined or any other members, I was just speaking in general. To answer your question: No, I'm not wondering. I could care less. I have too much on my mind to be concerned why a twenty year old would want to join Links. LOL By the way, I'm not meaning this in a rude way.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by smc112

I could care less.

You mean you couldn't care less.

You already acknowledged that what you said would vary by area or chapter, so that's that.

[smc112]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

You mean you couldn't care less.

You already acknowledged that what you said would vary by area or chapter, so that's that.

Okay, "couldn't care less."