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Why can't the black community take cues from all over the world where oppressive, self serving leadership structures are being forced out? When we study Black History we see that any progress that was made was undertaken and executed by young people. Fredrick Douglas was in his 30's when he participated in the abolitionist movement and fought for women's suffrage, Dr Martin Luther King and his cadre of constituents were in their 20's and 30's. The Children's March of 1963 was led by High School aged children. Transformative change has always been facilitated by young people, the old folks have always tried to hinder progress. It was the old guard ministers that fought against Dr. Martin King Jr. Now here we are in 2011 instead of being on display in a museum or on tour with Tavis Smiley's "I AM African American Exhibit", we still see the same old faces and organizations trying to led. Michael Jordan was the greatest, he changed the game, he made the way for Kobe and Lebron but for God's sakes he had to retire and get off the court. As Long as we have to rely on organizations like the NAACP, the Urban League, the SCLC (cough *is a joke*) as the "Leading Black Institutions", the advocacy thought leaders, then Black America will continue to be "socially narcoleptic".
We need new voices from a younger generation like Jeff Johnson to be heard - the Geriatric icons no longer resonate in the community because they no longer live in the community. Leading Blacks and Black organizations are too busy being important and congratulating each other for PAST success , battles won and doing "photo ops" while the black community continues to go BACK TO THE FUTURE.
THE BLACK AGENDA - is an Oxymoron, what plan or program do we have to address the multiplicity of issues we face? What we do have are vacillating leaders and organizations that move with the money. We all know all the "Black Statistics" and they show as a whole have gone Back to the Future, we have regressed - YET all our leading organizations do is throw banquets, award shows and celebrations, congratulating each other while the black community continues to spiral on a downward trajectory to the abyss. Which brings me to a solution of sorts:
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THE BLACK AGENDA - is an Oxymoron, what plan or program do we have to address the multiplicity of issues we face? What we do have are vacillating leaders and organizations that move with the money. We all know all the "Black Statistics" and they show as a whole have gone Back to the Future, we have regressed - YET all our leading organizations do is throw banquets, award shows and celebrations, congratulating each other while the black community continues to spiral on a downward trajectory to the abyss. Which brings me to a solution of sorts:
A CIVIL RIGHTS HALL OF FAME:
I wish they would build one, so all these civil rights icons and organizations can go retire and get in it so we can go forward and deal with the issues of today. The typewriter was GREAT for its day, The Sony Walkman was hot for its day, Bell Bottoms were in style but the bible says every thing has a TIME AND A SEASON. Let Moses celebrate escaping slavery meanwhile Joshua still has many giants to face and many walls of Jericho must come down in order for the people to enter into the promised land.
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