youtube/watch?v=g5UtdJt6PQ0 I couldnt hold my peace! I just happen to run across this conversation between O Bill OReilly and Marc Morial from last year, it was very disturbing to me. O Reilly didnt want a dialog, but rather a monolog to push his narrow uninformed perspective of the black family. Morial doesnt have the assertiveness, and is too passive to speak on behalf of the Black Family, he appeared to be very intimidated and unprepared. Outside of music and ministry, by degrees are in Sociology with a concentration in Youth Studies Development from University of Minnesota. I say this, only to say, there is more to me than just music and ministry, there is a social discipline and responsibility I have to myself and to my community. To me this was a simple conversation, black issues are not solved by just placing a black man in his home. A broken black man in a home can potentially bring more hell and confusion to a house that already has a half a chance without him. In addition, to marry a black man, or any man for that matter who is not economically, mentally or spiritually stable can also be detrimental to that same household. I would like to submit to you, black issues start with economics dating back to slavery. Until America is willing to accept its mistreatment of the black family and more specifically its historical degradation/devalue of black men, there will never be an honest conversation on national television or at the local coffee shop which to launch a healthy, sustainable solution to a national problem. Ill say it again, the core problem with the black family is economics. America is runs off of economics today from the tireless work without pay of the black men of yesterday, along with his wife and children. So now, my question becomes what was the black man’s position and status in society before all the killing and black on black crime O Reilly hammers in on? This is an economic problem. One must understand, outside of the spiritual and moral realm, which is based on your ability to be exposed to learning/education, success is defined by economics in America. Why? Because money gives you options, and with no money, unfortunately, you have no options, or shall I say legal options without consequence. If the same percentage of black men were offered an opportunity to make an honest living as that of white men regardless of their geographical location or socio economic status, they would yield a much greater rate of self sustainability. Therefore, when a man can make an honest living, he can then offer options to his wife and children. But on the contrary, when you take away a man’s name, language, ability to earn a honest and dignified living, show constant images of him as a worthless being, systematically put him at a disadvantage in every category of value, including education, manipulate the criminal justice system to impose a harsher consequence on him than other races, approve more liquor stores to be constructed in his neighborhood, while cutting the economic flow down of funds to his community and ultimately incarcerating him, then release him years later to return to society, but not home, then expect him to compete for inclusion and equality is unrealistic. (That was the best run-on sentence ever lol ) His family structure will always be dysfunctional and those who love him most will suffer loss because they experience the compassion to reach down and pull him along at the risk and expense of falling short on their life pursuits. (This is the cornerstone of black survival, falling short to continue as a whole) What good is getting to the top of anything, if you are able to enjoy it with the one you love? (this is the birth of hopelessness or selfishness depending on your personality, but neither builds good family value) In closing, I repeat, this is not a black problem, this is an American problem! Like my favorite actor Denzel Washington so eloquently states in my favorite movie Glory “ it stinks, it stinks bad, and we all in it, ain’t nobody clean”. This writing does not make an excuse for black men who simply dont want to work and are lazy, but rather a clarification of a misunderstood systematic issue concerning the black family structure. A structure in which I am blessed to exist.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:56:55 +0000
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