Where’s the Credibility from the Professed Black Leaders
Monday, September 28, 2009
To understand certain issues that affect me and they seem like they aren’t right or it doesn’t make sense, I usually ask myself a question. Why? At midnight this is what I’m asking myself. To my generation and younger generations, who are Farrakhan, Al Sharpton, NAACP, Urban League, Jesse Jackson Sr. and even to that point his son Jr. The reality is they are irrelevant. These so called Black figure heads are irrelevant in the community, but to America, these are the individual that represent our interest. No disrespect because I’m a member of groups like the NAACP. But my membership simply says “hey I support you, and I won’t abandon you when you need help.” I hope they will rebound. Whether these organizations, or persons realize they need a new take on the new millennium, I think they are like still remembering the glory of the 60’s and 70’s when they meant something.
To be the minority, we sure do have a lot of groups that promote their self interest. If I could create an organization and I sat down and created principles I would use unity, empowerment, and education. The last component which is education wouldn’t focus on your traditional view or education in a class room, but more of social education. In Nashville, TN, the NAACP filed a lawsuit that said the recent rezoning of their public school was unconstitutional and illegal. When the NAACP gets behind something that is unjust, it has to be true, because we want to believe they have credibility. Sad to say, weeks later, a local credible newspaper stated that from the data it reviewed from district reports the schools are more racially balanced and since the school system was already majority African American, rezoning really didn’t serve a role in the resegregation of the schools like the picture they painted.
Success has been proven to those who have shown superb organizing abilities. From the recent presidential campaign to the tea party who are opponents of the health care that we as Americans voted for when we elected our current president and the proponents of President Obama’s health care plan, both sides of the aisle have been doing some great organizing. To accomplish the organizing feat, the two groups have had unity and if we are ever to get other leaders other than President Barack Obama, we have to relate to the common people, empower the common people and their listen to their needs. Then we will get more traction with our grass roots in different communities. I’ll end with "Listen to the people before you speak for the people." Without it you have no credibility.
To be the minority, we sure do have a lot of groups that promote their self interest. If I could create an organization and I sat down and created principles I would use unity, empowerment, and education. The last component which is education wouldn’t focus on your traditional view or education in a class room, but more of social education. In Nashville, TN, the NAACP filed a lawsuit that said the recent rezoning of their public school was unconstitutional and illegal. When the NAACP gets behind something that is unjust, it has to be true, because we want to believe they have credibility. Sad to say, weeks later, a local credible newspaper stated that from the data it reviewed from district reports the schools are more racially balanced and since the school system was already majority African American, rezoning really didn’t serve a role in the resegregation of the schools like the picture they painted.
Success has been proven to those who have shown superb organizing abilities. From the recent presidential campaign to the tea party who are opponents of the health care that we as Americans voted for when we elected our current president and the proponents of President Obama’s health care plan, both sides of the aisle have been doing some great organizing. To accomplish the organizing feat, the two groups have had unity and if we are ever to get other leaders other than President Barack Obama, we have to relate to the common people, empower the common people and their listen to their needs. Then we will get more traction with our grass roots in different communities. I’ll end with "Listen to the people before you speak for the people." Without it you have no credibility.