Dr John Henrik Clarke said we gave the world it's First humanity, and we will give it it's last, but as you say,
There is an old African proverb that states,
"There can Be no Enemy Outside, If there is No Enemy Inside"
And our disunity had and will leave us as a race open for attacks, like a weakened immune system is open to viruses.
My problem is that from whatever spirituality or faith we come from, why is it so hard to unite our various gifts, blessings and powers for the safety, benefit and enrichment of the race?
What does this room in the house say to Black folks from the outside who want to join?
Does it say here is a place were one can restore their soul, peace and mind, equanimity, and cool, and find freedom from the stress of the everyday world, from words of light and Wisdom from the multitud of faiths, practices, spiriitualities, and religions, or humanisms, from Black folks?
Or does it say this is the JERRY SPRINGER SHOW
OF HOW WE LIKE TO USE FAITH AND BELIEF TO DIVIDE OURSELVES, AT A TIME IN OUR HISTORY, THAT WE NEED TO UNIFY MORE THEN EVER, AND FORGET AS MALCOLM SAID;
OUR PETTY DIFFERENCES