On average, there are more than enough Black men in our society who do positive things and seldom are recognized because of it. Many are in our homes helping to raise our Black youth every day and doing a good job of it. Some are uncles, sons and brothers. Not all of them have a formal education, but they know how to promote the value of an education and always encourage our youth to go beyond high school and on to college. Some have made mistakes in choices, learned from them and are doing what they can to prevent other Black males from repeating their mistakes. Many have never seen the inside of a prison and don't intend to if they can help it. They refuse to emulate prison wardrobe or mentality. They've never been accused of rape or charged with murder and therefore, don't need the services of Johnny Cochran. Their faces have not been plastered on television in a criminal mugshot and they don't leave the stadium after playing a professional high paying game to go home to a white wife and bi-racial babies. They refuse to talk using slang that degrades us as a people because they know the harm that it does. They work hard at being the best role model they can without pretense. They know they aren't perfect, but they are better than most people give them credit for. They don't seek recognition but they certainly have earned it. We need to stop confining our hero worshipping to the men we stare at on television and start paying tribute to those kings that we see everyday in our homes.
In my humble opinion .
Queenie