oldiesman said:you're abolutely right in what you say,and i unfortunatly don't have the answer,but i do have a theory and that is that there are forces in this country in place to keep blacks divided and at each others throats[yes i know it's not news]but what we have to understand is that alot of those perportrators look like us so we need to stop holloring white this and that when things are shaky,we have to start being more aware of what's goes on around us on a daily basis in the community the schools the church,it's alot of little things almost sublinial if you will that go right over our heads,and remember that everytime that there's a black on black crime no matter what it is that these forces prosper[that's why i wrote the post about liquor stores]we just go about our buiseness and say[well that's the way it's always been]and that's the problem,if we've learned anything from over 400 yrs here it's that the people still have a voice but we have to stick together[THE REAL CHALLENGE]remember the montgomery bus boycott,well it's gonna take something alone those lines on a national scale to effect any sort of scent of real hope i don't know what the boycott would be but i do know that something that strong would get those lazy a## politicians attention and make em do something...there's so much wrong being done to us by others and us,when is enough truly enough!
Brother, you made some strong points here. Regarding those forces that keep us divided, I agree. We may not be responsible for everything we think, but we ARE responsible for what we do. We've got to stop DOING destructive and counter-productive things to each other or at least keep them under control. If there's any thought in our head that doesn't lead to something positive, we need to fight that thought and eventually beat it so that we don't act on it. I know it's hard, but bad behavior habits can be changed.