jamesfrmphilly said:every advance in the black situation in this country has been the fruit of black people working together.
also, there are entire black countries. surely they must work together or they would not exist.
now there are always some blacks who will not work with the others.
these need to be deprogrammed and brought on line.
we have done it before and we can do it again.
Brother James ... i useta think like you, that all of us could be brought on board, labored with, and renewed in our thoughts, minds and Spirits ... i useta think like this ... but it is not to be, at least by me.
When i started this community, i had those thoughts. I believed that we could have a place where all of us could come together, commune, discuss, share, etc. I was quickly awakened to the reality that it could not be, even in a very small community as this.
I remember vividly the first person that i had to ban from here. It broke my heart to do, as it was my sincere intention to have a place for ALL of us to come together. His behavior was atrocious, and he was willfully disrespectful. I begged him to act civily, and he would do so for a minute, but was back to his old ways soon after. I banned him, forgave him, let him return, and banned him again ... this happened over and over ... until the Family began to look at me, as though i was the one being disruptful. They began to question my goals and purpose for the community, that i would allow them to be subjected to his disrespectful behavior.
Even though i loved him as my Brother, wanted him to be here with us, it was not to be.
The above has repeated itself more times than i can count, and we are a very small community. I can only imagine how it would be on a world-wide basis, trying to bring all of us together peacefully and respectfully.
This is not to suggest that there is no hope for these Sisters and Brothers that choose to wreak havoc on our (this) communities. I am not saying that. What i am saying, is that i don't know how to help them, while simultaneously maintaining high levels of peace and respect for those that honor such.
Perhaps there is someone out there that can help them, and all i can do is hope they find each other.
Destee