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Originally Posted by Beechie
Just curious as to what part of my last paragraph were you at odds with blueash? Healing requires both the Police and the Black Community to accept their responsibilities moving forward. A Police Force deemed acceptable to the black community would not equate to the elimination of crime. Respect for the law and fair treatment of it's citizens would make this discussion go away but we need to be honest and leave our pride at the door in order to remedy.
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Black leaders need to be honest about fixing the problems within their communities and get to the source of this systemic problem.
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I would suggest that it is not the job of black leaders, whomever you think that means, to fix the problems. I think all of the ones you might name have been forthright about reducing single parenting, avoiding criminal acts, respecting the law and obeying police, staying off drugs. If you are not aware of what they have suggested, it is because those comments may not make it onto the MSM.
"We need fathers to recognize that responsibility doesn’t just end at conception. Too many fathers are M.I.A., too many fathers are AWOL, missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it.”
Mr. Obama, telling the mostly black audience not to “just sit in the house watching ‘SportsCenter,’ ” and to stop praising themselves for mediocre accomplishments.
“Don’t get carried away with that eighth-grade graduation,” he said, bringing many members of the congregation to their feet, applauding. “You’re supposed to graduate from eighth grade.”
We need families to raise our children,” he said at the service on Sunday. “We need fathers to recognize that responsibility doesn’t just end at conception. That doesn’t just make you a father. What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child. Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father"
And what has Sharpton said about the issues in the black inner city?
"We're making it fashionable to be down there on the floor, embracing it, and cool to be black and doing jail time. To be having eight kids from eight different baby mamas. I think that's sick.
I will always preach that black men must take responsibility for their children. I've never taught anyone that the inequality and unfairness they might face is an excuse or a justification not to do everything in their power to overcome. While women like my mother made sure that my generation was challenged by what we didn't have, now it seems to define us, limit us, break us"
Are these not clear calls for improvement in the black community? I know, you never saw this stuff. Is calling it "sick" strong enough for you?
And now that I've addressed your concern, I still await those statements you believe that "fanned the flames" to use your phrase.