Black Boys To Black Men
“No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it.”
- James Baldwin
As we move speedily through this year, here is what we know - Our young Black boys will never learn how to become good Black men and great Black parents unless they have as role models men who are resilient, strong, self-sacrificing and working.
My wife has a friend whose husband never quite got around to getting a job because he said that he was not able to find the ideal job in his chosen field. She begged him to work, not just to help out financially, but to also set a good example for their kids.
He refused to get a job. She gave up and they are now divorced. The word "loser," comes to mind.
This sort of behavior by too many of our "males" - I do not dignify this sort with the title of "man" - will continue the scourge that has become a community of single parent and too-young-parent homes, where the Black women are overworked and gangs terrorize the inhabitants. I tell you this: The strong Black Family is the key to our progress toward freedom. (As an aside, this is the reason we began publishing Family Digest Magazine several years ago. You can get a free subscription by going to http://www.FreeFamilyDigest.com.)
I can't snap my fingers and make this reality go away. But you and I can, working together - reverse the terrible trends that are eating the Black community up. My crusade, and I hope you join me, is to Strengthen the Black Family.
Enjoy Life!
Darryl L. Mobley - www.BlackMENBlog.com
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