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Promise Keepers
07.30.04 (11:25 am)   [edit]
Well, I didn't think I would be going to Promise Keepers. It is a nation-wide conference that is specifically prepared to bring men into the fullness of Jesus Christ. It is being held in Indianapolis this weekend. Originally the cost of attending was $60. Of course, my brother and I couldn't afford it. Plus we are trying to save every nickle and dime for our one year fellowship at Kanakuk Institute in Branson, Missouri next year. The director of Kanakuk, Joe White, will be speaking at the conference so it should give us a great opportunity to meet him and other Christian leaders. Good ol' Mr. Steve Fisher has stayed persistent in getting us to attend and has offered us tickets at half off. So we will be in Indianapolis this weekend. The conference is sold out.

You can check out Promise Keepers and other conferences that will be held this year at

promisekeepers.org

God Bless
 
Home Coming
07.23.04 (1:30 pm)   [edit]
Ever since I left for college at Indiana University I never really liked coming home. In fact, until recently I couldn’t. During my freshman year of college, my grandmother was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. I was busy with school and never really knew how sick my grandmother was. My mother told us that she was sick but never told us how bad it really was. I never thought too much about it until I went home to visit one time. The living room was completely different. Our couch was gone and replacing it was a hospital bed that my grandmother was now living in. She looked so weak, so frail, and so small.

My grandmother was no small woman. She, like my mother, was a heavy woman who enjoyed cooking and eating chicken, pork chops, hamburgers and other foods that were strictly for healthy eaters. She was a woman who was strong and had strength. She had served as a housekeeper for almost her entire adult life. I remember she would come home from work everyday and tell us stories about how many stairs she climbed, how many mattresses she flipped over and how many beds she stripped and made. Instead of going to sleep, she would immediately begin cooking dinner and would then be on her way to a long night of playing bingo. My grandmother was a mover and shaker, but was now rendered helpless to her dying bed.

It was only my mother and my grandmother living in my house. It was once a house full of people with my grandfather, my brother and I living in it. It got quiet after my grandfather died my sophomore year, but the noise of his screaming and loud television was soon replaced with the noise of all my friends coming in and out of the house. But with us leaving for college, the four bedroom home was now very quiet. And with my grandmother becoming terminally ill, my mother was in a predicament, wondering where she would live and what would happen to the house. In came my aunt.

My aunt is my mother’s younger and only sister. She used to live in my house with her son before we were born. She got pregnant with my cousin when she was sixteen. She dropped out of school and lived with her parents raising her child. Just before we were born, she moved out and got remarried. She then had a daughter who is four or five years younger than me. I am not condemning anyone, but my aunt and her children (although I love them) were thieves. I too was a thief, but I tried my best to never steal from anyone personally, especially from my family.

I remember I would come home from school and go immediately up to my room to make sure nothing had been stolen while I was at school all day. Many times my closet and drawers would be messed up entirely. I would know that someone had gone through my things but it would be so messed up that I wouldn’t know exactly what was stolen, at least not until I would see my cousin wearing my favorite shirt or my favorite shoes a few weeks later. But when I would see my clothes next, they would not be the same. They would either be dirty, have holes or stains on them to the point that I wouldn’t dare to even ask for them back.

Money was also taken. I couldn’t leave out a few dollars or some change on my dresser. I remember my mother would always have her money stolen. Many times she would blame my brother and me for taking her money. Of course it wasn’t us, but we got in trouble for it anyways. My grandmother would also have money taken from her room as well. She would never think to accuse my aunt or my cousins as she saw them in a so-called holy light. To her, they were angels who could do no wrong. My mother, my brother and I knew different.

My mother was not financially capable to take over the house payments, nor live in the home by herself. So my grandmother agreed that my aunt would come live in the house and take over the house payments. Of course, this was agreed upon without my brother’s or my consent.

It was March and my brother was planning on going down to Florida for Spring Break with his friends. I on the other hand had to stay in Bloomington to do community service, which was a stipulation for my class A misdemeanor I received for thief at Goody’s Department store at the end of my senior year in high school. My brother went home to pack for Spring Break. Along with him, he took his entire life savings back to Columbus. Some of this he was going to use for spring break, but he had close to a thousand dollars he was going to hide in his room. This money was money we received from financial aid that was to be used for personal expenses. Instead of acting foolish like many of our classmates and spend the money on pizza or partying, we saved the money wisely.

When my brother got back from spring back, he returned to find that his room was no longer his and all his stuff was no longer there. Most of it was moved up to my room, but other stuff had been thrown away completely. My aunt and uncles had done most of the moving. My brother went to find the money he hid in his room but it was gone. My aunt had stolen it. Then my brother went wild and demanded his money back. My aunt then told my mother that she found the money along with a whole bunch of drugs. My aunt told my mother that we were selling drugs and that was how we were paying to attend college.

I don’t believe my aunt ever fully repaid my brother, but after that we were no longer welcomed in our own house. The same house that we had lived and grown up in for over eighteen years. It was a tragedy but there was nothing we could do about it. My aunt would not allow my brother or me to return to our home. We could not visit or even stop by. Every time we did, she would immediately run outside the house, make a scene and threaten to call the police on us. If we ever wanted to visit our mother we would have to meet her someplace around town. Many times we met her at the Rally’s that was close to our house. Anytime we came home for a holiday or a weekend we had to stay with friends. We were blessed enough to have a job and a place to stay in Bloomington to not have to come home often.

As soon as my aunt took ownership over the house she began to fix it up. I believe she put a few thousand dollars into it. She also bought two new cars, one a trans-am and the other a mustang. She took out a big bank loan to cover the cost of buying the house and the two cars. I’m honestly not sure what happened next, but I began to hear that we were about to lose the house. I guess my aunt had been neglecting her house and loan payments. The bank then repossessed my home and gave my family a few weeks to move. My aunt was long gone before this happened. She knew what was going down and she began to live in another place. We lost the house and my grandmother and mother moved into an apartment a few miles from my old house.

We now live in a two bedroom apartment where my brother and I are welcomed to visit and stay if we need to. I am too sure what has become of my aunt. Every so often, including just this week, her name appears in the newspaper for being arrested. She never attends family get-togethers that include holidays or family reunions. I hear she is now remarried again. My cousins, her children, no longer have any type of relationship with her. They disown her and say things like, “She’s not my mother. As far as I’m concerned I don’t have a mother.” My mom sometimes makes comments like that as well about not having a sister.

My mother, my brother and I have gained peace without my aunt in our lives. It is almost like she was a ghost that nobody dares speak of for she might return in the middle of the night. She wasn’t a mean lady, just a woman who had many demons in her life. One bad family member can do a lot to destroy a family and lives of others in that family. There may be no reconciliation between my aunt and my family. I no she has caused lots of pain and suffering in my mother’s life, in her children’s lives and in my life for a brief period of time. There is no longer love present in my family for her, although we ask about her every so often.

I wish I could write an inspiring or hope-filled ending to this story. But I don’t believe it is possible. I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ enters my aunt’s heart and restores her and makes her a new. I know that it is usually when you are at the bottom of the rock when Jesus lifts you up, if you are willing to call upon His name. It has happened to me and to my brother and I know Jesus is powerful enough to work in the heart of my aunt.

God Bless
 
Inside Campaign Headquarters
07.19.04 (7:51 pm)   [edit]
Ladies and Gentlemen,

This could either be history in the making or another roadblock for the American Conservative movement. I'm sitting here in the campaign headquarters for Vernon Robinson who is running for U.S. Congress in the 5th congressional district of North Carolina.

Mr. Robinson is an Air Force Academy graduate who has been a strong advocate and supporter of conservative ideas and policies.

"Vernon Robinson is the most qualified Republican and the only real conservative running for Congress in the 5th District of North Carolina. He's a proven vote getter-the first Black candidate to win the votes of more than one million white voters in North Carolina history.

"Vernon doesn't head for the high grass when the Left turns up the heat. That's just not his style. He puts his trust in God, not his finger to the wind, and his record proves it."

Tomorrow's election will be the true test to see whether or not America is ready for a proven leader such as Robinson. He is a man of great stature, standing a good 6 foot, 5 inches, with an even greater sense of morality and common sense. He is a strong willed man who is willing to stand up for the beliefs of American people and the principles our nation was founded upon.

Check out Vernon Robinson at www.robinsonforcongress.com

Another big election for us is Herman Cain running for senator in Georgia. You can check out him and his campaign at

www.cainforussenate.org

Please pray for these two candidates as our nation and our people need them as leaders.

God Bless
 
Conservatism: A Vote or A Way of Life?
07.12.04 (2:37 pm)   [edit]
Someone wrote to me that they thought Conservatism was a political ideology rather than a way of living.

I wrote a post earlier titled, “My Hero is a Conservative.” Check my archives for the full article. It was about a woman named Julia Burney. She came from poverty and an abusive home. She turned to reading instead of drugs and alcohol. She became a secretary at the police station and after five years of training and hard work she became an officer. She then became the number one ranking officer in the entire world. She started an organization called Cops N’ Kids where officers give books to the local youth. This was a way to promote education, build strong and positive relationships between the police and the community, and, for Julia Burney, a way to spread her message of Jesus Christ, Christian morals, hard work and love for others in the community. I claimed that she embodied conservatism.

Immediately, one comment stated that she could not be a conservative because I didn’t discuss her political beliefs or philosophies. Well, I’ll be honest. I don’t know if Julia Burney knew anything about politics or political ideologies. She lived her life based on Biblical principles with an unrelenting love and passion to serve Him and His children. This could be said about me.

It wasn’t until really early in this year did I learn about politics. I never knew what the word conservative or liberal meant. I made it a point to not know about politics because I saw it as evil. Boy was I right. Anyways, my friend used to call me “the most conservative liberal he knew.” I didn’t know what that meant but I took to heart the fact that he called me a conservative. I claimed that I was not a conservative and thought that remark to be a negative bash to my character.

Anyways, I was called a conservative because I never smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol or did drugs in my life. I was staunchly opposed to premarital sex, cussing, and being disrespectful. I was always a humble person who worked hard at all I did, especially in school and at sports. There was always a religious tone to my character. I didn’t grow up in the church, had never read the Bible, and I didn’t know anything about Christianity or Jesus Christ. I always believed in God and felt He called us to live our lives in a pure manner that resisted negative peer pressure. Unfortunately I was never able to fully comprehend this or share this with any of my friends or peers growing up. But since my friend saw the conservative side in me, I’m sure it probably shown through.

He said I was liberal because I was a triple major in African American Studies, Spanish and Sociology. He once told me, “Either you’re the smartest person in the world, or the dumbest.” I was a part of a federal program for first generation, low income students. I received masses of federal financial funds for college. I was learning about racism and oppression in manners I never had before. I remember one time my friend told me to denounce communism. He is bigger than me, and he said, “Either you denounce communism or you won’t be leaving here tonight.” I quickly said, “I don’t know about communism, but I do know the ills and oppression caused by capitalism.” This was what had been embedded into my thinking since I enrolled at IU. He let me go without harm, but I was willing to risk life and limb to denounce capitalism. Looking back on it, I was a liberal. But, like most young Christian collegians, we become naïve liberals who are unaware of the liberal doctrine that becomes embedded into our everyday thinking.

Once I became serious about Jesus Christ and I read the question “God vs. Government?” posed in the book “Unfounded Loyalty” by Rev. Wayne Perryman did I begin to become a staunch conservative.

So my question is “Is conservatism about our everyday life and the way we live or rather only about our political philosophies?”

If it were only about political philosophies, Mrs. Julia Burney and I would not be able to be conservatives because we didn’t know anything about politics. Even though we lived conservative lifestyles, we would not be able to call ourselves conservative. This is a major problem with Black Americans who vote Democrat solely because they think it is “their” party. Many do not know about politics although they are considered politically active. But does the way they vote every few years or the way they live their lives on a daily basis have more say in who they really are?

As for me, I believe that conservatism is a manner in which you live, based on Biblical principles, hard work, strong family values, love and dedication to others in your community, self-respect, honor, etc. I believe if someone lives their life according to His will and according to these values and beliefs, regardless of how they vote (or don’t vote), they are a conservative. They are fighting the good fight.

Let me know what you think!

God Bless
 
Black Americans: Then and Now
07.08.04 (9:16 am)   [edit]
Then…slaves were branded of the flesh by their slave
owners so both the slaves and the slave owners
would know who they belonged to.
Now…our youth brand themselves by tattoos so the devil
will know who they belong to.

Then…families were split apart by slave owners.
Now…families are split apart by their own greedy and
sinful ways.

Then…slaves were not allowed to marry each other.
Now…we don’t even want to marry each other.

Then…families were so important that following
emancipation slaves would spend years
walking through the South to find their family.
Now…we do all we can to get away from our family.

Then…slaves could not raise their children.
Now…fathers avoid responsibility while mothers look to
government programs to help them.

Then…slave owners would threaten to kill our babies.
Now…we kill our own babies through abortion.

Then…education was not allowed to slaves and they had
to learn secretly.
Now…our youth drop out of school and say no to
education.

Then…we were hard workers with no opportunity.
Now…we have become lazy with tons of opportunity.

Then…KKK would kill and lynch our Black men.
Now…we kill ourselves through gang violence and
random acts of aggression.

Then...we fought racism by building strong families,
businesses and communities.
Now...we accept racism and let it destroy our families,
businesses and communities.

Then...we had the spirit "If Jesus is for me, who can be
against me?"
Now...we have the spirit "The White man and the system
is against me, I can't even be for myself"

Then…we were forced to vote Democrat by White racists.
Now…we go in droves to vote Democrat all by
ourselves.

Then…Jesus Christ was our provider and savior.
Now…Government has eroded our faith and we now
depend on government.
 
The Narrow Road
07.07.04 (6:20 pm)   [edit]
First off, my thoughts are no fantasy or stereotyping. They come straight from my personal experiences growing up and talking over the last few years with my many mentors and professors here at Indiana University (all of whom are Black).

Secondly, it is not MY brand of Christianity that I refer to and think will save Black American communities. It is rather Black American's Christianity that I speak of. It is this Christianity and Black Church that saved my life
and brought me out of my oppression. I was oppressed greatly before I knew Jesus Christ, but after He found me, He brought me out of my life full of sin and allowed me to see this world in a totally different light.

What about those who don't have those same
beliefs relgiously? Are they once again left out of the initiative?

This is one of the things that pierces my heart so sharply. We have Black Americans in our nation today that are not Christians, have abandoned their Christian faith, they have embraced other faiths and even worse we have Black Americans who may be Christian but accept the false beliefs and faiths of other Black Americans. This is whats most dangerous to our communities. Back in the day, the vast majority of Black Americans would never even fathom embracing another religion let alone abandoning Christianity. Those who have abandoned Christianity have abandoned their Black culture and heritage and have accepted the secular/liberal way of life that the White Liberal Elite
have pushed and smuggled into Black communities since the 1960s.

Everything happens for a reason, including slavery. Yes, it was wrong for European Americans to enslaveAfricans and take them from their native land. But all things intended for bad, will be turned to good in God's glory. If
slavery didn't happen, Black Americans would never have known Jesus Christ. If slavery didn't happen, Black Americans would never be able to become the
freest and wealthiest Black people in the world. Yes, slave owners tried to indoctinate the slaves with their false Christianity, but Africans embraced another element of Christianity that slave owners refused to provide them. The element that Jesus is a liberator, One who sees all His children in an equal light, and One who provides for those who call on His name. African
slaves embraced this brand of Christianity along with other White abolitionists from the North. From there slave revolts and escapes proceeded and the Civil War was fought where Jesus Christ won and set the slaves free.

The cut didn't happen with slavery, even though that was a dark period in Black (and White) history. Like I said slavery happened for a reason. If it didn't Black Americans would still be in Africa, living without Jesus and without the opportunity of economic wealth and prosperity that is so readily available to Black Americans here in our nation. The cut actually began with the Liberal Democratic Party who upheld slavery and Jim Crow laws with their political ideologies and power (which included socialism and communism). Dr.
King Jr. along with other Civil Rights heroes fought Jim Crow and segregation. What started as a moral battle from the pulpit of the Black church led into a legislative battle in the White House. The Democrats knew America stood behind Dr. King and the Civil Rights movement. They also knew it was only a matter of time before their power over Black Americans came to an
end. So what did they do? They acted like they were now best friends with Black Americans and began promising this and promising that. Without apologizing ever for their misconduct and sins of slavery and Jim Crow, Black Americans began to embrace the Democratic Party and saw legislation, rather than morality, as the answer to southern Blacks' situations. Instead of just following the Constitution which had been in place for well over 200 years, the Democrat Party began to legislate new (not really) laws. The Democrat
Party was only interested in maintaining the Black vote and maintaining the status quo and power over them. They were not interested in really helping Black Americans economically, socially or politically. As Star Parker puts it, the Democrat Party was the "Pimps" and Black Americans were the "whores" (those are her words not mine, although I agree with the relation). Then the Sexual Revolution began shortly afterword that completely destoyed our communities' morality and family values. Then drugs hit the scene just shortly afterwards and gutted out many of our communities and families because after embracing the Democrat Party, their values and the Sexual revolution, our self-control, self-responsibility and Christian morals were broken to an all time low. Because of this, well-off Black families left the Black community so they could raise their children in a better environment. Along with their families, they took their businesses and their economic wealth that sustained their communities for so many years. So Black communities were then gutted out morally, economically, and spiritually. You can blame that directly on the liberal Democratic Party, the Sexual Revolution, and our liberal Democratic leaders and politicians that took us down that road. It started off when Black Americans embraced W.E.B. DuBois over Booker T. Washington and ended when Black Americans abandoned their Christian faith, their communities and the party that set them free and held the most promise
for them. So while many people blame the liberal Democratic party, others blame Black Americans who unfortunately embraced liberalism and the Democratic
Party. I more so blame the liberal Democratic party and their liberal agenda, but it would be irresponsible of myself to not blame our own doings as well. Now we have two economic systems in our nation: capitalism for the rich and socialism for the poor. Thats why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. We need everyone to have the same economic opportunities in our nation and that begins first with reclaiming our faith in Jesus Christ, reclaiming our strong family values that permeates throughout Black culture and heritage, and abandoning the Democratic Party and liberalism.

The answer is Jesus Christ and Conservatism. My solution is very narrow and limited. "For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Narrow is the gate and
difficult is the way which leads to life and there are few who find it" (Matthew 7:13-14).

I have strong faith that Black Americans will find and eventually take the narrow road.

God Bless
 
Dr. Cosby As a Valid Voice?
07.06.04 (1:19 pm)   [edit]
Dr. Cosby came from humbling beginnings. Most importantly, he came from the heart of the Black community. He faced just as much hardships and adversity as any other Black American growing up then and now. Like many young males of his time, he dropped out of high school and went into military service. He understood the importance of education and went back to college and earned both a bachelor’s and a doctorate degree (Ed.D.) in education. He came from the old school. He is old school. He came from a family and community that raised him to believe that “If God is for you, who can be against you?” This was the anthem and motto of strong Black families and communities of his day. He grew up in old school buildings that were ran down and had no type of funding like public schools of today receive. All they had was a strong Black Christian teacher who taught them the importance of God, Christian values, hard work, commitment to community and family, love for their race and love for themselves. They didn’t need federal government money or federal social programs. They didn’t need tutors, mentors, Big brothers or anything else. They had two strong parents at home that disciplined them, loved them, provided for them and taught them right from wrong. They also lived in a community that knew everybody and looked out for one another. There was a strong triangle between the school, the family/household and the community with the church and Christian faith at the center of it all. The Black community valued education and hard work. They taught the youth that they could be whatever they wanted to be if they put God first and believed in themselves. Black parents would strongly discipline their children if they talked, dressed or acted the way our youth do today. They would strongly disagree with and oppose the negative influences that harm our youth today such as drugs, tv, video games, hip hop and rap music, etc. Dr. Cosby grew up in a community where Black women and Black men loved each other and married each other until death did them part. He lived in a community that was adamant about opportunities and sacrificed their lives to obtain opportunities for their youth. This held true for all Black communities and Black Americans who grew up and lived in them prior to the 1960’s.

Dr. Cosby came from hardships and struggles to become one of the most highly successful and regarded Black Americans in our nation. He went through college and received the highest degree he could in his field. That along with his personal experiences led him to have a great insight into the everyday lives of Americans and American youth in our nation. This made him very successful at entertaining millions of Americans on a regular basis. Through this high rate of financial success and visibility, he used his platform to uplift his people and his communities. He has been a cheerful philanthropist, advocate for HBCU’s, advocate for youth and most importantly an advocate and model for decency and Christian conservative values in the media. He has committed his life to serving Black Americans, Black youth and Black communities. His love runs deep and it shows in his sitcoms and political/social commentary. Dr. Cosby is a hero and a champion of Black culture and heritage. He should be regarded and treated as such by the people in whom he fights for on a daily basis. Instead, we have Black Americans in our nation who say that he doesn’t represent Black Americans or Black communities, that he is out of touch with Black people, that he is no longer Black himself, that he is but a puppet for White Americans and the elite of our nation, or as youth may call him simply a “hater”.
Well think about this:

1. You come from a Black community (one that is impoverished) or you come from a single-parent Black household, you face opposition and obstacles such as racism and poverty in your life, you overcome them by yourself and go onto college where you earn the highest degree in your field and are recognized as one of the most successful people in what you do, you love your family and community and dedicate your life to serving them and serving Jesus Christ. Because of your hard work, faith and success you have went from poverty to wealth but you never forget your roots.

2. You come from a wealthy Black family and both your parents are married and have great jobs. They provide substantially for you and put you through private Christian schools, teach you about hard work and Christian morals and values. They teach you about Black history and heritage and tell you that you can be anything you want to be. You face no hardships or struggles but you know that your parents, grandparents and ancestors did to make sure that you have everything that they didn’t. You go onto Stanford and earn a doctorate degree and dedicate your life to serving Black Americans, Black communities and Jesus Christ. You live modestly with your family.

Well, Dr. Cosby, like many of us, comes from the first option. He went through everything we did both in his struggles before college and his successes during and after. This does not mean that he should be disregarded as a voice for Black Americans and Black communities because he is now wealthy and successful. If this is true, none of us who overcome obstacles, go onto college and become successful can be a voice for our people or communities. Especially those Black Americans who go onto graduate school and earn Ph.D. and masters degrees. By the thought process of many Black Americans who disregard Dr. Cosby, Black graduate students cannot be valid voices for our people neither because they now have privilege and wealth. This means that those of us who may have went through poverty, discrimination, the judicial system, through an environment filled with drugs, despair and hopelessness (all things in which I have gone through) and overcome them to go on to earn a Ph.D. cannot be a valid voice for those in which he came from. For Graduate students who disregard Dr. Cosby as a voice for Black Americans, have also rendered themselves useless and invalid in dealing with issues that affect poor and minority people of our nation. They should quit school so they can maintain their “street credibility.” Education is supposed to be a tool for us to help out those who are less fortunate, rather than be a divider for those who can and cannot speak up for the less fortunate. I have many people who grew up the same way I did. I overcame and succeeded in the face of all odds, they on the other hand did not. They dropped out of school, are now enslaved by drugs and sin, are lazy, have no passion and no drive and are nearly worthless to themselves, their community and society. Would you rather have them be the voice of our people and community because they are the “real” people of our community or someone like yourself who overcame and pushed through to succeed just so you could become an advocate for your people?

Also those who come from the second option also have a valid voice because they see our problems from a different, yet credible, view. They know what it is to be successful, because their parents and household showed them their whole lives. They are not “White” because they lived in the suburbs or because they speak proper English. They are not “Uncle Tom’s” because their family owns businesses or has gained wealth from their hard work. They are just as “Black” and probably even more so because their family has stayed consistent with the Black culture and heritage over the years rather than assimilate to the secular/liberal/sinful culture of others. That culture is similar to the one that Dr. Cosby grew up in: marriage, hard work, self-autonomy, strong Christian faith, strong family and community values, etc. Other people claim “Black” means being hard, speaking in ebonics, growing up fatherless, in poverty or in the projects, doing bad in school, going to prison, listening to rap and hip hop, etc. That isn’t Black culture and has done its best to destroy real Black culture. Especially by those who uphold urban hip hop culture such as Dr. Micheal Eric Dyson. Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, John McWhorter, Star Parker and other Black conservatives are the real voice for Black culture and heritage. They are the real Black heroes, not those professors who hide in Ivy League institutions who have no real connection to the Black community and only think in theory rather than in reality.

Dr. Cosby, like most of us, has personal experiences and hardships that he has overcome and still sees as existent in our people’s lives today. It is from these experiences that we must gain our common sense and solutions. I believe the 3 major problems/issues (although there are several more) that affect Black people in our nation today is:

1. Immorality (in particular sexual immorality)
2. The destruction of the Black family
3. Lack of ownership in our communities

All these problems, especially the first two, can be handled and taken care of by us. The solutions are simple. They may not be easy, but they are simple. We must take back our communities and shape them into strong Christian communities much like they were before the Civil Rights era and the Sexual Revolution. The Black church must regain its stronghold on our people, especially the youth. We must dismantle the U.S. department of Education and take back our schools. We must have complete autonomy and ownership over our schools. They must be privatized and localized so our youth can once again be taught by strong Black Christian teachers who live next to them, know their parents, love them and teach them strong Christian morals and values. Also, these strong Black Christian teachers can teach them to love themselves, love their race and community and teach them the motto “If God is for me, who can be against me?” The schools can therefore reinforce the values that are taught in their homes and at church, rather than conflict with them like in today’s educational systems. Then the schools can stress Christian morals, family values, and the strengths and positives of capitalism and the free market system. The schools can teach them to be self-assured, self-motivated, self-starters of business in their communities. Taking back our schools and going back to church and our Christian heritage would take care of the first two problems, along with throwing away our radios and tvs. Hip Hop and BET has done more to destroy our youth than every single Jim Crow law ever made. The last problem can be taken care of through dismantling the federal government’s stronghold on our poor communities. They own our communities and we are rendered slaves. We need to be smart with our money and begin to invest in things that appreciate like homes, property, stocks, and businesses. Black American’s wealth would be the 10th strongest economy in the world, but yet we have no real economic power in our own communities. We need to get rid of government and environmental regulations on small businesses. We need to put our faith back into Jesus Christ and let Him provide for us rather than the government or a welfare-state.

So what we need to do is know our real history, culture and heritage: that which is centered on the Christian faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. We must regain control and autonomy over our communities and our schools. We must put our Christian faith first and the church must regain its influence in our community’s lives, especially the youth. We must start our own businesses and begin owning property in our communities. Stop Hip Hop music and culture. Marry each other until death do us part, raise our children, teach them Christian values and morals, take advantage of all positive opportunities, invest in our communities and each other. Stop the federal government’s enslaving of our people and let Jesus Christ be our savior and provider. This is what we must do.