Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Respect: Building Each Other Up! And the Need for more positive African-American blogging

Quick thought. . .

We need to focus on the positives in our community. Let's blog more about how we build up our communities. The stories are out there. It's our opportunity to report them.

Black men and women give back to their communities on a daily basis. They rarely get the credit they deserve. Their stories don't fit our oft-times cynical view of the black community. Their community service initiatives continue to challenge the zero-sum mentality too many of us have adopted . . . the image of dedicated brothas and sistas working with and for each other is something we don't see too often in the media.

As black people we've been preconditioned to hate each other. Don't believe me? Just type the words "black men" or "black women" on your next google search. You'll find a long list of websites, studies and YouTube videos dedicated to bashing black men and women. Forget the white man . . . we do it to ourselves.

Let's get one thing straight. . . self-destruction is not a revolutionary concept.

Ask yourself this question: As a people, do we expend more energy building each other up or tearing each other down?

Well, I for one am going to start posting A LOT more stories highlighting the positive work taking place in the black community.

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