What's highly disturbing to me is that I have to watch myself and family around my own people. Why? Some of my people have a tendency to rob, steal, and murder; this is highly disturbing in my book. Am I saying that white folks don't rob, steal, and murder? No. I could care less what they do because their actions don't effect my community. I'm not saying this to be mean spirited, but I do believe in getting my own house in order before I go straighten out other folks house. What does effect my community is when black people commit these crimes and the elders allow this foolishness to continue.........that hurts.
It upsets me to see great young black athletes going to prestigious white institutions instead of HBCUs. Why? It was the HBCU that paved the way for black athletes, therefore young black athletes should show some respect and boldly represent what afforded them the opportunity. It's a shame JSU can't find 8,000 black people out of 170,000 city population to support the basketball team consistently.
The reality is we have a terrible habit of not supporting each other, and this has nothing to do with white folks; but has everything to do with the black community. IMO, our community is crumbling because we don't stand for nothing and we've lost sight of what's important.
