I don't really know how much more I can take. The level of frustration is just about maxed out. Everyone is analyzing the black male. (See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13560066/) This is a very interesting article. At least the mainstream media is speaking about the issue. Although if you look closely you'll see - there's no solution. But, why would there be a solution? Why would the mess media want to highlight that solution? Doesn't the power structure continue to benefit from having subservient black males, who can still be worked from sun up to sun down, for minimal wages, all while destroying Negro families?
But, if you think I'm going to throw stones at the establishment, you must read the previous post on this blog: Reparations is not throwing stones. So, let's talk about the solution...
This topic has come up many times of late: the tremendous learning curve to be a TRUE man. This isn't even a problem only in Negro communities. It's also a dilemma for Caucasians, and others. But, this article highlights an important issue: the faulty image of manhood leads to frustration (anger) which Solomon would tell us leads to our demise.
How could it be manhood to be servile? Humility and servility are not the same. Servility relates to forced labor. Humility doesn't ask someone to be ashamed of who God made them. It does not say to hide the deep voice God gave you. Nor does it ask you to hide the physical stature the He blessed you with. Humility does not request that you act sheepishly. Servility makes you one way before some people and another way before others. Humility makes you the same (humble) before all people.
Manhood is humble - but not servile. How can we stand up for our families and our communities if we are servile? Servility lets "anything go..." and our family and the community go right along with it. The women are thrown off by a lack of manhood, and sent into disparate directions trying to fill the manhood void themselves. Children are thrown off by the lack of family guidance that results from the lack of manhood that leads to the depletion of womanhood. The neighborhood is thrown off by the lack of strong families to serve as anchors for the community. All of this because we are part of a system that is proven to be frustrating.
There is no social welfare program that can fix this problem. This must be fixed through our own initiative, by the grace of God. Men must learn to be men. My brothers, we must stop the madness and return to the faith of our ancestors. Think about the countless ones who took the lash rather than stand by and watch slave masters rape their wives and beat their children. We always hear of those servile ones who stood by and did nothing - that's what they want us to hear. They want us to think that our ancestors did nothing, and so we too are to stand by and watch the destruction of our families.
But, I ask you to think of those humble men who defended their families and stood strong and courageous in the fear of the Lord. Reparations demands that we learn about and emulate those men. Reparations calls the Negro woman to use her stature in society to promote the Negro man, rather than run by him in the name of career and achievement. No, I don't say she shouldn't work or shouldn't achieve. I just ask that she endeavor to not do it to the detriment of the man. We all must understand and appreciate the history at work in these situations. Therefore, I ask the sisters to realize the damage done to a man's sense of self-worth and value to his community in your pursuits. I ask the sisters to realize that this damage to the self-worth of a man is equally damaging to her, their children and the community. Think about it for a minute, sisters. Before you dismiss it as chauvinist, please try to think of three reasons why it could prove damaging to the overall picture.
Maybe someone out there has a solution...let's hear it. We are in this together. I don't know how we do it, but I know it must be done. We must reclaim manhood if we are to repair nations, and get our Reparations.
But, if you think I'm going to throw stones at the establishment, you must read the previous post on this blog: Reparations is not throwing stones. So, let's talk about the solution...
This topic has come up many times of late: the tremendous learning curve to be a TRUE man. This isn't even a problem only in Negro communities. It's also a dilemma for Caucasians, and others. But, this article highlights an important issue: the faulty image of manhood leads to frustration (anger) which Solomon would tell us leads to our demise.
How could it be manhood to be servile? Humility and servility are not the same. Servility relates to forced labor. Humility doesn't ask someone to be ashamed of who God made them. It does not say to hide the deep voice God gave you. Nor does it ask you to hide the physical stature the He blessed you with. Humility does not request that you act sheepishly. Servility makes you one way before some people and another way before others. Humility makes you the same (humble) before all people.
Manhood is humble - but not servile. How can we stand up for our families and our communities if we are servile? Servility lets "anything go..." and our family and the community go right along with it. The women are thrown off by a lack of manhood, and sent into disparate directions trying to fill the manhood void themselves. Children are thrown off by the lack of family guidance that results from the lack of manhood that leads to the depletion of womanhood. The neighborhood is thrown off by the lack of strong families to serve as anchors for the community. All of this because we are part of a system that is proven to be frustrating.
There is no social welfare program that can fix this problem. This must be fixed through our own initiative, by the grace of God. Men must learn to be men. My brothers, we must stop the madness and return to the faith of our ancestors. Think about the countless ones who took the lash rather than stand by and watch slave masters rape their wives and beat their children. We always hear of those servile ones who stood by and did nothing - that's what they want us to hear. They want us to think that our ancestors did nothing, and so we too are to stand by and watch the destruction of our families.
But, I ask you to think of those humble men who defended their families and stood strong and courageous in the fear of the Lord. Reparations demands that we learn about and emulate those men. Reparations calls the Negro woman to use her stature in society to promote the Negro man, rather than run by him in the name of career and achievement. No, I don't say she shouldn't work or shouldn't achieve. I just ask that she endeavor to not do it to the detriment of the man. We all must understand and appreciate the history at work in these situations. Therefore, I ask the sisters to realize the damage done to a man's sense of self-worth and value to his community in your pursuits. I ask the sisters to realize that this damage to the self-worth of a man is equally damaging to her, their children and the community. Think about it for a minute, sisters. Before you dismiss it as chauvinist, please try to think of three reasons why it could prove damaging to the overall picture.
Maybe someone out there has a solution...let's hear it. We are in this together. I don't know how we do it, but I know it must be done. We must reclaim manhood if we are to repair nations, and get our Reparations.
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