There are only so many problems a person can solve, and it becomes exponentially more difficult when people are unwilling to change. It starts with the black family structure and the values we instill, from there the career paths that we take, and the positions we hold in order to change policy. That can't generally happen when the problems that I elaborated on earlier still exist (the ones within the black community). We also take on a rather large amount of white liberal ideas that negatively affect us. All, in all, some problems I am incapable of solving, because the vast majority of our community will not change and will continue this endless circle where the sons and daughters continue the same destructive path (IE. you cannot fix people who think there is nothing wrong with them, or people who are comfortable in their pain and anguish).
All I can do (which I already do), is help those and mentor those within my vicinity. I can't fix the black community because I am one man who was raised with values and self respect which is not a popular thing to the majority of youths and the lower class. I can't help but wonder. If James Baldwin existed today, maybe he would be laughed at for his manner of speaking, and the way he approached things... or maybe no one would listen at all.
There is a part of me that wonders... if BLM did attempt to better the community by instilling values, pushing for better sexual education, pushing for a better black family unity... I wonder if people would stop listening because it doesn't push the blame on everyone else...
You can't save what doesn't want to be saved. In addition, their demands to hold white people accountable for their injustices, while commendable, will ultimately go virtually nowhere. Why? Because white people, on average have no interest in being held accountable. They just want to watch the annual slave movie of the year, tap into a little white guilt, pat themselves on the back and go back to their everyday lives.
I had high hopes for BLM in the beginning. But, I came back to reality.
I would also like to add, that I find it amusing that you remember an old post where I said I was a problem solver. I am glad you remember that. Some problems can't be solved. I still can't solve the problem of getting justice from the woman who raped me. Nor can I solve the problem of why the black women friends I have had in the past get angry with me when I say I find it difficult to get close to "sistas" after what happened to me. Hell, I can't even talk about it at a group therapy session without feminists in that session either yelling at me, laughing at me, or derailing it. I know my limits, Beasty. And, as it stands, currently, there are many problems that I am not in a position to change as one man. Maybe one day, but that day is not today.
Either way, that is my two cents. I return the question to you. What will you do to solve it?
what's your hat size?
