Every year for Dr. King’s Birthday going into Black History month you hear phrases, “the revolution” or “the struggle“ are talked about in the past tense. When you hear names like Malcolm X, Huey Newton, Rosa Parks.
Why do our people as a whole think the struggle is over? Do we not still have struggles? Where are the true new age revolutionaries? The fact that people are suffering and kids are dying not enough to wake the struggler in you?
Over the years it seems like most black organizations have lost their zing or ability to motivate a people? Remember slogans like “Power to the people” and “No Justice No Peace” were chanted with pride and meaning, but today we seem to say them when prompted. Our people as a whole have not received any real power until we can feed every family in our communities.
We have become too satisfied with a hand full of our people doing wonderful instead of a nation doing ok. We should have never stopped fighting or settled.
All The black organizations were not just marching/rallying, but they were a movement of actions. They knew that if you talked the talk you had to walk the walk. Sacrifices were made for the progress of a people.
When I ask what happened? No one has offered any real answers. The way I see it and a lot of my peers there are only two organizations motivating the people not the elite.
The National Action Network is one of those organizations. They know the struggle lives on!
Yet, many of us have not still joined and will still blog and rant about not having Equality and Justice but why do we not join local organization and get fired up? I’m not saying we have not gained anything.
We have had a Black President and African America’s work in plenty board rooms when before you would never see them, but just think where we would be today if we never got happy with what was given to us.
It could be the people have lost heart and became selfish? The “I” “me” syndrome has taken over our people. At a time when jobs and homes are lost every day. At a time when College tuition is going up and scholarships are going down.
When the homeless rate grows each day and the right to vote is being threatened. What will motivate our people to move to action? I ask you what can this generation do?
I encourage more organization to listen more to what this generation has to say and work together to change it. If your organization has a youth division bring your children to join.
The lessons I have learned from attending meeting on the planning stages in National Action Network and others. Could have never been taught to me in a classroom.
This Black History month New Year or whatever you need to tell yourself to get yourself engage in change just take action get involved and do something.
