I also think that we have kinda killed our community involvement. I mean what is a community? Nowadays in our communities peeps just keep to them selves and there is very little interaction amongst families that comprise a community. If anything the community comes together only when theres a major problem or for political reasons. Theres never grass rootsy, simple, barebones discussions about family and raising children. Theres never any community wide programs put together like that.
When I was in High School we had weekly sessions called the "Black Male Support Group". It was tight cause we could discuss and air out differences dudes had around school and we could deal with very simple but important issues among young black men. Our sessions were headed by two or three older black men and It was very helpful. Unfortunaly allot of catts who came just came to get out of class.
>Rites of Passage >stuff every man should know... > >Then Fatherhood classes, teaching your son, >stuff every father should know. > > >Not just a workshop, but an >ongoing process involving, men of >all ages in the community. > > >The problem that we men have, >is deciding what kind of >men we want to make. > > >For instance, if we were to >teach every boy how to >be a mack and take >charge of his women...well you >can see how that works >out. > >If we encourage that, Don't let >another man ever get in >your face/respect thing.... > >As the honorable Minister L. Farrakhan >said, "what makes a man?" > > >holla back, >k. orr
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"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenship into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword.
It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And w