BLACK BROTHER.......

THE BLACK MAN HAS BEEN TORN DOWN THROUGHOUT HISTORY.  THE REACTIONS OF ALL THIS PAIN AND SUFFERING ARE THE THINGS THAT WE EXPERIENCE FROM THEM NOW.    THESE THINGS ARE SO MUCH BIGGER THEN THE HERE AND NOW, THIS IS A GENERATIONAL CURSE THAT ARE MEN ARE WRAPPED UP IN.  ONLY GOD AND STRENGTH CAN BRING THEM OUT.  IT ALSO DOESN'T HELP THAT MANY WOMEN DESTROY GOOD MEN AND ME WHO PUT FORTH AN HONEST EFFORT.  MEN DEAL WITH THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE DO, JUST IN A DIFFERENT MANNER.  JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EMOTIONAL AND RUNNING AROUND CRYING AND ACTING BIPOLAR DOESN'T MEAN THEY AREN'T HURTING.  SOCIETY HAS MADE WOMEN FEEL THAT THESE MEN THAT CAME FROM KINGS ARE NO LONGER HEIRS TO THE THRONE.  SOCIETY PAINTS A PICTURE THAT IS LESS APPEALING THEN THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BLACK MAN AND THE YEARS OF HARDSHIP THEY HAVE HAD TO ENDURE.  AT SOME POINT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO EMBRACE OUR BROTHERS AND GIVE THEM SAME BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT WE WANT AND DESERVE.

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR BROTHERS?  HAVE YOU EVER IMAGINED THE PAIN THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING A BLACK MAN?  WHAT IF YOU WERE A KING WITH MANY WIVES AND CHILDREN, HIGHLY RESPECTED, STRONG AND POWERFUL..... THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT CHANGED.  WHAT IF YOU WENT FROM BEING AND HAVING EVERYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE TO BEING PROPERTY AND BEING TREATED LIKE THE LOWEST FORM OF LIFE.  CAN YOU IMAGINE WATCHING YOUR WIVE, MOTHER AND/OR DAUGHTER RAPED AND BEAT AND NOT BEING ABOUT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?  WELL THIS IS ONE SMALL PART OF THE PAINFUL EXISTENCE OF THE BLACK MAN.  BEING BROKE DOWN AND REDUCED TO NOTHING WHEN YOU ONCE FELT AS THOUGH YOU HAD EVERYTHING.  THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE DECLINE OF THE BLACK MAN.  THESE THINGS SET THE STAGE FOR MANY OF THINGS TO COME.  FORCED TO BE FATHERS TO CHILDREN THAT YOU KNOW BELONGED TO THE MASTER.  NOT BEING ALLOWED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR FAMILY AND BE THE HUSBAND AND FATHER THAT GOD CREATED YOU TO BE.  EVEN AFTER SLAVERY, ALL THE WAY TILL NOW BLACK MEN ARE STILL TREATED UNFAIRLY AND OPPRESSED BY SOCIETY.  DENIED RIGHTS AND THE ABILITY TO CARE FOR THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.  TREATED UNFAIRLY AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN THE WORK PLACE BECAUSE A UNEDUCATED WHITE MAN IS BETTER THEN TEN BLACK MEN WITH DEGREES.  YOUNG BOYS AND MEN PLACED IN JAIL AND THEN RELEASED TO SOCIETY WITH NO RESOURCES.  PUT IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY FEEL OBLIGATED TO DO ILLEGAL THINGS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY.  THESE ARE THE STORIES OF SO MANY BLACK MEN.    NOW PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG, MEN ARE NOT INNOCENT BY ANY MEANS BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS THERE ARE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO MANY OF THE NEGATIVE PRESS BLACK MEN GET.  IN 2011 WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES.  OUR COUNTRY MADE HISTORY WITH THE ELECTION OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.  HOWEVER, HE IS HISTORICALLY THE MOST DISRESPECTED PRESIDENT TOO..... WHY, BECAUSE HE IS BLACK!!!  THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER LESS CAPABLE PRESIDENTS THAT DIDN'T GET THE TREATMENT THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA RECEIVES.  THIS IS PROOF THAT THERE IS A LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE BLACK MAN.   

WOMEN, WE ARE NO BETTER!!! A LOT OF US TEAR BLACK MEN DOWN INSTEAD OF BUILDING THEM UP.  WE FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT SOCIETY WANTS US TO DO.  HOWEVER, WHEN YOU TEAR DOWN THE BLACK MAN, YOU ARE ALSO TEARING DOWN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY UNIT.  IT IS TIME FOR US TO GET IT RIGHT.  OUR CHILDREN NEED THEIR FATHERS JUST AS MUCH AS THEY NEED THEIR MOTHERS.  MANY TIMES WOMEN SERVE AS A CRUTCH FOR MEN AND THIS IS NOT AT ALL WHAT I AM SUGGESTING.  IT IS GOOD TO BE SUPPORTIVE BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE CONTROL AND TAKE ON THE ROLE OF THE MAN.  MEN BY NATURE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STRONG, GOD WANTED THEM TO BE THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY.  HOWEVER, MANY TIMES FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY AREN'T.  SOME WOMEN TAKE CARE OF MEN THEY ALLOW THEM TO BE LAZY.  YOU SHOULD BE MOTIVATING HIM TO TAP INTO HIS GREATNESS AND PUSHING HIM TO CLIMB MOUNTAINS AND TEAR DOWN WALLS.  EVEN IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN, NEVER STOP HIM FROM BEING A FATHER TO HIS CHILDREN IN ANY CAPACITY.  HE MAY BE A HORRIBLE BOYFRIEND BUT A GREAT FATHER.  YOU CAN'T MAKE YOUR CHILDREN SUFFER FOR THE PAIN THAT HE MAY HAVE CAUSED YOU.  CHILDREN LOVE THEIR PARENTS REGARDLESS TO THEIR FLAWS.....  I KNOW THAT MANY TIME WE FEEL THAT THE FATHER HAS NO RIGHT TO THE CHILDREN IF THEY AREN'T PROVIDING FOR THEM FINANCIALLY BUT THIS HURTS THE CHILD MORE THEN ANYTHING.  SOME BATTLES AREN'T YOURS, THEY ARE THE LORD'S SO LET HIM HANDLE IT..........  WOMEN WE HAVE TO GET IT TOGETHER AND HELP OUR BROTHERS GET IT RIGHT.  SO THAT OUR SONS CAN BREAK THE GENERATION CURSE A WALK IN THE GREATNESS OF THE KINGS THAT CAME BEFORE THEM..........