Bob Ivory, Curtis Jewell, Steve Anthony, Jordan Jenrette White, David Burks, Mack McClendon, Rafiki Cai, Corttrell Kinney, Donté Gibbs, Brian J. Anthony, Marcus Dawson et al, This entire piece is a MUST read. Just one of the messages contained highlighted below: I asked Coates about the best way to help black men who are struggling, and he didn’t point to a particular program. Instead, he said, “If there’s one thing that’s missing in our country, it’s an acknowledgment of the broad humanity of black folks. Racism—and anti-black racism in particular—is the belief that there’s something wrong with black people … and I mean something in our bones.” He continued, “In our own community, we’ve internalized this. We wonder if we lack moral courage.” “I want the country to understand that there’s nothing wrong with us,” Coates says, with urgency in his voice. “Things have happened in this country, but there’s nothing wrong with us. My job is to help close the gap between what they see in us and who we actually are.”
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:22:21 +0000
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