The Aware Negro

tcmoney33 says:

illa_boy has a point, but, I believe that the black man has the power to take authority over his own community amongst the men, as opposed to blaming the white man, and blaming women, for what they won't give to him. It's obviously not every black man, but for those to whom it applies, hopefully, he sees that his power has not been taken from him. In the word of God, it says, "cast down, but NOT destroyed." That is, for he who believes, no man, and I mean, no man, can take away the image of Great power and worth that God has placed within you. You are you from beginning to end. Just as God made you in His image, He, that is, God is the beginning and the ending, and the image that He has given, cannot be taken away. Look at your physical image. After all of these generations, you have not changed. So, that is within you cannot be taken away, and this is part of the story of Joseph in the bible. No oppression can take away what God has placed within you. Take authority over the gangs in your community, take authority over the drug use and dealers within your community. Taking authority over your own men will bridge the gap to those things that are due to you. You have a place, and it is not in the jails, and it is not in the stereotypes nor the limitations, but it is you who has to establish your place, for it will not be given to you by men. You Will have to work for it, by the sweat of your brow…