The Black man in America. It is a diverse and complicated picture. The CNN special on tonight, on being a black man in America was reverting. The Dyson brothers are a contrasting picture of two brothers, One a Princeton graduate and minister, the other a killer, who is sentenced to life in prison. it is a devastating view of the contrast in the family. Both brothers had it hard. Michael the Princeton grad raised a son in poverty, but reached a successful end. Edward his brother, joined the Marines and discharged. Then begin selling drugs on the streets.
In 1989 Edward, said a dying man’s last words saying that he shot him, sent him to jail for the rest of his life. But this segment created a bombshell of an issue. Dyson the fair skinned of the two felt that he had more opportunities because of skin color. Micheal Dyson feels this is the reason he had way more opportunities than his brother. This in itself has created ions of debate in the black community. That skin color can be a detriment. There’s not enough space to delve into this issue. But it is one to ponder.
These were not the only issues that were touched on. Absence of black fathers became a huge issue and successful black families were highlighted as well. Everyone has their own take on life in Black America, from difficulties in corporate settings to breaking the generational traps that has destroyed many black families.
Our challenge is to continue to discuss these issues and talk about the crises that is destroying the black family. Actually there are so many issues affecting the black community that I do not have enough space to deal with them all. So we will go on discussing the causes, but come away with one theme; that many blacks on panel stated. At some point a line must be drawn in the sand by black men and women to break the cycle of drugs, to break the cycle of being absent fathers, to break the cycle of unwed mothers with no father in site, all these are generational behaviors and acts that cannot be supported or condoned. They must be eliminated. The very survival of the black family depends on it.
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