tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374900441933683707.post2656332668953549765..comments2023-06-14T07:42:09.298-07:00Comments on the black issue: Obama Needs the Courage to Support Black Issues, Toothe black issuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13909212892157771943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374900441933683707.post-41760958793608510462008-08-20T18:37:00.000-07:002008-08-20T18:37:00.000-07:00Great analysis!This painful scenario of Obama's fa...Great analysis!<BR/><BR/>This painful scenario of Obama's failure to recognize Blacks as part of the human family as reparations paid to others did, is a direct result of those who took the individual road to self-repair, sold-out their ancestors, sold-out their culture, sold-out their media, sold-out their future generations, instead of using self-repair to strengthen Black hands to fight the good fight of justice and repair of their people to re-gain standing in the world as contributors instead of laborers for the elite. <BR/><BR/>Never forget, reparations are the cross-road solution to our human capital development. Infrastructure development comes with a reparations accord for Blacks in America which will outline the how to of repairing the damage.<BR/><BR/>We can still turn this around, but it will take not only bottoms up approach, but also a top-down approach. This dual approach is modeled when resources and the masses link to put our people before profits. This is the due order necessary to regain recognition as a contributing people in the world with culture, language, and all the attendant human capital possibilities. In a concept, let’s call it “Influence and Education for Reparations.”<BR/><BR/>The Black elite, locally and nationally must initiate this approach. Education about where we were, what happened to us, and which way forward now, will provide the foundational linkage and the influence of the elite will create the synergy for reparations. Therefore, the question now is who will man-up and step-up to negotiate and codify it. Can you identify anyone in Philadelphia, the Delaware Valley even, who is willing to take on this mission of influence and education? If not us who? No excuses!<BR/><BR/>Elder Ari S. Merretazon, M.S.CED <BR/>N'COBRA Board Member <BR/>Northeast Regional Representative <BR/>Co-Chair, Case Against Wachovia Committee <BR/>Member, Philadelphia Chapter <BR/>ncobraphiladelphia@comcast.net <BR/>http://www.ncobraphiladelphia.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com