(ThyBlackMan.com) A Lesson from Trayvon Martin Trial and the
upcoming Jordan Davis Trial.
Has Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis died in vain?? Let me start off by stating that George Zimmerman got a fair trial. He had a jury of his peers, he was part
of the system and the system recognized him. Trayvon Martin, a young Black youth with so much potential to do great things in this world, he was loved by his father. Hell he knew his father and his father was Black. Trayvon knew his mother and his mother was Black. How many can say that?
Trayvon did not have a fair trial and he definitely did not have a jury of his peers. The term “the grass is greener on the other side” should make Black people reconsider their achievements and their status in America. Trayvon is not the only young Black man to die at the hands of a white man with a gun. Through the course of history there are millions of Trayvon Martins and Blacks should have learned this lesson before. Sometimes too many people get comfortable with their position in life and need to have a serious dose of reality like ice cold water thrown in their face to wake them up. 
Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis are in our faces Black people, so when are you going to wake up and see we must educate and empower our Black children with the knowledge that they are Black children in a world where the laws are different, the rules are different, the education is different, the rules
keep changing.
There should be a Trayvon Martin life month to celebrate the accomplishments of young Black men and women while they are still alive, doing good in their schools, churches and communities. This is a time for action and reflection to empower our youth. The civil rights struggles of the 50’s 60’s and 70’s and even into the 21st century have come to fruition in the opportunities that are available.
Andrew Young former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia stated, ”Higher educational opportunities, career opportunities, higher salaries and more are available to Blacks, better than any other country on the Earth.” Too many Blacks seem OK with having a target on their backs, because they refuse to educate and empower themselves with the tools to help them grow. We will never know what greatness Trayvon Martin would have achieved, but youth that are alive owe Trayvon their best in school, in church, in their communities and in life.
It seems Blacks are becoming too comfortable for their own good. Society has many comforts and distractions. Blacks now turn down jobs that they use to accept, don’t apply for scholarships for college and complain when asked to come to parent / teacher meetings at their children’s schools.
My Pastor states that “Your attitude changes so your appetite changes.” This represents that Blacks seem to enjoy being assimilated into this society, and forget their cultural heritage of family, spirituality and community unity. Instead of embracing each other we stab each other in the back, we have Colorism and Black racism on each other. If we can easily do it to each other, then other cultures think it is ok to do to us.
The ambitions and attitudes of Blacks have changed from God and family first to money and possessions first. Family is only as good as what they can do for each other not how they can help each other. Too many Blacks wait on the government to provide basic living support, sitting at home and
waiting for assistance.
The troubling aspect is that generational slaver comes when children reflect the ideologies of waiting for checks and food stamps. Their will to improve themselves is slowly drained by parents that accept their status as dependents on a government that gradually sees them as economic fodder, societal waste and now targets for bullets. We kill each other so others think it is OK to
kill us.
The Civil Rights movement has opened so many doors Blacks seem to have forgotten the sacrifices, deaths, lynching’s, beatings that occurred to give Blacks opportunities to compete. Educational advancement and career choices once thought of as unobtainable are now available; too many
Black youth make the excuse that math and science are too hard. Public education in the United States is still the best in the world. Blacks used the Bible to learn to read, copied scripture from the King James Bible to learn to write.
Today too many youth cannot tell you the Books of the Bible and who David and Goliath are. Parents are not reading anything, Trayvon Martins death should encourage the value and empowerment of life and education. He did not attend his graduation, so to honor his memory every Black child should graduate from high school for years to come. If not what is the excuse
now?
The question is “Are Blacks Too Comfortable?” In the entertainment industry Blacks have roles in TV series and movies, they are drug dealers,
pole dancers, real and fake house wives and have been elevated to mistresses of the President making a Scandal. What message does this send to our young Black girls?
Black have only risen as far as they are allowed us to and miss the fact that assimilation breeds association. Many people may disagree with me and many will call me names, but before you do that think…… Do you mentor children, do you volunteer in your community, do you work in your church, what level of education do you have. Do you have a library of books at your home for your children, do you take them to the library and museums where you live. How many times have you gone to your children’s school to attend meetings, PTA functions and School Board meetings?
Don’t criticize me if you are not doing most or all of the above, because I have and continue to do so. The truth is Trayvon Martins death is a opportunity to connect with our children, our communities, our schools and our churches. Embrace our accomplishments, honor those that lost their lives like Jordan Davis and others, encourage youth to forge ahead for future accomplishments.
The grass is not always greener on the other side when you allow yourself to be assimilated. Blacks have not fully arrived they just have the perception of arrival and the deception of total equality. As the Borg have stated on Star Trek the Next Generation, ”Assimilation is inevitable.”
There are too many youth assimilated into the prison system, too many single Black mothers assimilated into the welfare system, too many Black youth assimilated into Special Education systems. Too many Black men assimilated into lack of education and unemployment system.
We Remember; viewing the documentary “We Remember Raines” is a testament to the importance of Black teachers, the need for quality Black male and female teachers, the value of Black parents that give a damn about their children. It shows the changes that Blacks went through. Societal influences, we are in a time of change, but Blacks have to decide if it is for good or bad. No amount of government funding can save a community that embraces ignorance, cultural death, and self destruction, No amount of government funding can save a community that embraces ignorance, cultural death, and self destruction.
Are Blacks Too Comfortable?
Statistics and data tell a disturbing story. What are the solutions with Blacks making 13.5% of total US population and 31% are younger than 18, 19% of Blacks 25 and older have a Bachelor degree, 1.2 million Blacks 25 and older have advanced degrees, 64% of Blacks households are single parent homes. Data from Jacksonville Free Press – Dec 18-24 2008 A paradigm shift is here named Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis, will Blacks continue to be
assimilated or break free to their destiny of greatness.
Staff Writer; William D. Jackson
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