Black History Month?

Question

First Barack Obama will announce his official run for the presidency, and the Super bowl, which in my opinion should be called the "Soul Bowl" with 2 African American coaches. Then's there are the Academy Awards, where the is a record number of African Americans nominated, most of who are favs to win...Times like these should make you proud to be black in America in 2007.

What do you (or someone you know) plan to do to leave YOUR mark on Black History this year?

bossyb--WTG great answer!!! Aint that the way....

Old Guy: While I appreciate the info...you didn't answer the question.....What do YOU plan to do, not what everybody needs to do.....Thanks! :)

Answer 1

I plan to take the time each day and learn a new fact about african american leaders, inventions, and heritage that I don't know. I want to start with Huey Newton and Angela Davis. That way as my sons grow up I will be well equipped to teach them facts about our culture that they won't get a chance to learn about in school.

Answer 2

Proud ?????, because Jennifer Hudson won a award, proud because two African American coaches are coaching in the super bowl in a sport they dominate..........please, (bless your heart) there are more pressing issues, like segregation here in America, high unemployment rate...social programs cut from African American neighborhoods....schools not afford the same amenities as there neighboring counterparts......How does any of those things you just listed help this generation or the next, in Americans society....as a whole ?

Answer 3

All Blacks need to do is quit doing crime, take care of their families, support the society, quit freeloading off the welfare system, and become true Black Americans. Why don't you all try to make your mark by doing the above.Here's what a real Black American Pastor wrote.
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By Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Say a hurricane is about to destroy the city you live in. Two questions:
What would you do?
What would you do if you were black?

Sadly, the two questions don't have the same answer.

To the first: Most of us would take our families out of that city quickly to
protect them from danger. Then, able-bodied men would return to help others
in need, as wives and others cared for children, elderly, infirm and the
like.

For better or worse, Hurricane Katrina has told us the answer to the second
question. If you're black and a hurricane is about to destroy your city,
then you'll probably wait for the government to save you.

This was not always the case. Prior to 40 years ago, such a pathetic
performance by the black community in a time of crisis would have been
inconceivable. The first response would have come from black men. They would
take care of their families, bring them to safety, and then help the rest of
the community. Then local government would come in.

No longer. When 75 percent of New Orleans residents had left the city, it
was primarily immoral, welfare-pampered blacks that stayed behind and waited for the government to bail them out. This, as we know, did not turn out good results.

Enter Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. Jackson and Farrakhan laid blame on "racist" President Bush. Farrakhan actually proposed the idea that the
government blew up a levee so as to kill blacks and save whites. The two
demanded massive governmental spending to rebuild New Orleans, above and
beyond the federal government's proposed $60 billion. Not only that, these
two were positioning themselves as the gatekeepers to supervise the
dispersion of funds. Perfect: Two of the most dishonest elite blacks in
America, "overseeing" billions of dollars. I wonder where that money will
end up.

Of course, if these two were really serious about laying blame on
government, they should blame the local one. Responsibility to perform –
legally and practically – fell first on the mayor of New Orleans. We are now
all familiar with Mayor Ray Nagin – the black Democrat who likes to yell at
President Bush for failing to do Nagin's job. The facts, unfortunately, do
not support Nagin's wailing. As the Washington Times puts it, "recent
reports show [Nagin] failed to follow through on his own city's
emergency-response plan, which acknowledged that thousands of the city's
poorest residents would have no way to evacuate the city."

One wonders how there was "no way" for these people to evacuate the city. We have photographic evidence telling us otherwise. You've probably seen it by now – the photo showing 2,000 parked school buses, unused and underwater. How much planning does it require to put people on a bus and leave town, Mayor Nagin?

Instead of doing the obvious, Mayor Nagin (with no positive contribution
from Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the other major leader vested with
responsibility to address the hurricane disaster) loaded remaining New
Orleans residents into the Superdome and the city's convention center. We
know how that plan turned out.

About five years ago, in a debate before the National Association of Black
Journalists, I stated that if whites were to just leave the United States
and let blacks run the country, they would turn America into a ghetto within
10 years. The audience, shall we say, disagreed with me strongly. Now I have
to disagree with me. I gave blacks too much credit. It took a mere three
days for blacks to turn the Superdome and the convention center into
ghettos, rampant with theft, rape and murder.

President Bush is not to blame for the rampant immorality of blacks. Had New Orleans' black community taken action, most would have been out of harm's way. But most were too lazy, immoral and trifling to do anything productive for themselves.

All Americans must tell blacks this truth. It was blacks' moral poverty –
not their material poverty – that cost them dearly in New Orleans.
Farrakhan, Jackson, and other race hustlers are to be repudiated – they will
only perpetuate this problem by stirring up hatred and applauding moral
corruption. New Orleans, to the extent it is to be rebuilt, should be remade into a dependency-free, morally strong city where corruption is opposed and success is applauded. Blacks are obligated to help themselves and not depend on the government to care for them. We are all obligated to tell them so.


The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is founder and president of BOND, the
Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and author of "Scam: How the
Black Leadership Exploits Black America."

Answer 4

I am proud to be Black period...This is turning out to be a good year for Black people so far, and I hope that it will only get better for years to come!


With that said...just watch how many racist ******* get on here and start spewing negativity because they have nothing better to do than be closet Klansmen...

Answer 5

yeah its great now maybe blacks can stop making excuses and start to earn theyr way to the top like all the other minorities in this country