A Question of Leadership

The relevance of those that seek to convince us of our injuries is rapidly diminishing. At times I wonder who benefits when African Americans construct their identities on the fractured foundation of victimhood. Are there those who seek to resurrect the brutality of our history so that they can then be identified as our saviors? The question is are they truly interested in our progress or in keeping us blindfolded to the ways in which their prosperity is contingent on our misery? The time of calling into question the legitimacy of the self-serving industry of African American leadership is at hand. I am all for those who seek to identity the evils of American society. However, I feel that at times those who question, or not interested in eradicating the evils but simply in securing their position as a critic, thus their stake in the system is the same as the oppressor. It is imperative that we move beyond the confines of victimhood and begin to create a progressive movement around our desire to change the American system. The time of heeding the advice of those that ultimately seek to convince us of our sickness so that they can then sell us the cure is over. Let’s Get Free!