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FREEDOM AND CHANGE

By Ms. J - Jul 15th, 2008 at 7:20 pm EDT

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By Ms. J - Jul 2nd, 2008 at 8:36 pm EDTAlso listed in: Philly For Obama | Women for Obama I'm not hating, I'm just stating...In my opinion....Black Men are leaders, providers, supporters and lovers. My six siblings and I are all over 50 years old and I spent my childhood in the Civil Rights Movement and at 11 years old was sent to integrate the all white school district without the fanfare of police or soldiers. I spent three years in a junior high school where each day I was spat upon, threaten with bottles, chains, bricks, beaten and not allowed to receive any grade above a "c". For this I was given the priviledge of attending a vocational school that most Blacks children would not qualify for. Blacks in my community disowned me and I never belonged to the white world.

I have spent most of my life fighting against human right injustices and frivilous wars including the War on drugs and poverty. I support Senator Obama not because he is Black but because he believes, as I do, that certain adversive situations created by men behaving badly between themselves, women and children and their quest for greed, can and must be changed. Yet, I spent an full two hours speaking last night with my brother. He is a Jehovah Witness whose religion denies his participation in politics. Because of this principle, he has not involved himself to even do his own research to find out what he needs to know about Obama. He states that he is waiting for God to correct all of the our wrongs by returning to a hand selected few. Like a large number of Black men, he disowns any personal responsibility towards any action to make the world of his wife, child and himself better. Yet, he quotes to me the many media misinformation minutes, rumors and negative judgements that he says colors his need for inaction. Obama is a fully responsible son, father and leader. As I told my brother, I can't fool myself into believing that Obama, upon election, will fix all the ills of this nation. That will require many people. But we will need a leader of character, integrity, and responsibility to plot the course. Black men must start to reform, without reliance on excuses, their behaviors, and their beliefs. Black men must stop living as victims and become warriors. Obama presents a good example of how to do this and with the help of others of like mind, we can make the necessary changes. So I challenge Black men especially to stand up, rise up and take responsibility for the ills that your actions and inactions have caused in this country. Once again, I want to see, before I die, men as the true leaders of reconstruction.....and as I told my brother, that opportunity starts with a vote for Obama....Amen... Reader Comments · Write a Comment on this Post · Comments RSS Here! Here! | Report to Admin Reply By Late To The Party: Toni Jul 2nd 2008 at 10:20 pm EDT I second that emotion. A third.. | Report to Admin Reply By GLO G Jul 7th 2008 at 10:53 pm EDT I give a third Amen to that. Ms. J. it saddens me that you had to endure the things you did. I hope that life became better for you. As one of Caucasian background, I am embarrassed because of my race for the oppression they lay on minorities of all kinds - including women. But - we are looking forward, and with Barack as our leader - he is the inspiration for many, blacks and whites, to be strong and push on for the right. - I was moved to post here for you and wish you well... as we work together for our country's future.. Yes we can! Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign.

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