Nationwide poll: What is the one most pressing thing that we need to focus on as a people?

We all have heard most of our lives the many ills that plague us as a people. We have been crying, praying, preaching, marching and complaining. But we as a people still seem to have the same problems from generation to generation. We have opportunities to change our plight but we need to focus on one problem first. Is it economic empowerment, drug abuse, sexual responsibility for males and females, family unity, education, political power or health issues? Take this poll to share what you think is the most pressing. Go to http://www.blackprosperity.net to share your input.

I agree with you on this one. There has long been a search for the next MLK. Not going to happen in my lifetime or the next. The leadership that we need is the black to return to his family. When men stop having baby mommas, and start having a wife. Then and only then will we begin to see a change in the community. Then we will see the AIDS epidemic lowered, children finishing high school and attending college. The black man at home is the cure to most social ills in the black community.

The residuals of past oppression–yes, past oppression, has left a remnant of masses of people on the outside of traditional mainstream culture. What I’ve found is that many of these young people are literally raising themselves, as their parents don’t come from a good start either. The foster-care system is presently flooded with kids with unstable roots who have no one to mentor them (mentoring beyond the buzz word, meaning close nurturing)…but the government would rather point to Black leadership as the culprit of suppressed people’s sexual actions.

We must become millions of Dr. Kings, if we are to receive the promise.

I tell you, it’s enough to make a negro turn Black!