Time For Unity And Time To Organize

For the past several decades, blacks in America have had the same cry for jobs and justice. We have put together various protests and marches.

According to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2015, the unemployment rate for African-Americans was 10.4 percent. Whites are at 4.7 percent, Hispanics at 6.6 percent and Asians at 4.0 percent.

I think the justice situation is not getting any better, as we are seeing a higher number of blacks being assaulted by white police officers.

Through acts such as protesting across the country and rioting in the streets, it’s obvious that blacks are fed up with the injustice that we have been experiencing. However, the current environment in America says that the methods of protesting, marching and rioting have not worked effectively.

True justice is needed and if we are satisfied with the mere descending of the Confederate flag, then we don’t truly know what justice is.

It is time for blacks in America to unite and organize with our Hispanic and Native American families to demand justice and provide for ourselves. There is no other solution.

I believe the people of the land are supposed to rely on the government to give them what they need. But what happens when the government doesn’t treat the people the way they should be treated?

Those people who pay taxes, pledge allegiance to the country’s flag and fight to defend their country have the right to demand justice from the government. It is incumbent upon that government to give the people what they need.

However, blacks cannot be successful in this unless we stop killing each other in our own communities. We have a battle on two fronts – one against racism, and another against the crimes in our own communities.

The first battle is in our communities.

What do we look like demanding justice from the American government when our own communities are a mess? How can we expect to be treated fairly if we don’t even treat ourselves fairly?

We must unite and learn to organize.

According to a study done by the Nielsen Company, African-Americans have $1.1 trillion in collective buying power. Hardly any of that money stays in our communities. Instead, we spend it in everyone else’s community and fail to support our own. If we saved it and bought our own land, we could produce our own businesses, schools, food, and clothing. This would keep us from relying on those who refuse to give us justice, and be able to provide for ourselves.

It is time for us to say enough is enough. Do not put it on a picket sign and march down the streets chanting it, but actively invest in our community and our unity as a people. It’s not enough for a few of us to “make it” in the music, sports, and film industries.

Elijah Muhammad said, “No one man can rise above the condition of his people.”

So, let us work on building our own communities.