I’ve learned over time that the relationship between Blacks and the “government” is not as simplistic as pundits would like to make it seem.

For decades, social conservatives have relentlessly targeted Black Churches as a way to bring more African-Americans into the Republican Party. Despite many sincere efforts, the numbers of church going African-Americans who vote Republican is smaller now than ever before.

While there has been much debate and talk about the Religious Right within the Republican Party, one could equally and strongly argue that African-Americans make up one of the largest socially conservative voting blocs in the Democrat Party. Earlier this year, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life released a detailed study on the religious views of most African-Americans. The research was unique in that the new analysis found blacks to be the most religious group of people in the United States population as a whole.

According to the research, when compared to other racial and ethnic groups, African-Americans are among the most likely to report a formal religious affiliation with 87% of African-Americans describing themselves as belonging to one religious group or another. The analysis also finds that nearly eight-in-ten African-Americans (79%) say religion is very important in their lives compared with 56% among all U.S. adults.

Why don’t black people listen to or produce Rock music?

Apparently, the music died on February 3rd, 1959 when Buddy Holly, Richie Valenz, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash following a concert. Apparently, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Howlin’ Wolf, and Big Mamma Thornton were also on that plane, if in fact, the music had died. Oh they were not. Then what the Hell was that song about? Oh that song was about the day white music died. Got It.

In short, Black people don’t subscribe to conservatism or listen to rock music because they gave it away. Many of their reasons were valid but for the most part they are outdated. As long as we as a people limit our political perspective and our artistic tastes we’ll lock ourselves out of the mainstream and all the opportunities therein.

When people think of South Carolina, they think of . . . I know, Comedy Central. Given the state’s generosity in providing punch lines, Jon Stewart really ought to consider taking a pay cut. What people do not typically think of is black Republicans, a perception that could change soon if a young man named Marvin Rogers has his way.

One thing I have learned and noticed during my many trips to Africa is a lot of these attitudes are taught to Africans. They are taught that Black Americans are not serious people, they are criminals, and they should not be trusted. Most African’s only image of Blacks come from BET or the Hip-Hop community.

I encourage African Americans to buy land or face the possibility that all the struggle, the work, the achievements will be forgotten. The measure of success should not be how much you earned in your lifetime, but how great was the legacy given to posterity.

“Black in America 2″, is back and its positive spin off should out shine its predecessor. Next week on July 22nd & 23rd on CNN will once again show the African-American experience.

 
By Cleo E. Brown
The first African Slaves were brought to the North American Colony of Jamestown, Virginia in 1620. The justification for enslaving these people had been that they were child-like, happy-go-lucky, heathens, barbarians and a licentious people who needed to be taken care of. In the slave holder’s view The Africans needed to be Christianized through baptism and told how to behave and conduct themselves as Christians. Thus began the use of Paternalism in The United States to create a servile and an inferior caste of people.
Similarly, in 1986, when newly acquired Boston Celtic’s first round draft pick named …

By Dr. Ada M. Fisher
 Yesterday while sitting in the corner barbershop, six police cars flew down the street.  The chasers brought back the report that last night one young sixteen year old black man was shot on a lot  next to a house I previously bought, fixed up and sold in an attempt to stabilize my neighborhood.   Today a robbery happened at the Black Credit Union in my community.  And so it goes, . . .increasingly worsening with the economy for there are no Enterprise Zones here like Jack Kemp championed and often it seems that I am the only …

 
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