Dear friends,
If there is anything that humanity needs more than even sufficient nutrients for our bodies, it is: a sense of community. We just do not have that anywhere. Yet, we can have it.
With the incessant practice of outsiders invading urban neighborhoods and gentrifying homes, starting new businesses, and the like, at the expense of residents who have lived in the aforementioned neighborhoods for generations, it is refreshing to know that there remain places in our country where citizens still care about their communities, as opposed to simply taking the money from greedy “developers” and running away with those proceeds.
However, communities must begin fighting for control of institutions like schools and police departments, so that young people (our future) will have a reason to sustain, instead of destroy our communities.
As a matter of fact, what is currently happening in Haiti can be very useful to both African Americans and Latinos, as long as people like the Clintons, Bushes, and their ilk are not allowed to continue marauding that small island nation.
At any rate, on the link below is a piece by one of North America’s foremost journalists, Sandy Banks of the Los Angeles Times. Enjoy!
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-banks13-2010feb13,0,4128806,full.column
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