Pt. II-An Open Ltr to Rev. Jesse Jackson-Solutions-Day 39

Happy Thursday to everyone. I hope you have a wonderful day. Yesterday was not a very good day for me. Let me tell you what I went through. First, I am presently renting a room in a house. A lady advertised "rooms available" on Craigslist. It was presented in a neat pretty package. The house is in a very nice neighborhood. However, the place is hell on earth.

Tuesday night, after working most of the day, I went home only to find that someone had kicked in my door. The lady, who rented me the room, had initially claimed to be the owner, told me that the new owner needed to get in my room, and he kicked the door in, breaking my lock. I was mortified. I immediately called the police, and made a report of it. I also took pictures of this crime scene. This nightmare goes on to prove that things are NOT always what they appear to be.

So anyways,yesterday, a kind and gentle soul assisted me and my daughter by placing a new deadbolt lock on my bedroom door. THANK YOU. This deadbolt lock should secure OUR belongings until we move. Living in this place has been a living hell on earth. But we must move forward. It is important to remember that we must go through the rain in order to see the rainbow. My daughter and I are going through a severe storm, torrential rains. I know there is light coming at the end of this tunnel. I just hope sooner rather than later.

If any of you know someone that has a room for rent in a safe and secure neighborhood, please kindly keep us in mind. We need peace.

Moreover, today I want to continue my letter to Rev. Jesse Jackson. I want to focus on solutions that I recommend for some of the ills plaguing the Black community.

Dear Rev. Jackson:

I hope this communiation find youin the best of health and spirit. Moreover, as I stated in my most recent open letter to you, there are many catastrophic ills plaguing the Black community. Our children have almost nothing to be proud of, in this present day, except President Obama, gaining the whitehouse. However, I would like to make some suggestions to you that I believe will have a positive impact.

I suggest that you inform Black people that they should focus more on education, and less on sports and other entertainment thatjust basically eat away at their time, while giving very little, if at all, any residuals. I also suggest that you study the Jewish and Latin cultures. Albeit, many of these groups live in America, they maintain their own customs and traditions. Many of these groups know their history. They have networking groups to systematically assure other members of their group are always in position to asist one another. The Jews and Latinos encourage education and self help. They open their own businesses because they understand real wealth is in ownership and not working for others.

Black people need direction and strong men. Most of the Black males, in America, are weak. Many Black people go to church regularly, and pretend that they are obeying the Bible. The Bible says that man is the head of the house. So if man is the head of the house, and in the Black homes, there is NO MAN, then who is the "head" of the household in most Black homes?

The Black males have abandoned the family. As a result, the Black family has been weaken. There is no strong authoritative figure in the home. The structure of the Black family is mostly women and children. This is unacceptable. No one, including you, is taking a stand and admitting this fact, and more importantly doing something about it. The fact can not be disputed that Black males have abandoned the family. The Black family is powerless.

Abandon-to leave completely and finally; to give up; discontinue; withdraw from.

Weak-not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: not having much political strength, governing power, or authority:

Man-an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman;a male having qualities considered typical of men or appropriately masculine.

So I suggest that any Black male that gets a girl pregnant, marries that girl. I suggest that they wear their pants pulled up to their with a belt in tact. Graduating from highschool should be expected and a four year degree should be required. I suggest we raise the level of expectations for the Black males.

Rev. Jackson, we need need MEN not just males, as is clearly distinguishable in the choices they make. Black people do not need the males wearing their pants down to their ankles, disrespecting, themselves as well as anyone that look upon them. We need real men responsible courageous "thinkers", planners, visionaries, and leaders.

Black people do not have many men, and as a result, we have become third class citizens in a coountry where our forefathers were slaves, and built this country. We have absolutely nothing to show for their work. We are raising a generation of illiterates and no one is saying anything about it. Black people have become almost irrelevant. This is the hurtful and painful truth.

What are you doing about this Rev. Jackson? Black people need action NOW, not mere words, to make us feel good. We can hear words, we need to see action.

Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,


L. for Love