Suicide is no laughing matter. There are more suicides than murders in the United States. Black male suicide , in particular, has been on the increase over the past two decades.
Suddenly a very serious subject (two if you count allergic reactions to medication) has been trivialized (not deliberately) by the prototypical narcissistic sports star who could not possibly commit suicide because he has 25 million reasons to be alive according to his publicist.
Does this mean impoverished black men are justified in killing themselves?
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I guess the answer to that question is “No.” Nonetheless there are forces that would have us to believe the plight of the black man in America is one of hopelessness. We often fall in that trap by suggesting that it is the individual versus the world; and with such odds, destruction would prove eminent. And if we believe that we can not assemble and depend on one another to overcome societal whims, then I must say that would be hopeless; because I subscribe to the belief that a revolution is only as good as its ability to galvanize and make the hope of an individual, the hope of the collective. With all that said, I really think the problems of the wealthy are different of the common man and with greater distribution of wealth comes empowerment. The problem of the 21st century the color line? It was indeed color, the color may actually be green- if you have it, you appear to be "better off." Once we can replace I or once there is understanding that through we I can succeed, we will have a state of emergency.
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. "
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