Wednesday, August 26, 2015
What is your black definition of freedom?
WHAT IS YOUR BLACK DEFINITION OF "FREEDOM?"
A definition of "freedom" would be a wonderful thing for blacks in year 2015.
For slaves, it meant the end of slavery.
For those later under "Jim Crow," it meant the end of segregation.
For those without voting rights, it meant the opportunity to vote.
For those in separate schools, it meant desegregation and busing.
For those without jobs, it meant equal employment opportunity.
For those with inadequate housing, it meant VA and FHA loans.
For those wanting businesses, it meant access to capital, whether equity or debt, private or public .
All of these things had been attained by prior generations of blacks through the end of the 1960s. That was over 40 years ago.
What about now? What is the current definition of freedom? Or has it already essentially been attained, by those who seek it?
Your thoughts please!