Black America: Wake Up, A Literacy Tour on America

To the young minds of the present, who hold the keys to “Black America!” We are selling our selves short on cultural goals. The theory of Hoochie mama is the norm in the black community for this generation. Young black sisters take judge of black men by their appearances rather then the direction they are going. Where are the strong black minds that support a young trying brother working to make it in this world of stolen dreams.

The theme of today is, “Show me what you got!” The cultural movement has come, and bling, bling, Hoochie mama, if you don’t got money; then you’re a buster strikes all foes. This new generation has a classification that money, cars, close, and hoes are the keys to life; Hoes can be male or females. A hoe is a hoe it has no gender claws. Even dogs had rules they followed, but a hoe is pure satisfaction. We are settling and fighting each for what, nothing but a stick of fame and a chance to be rich.

The world is money driven, where the needs of today are solved by greed of tomorrow. The lifelong love of being black and proud is gone, where the theory is; “Show me what you got.” Where did this greed that come from, or did the hip-hop culture take Black America to a new place. It has taken us to the doorsteps of poverty, to the backyards of indentured servants, and the home of slavery; which is the jail system.

What I mean is to many of my young brothers are forced to work long hours on little pay, or below the pay rate they deserve, in order to achieve a normal livings income. We work harder and not smarter is the transcendent theme for “Black America.” It’s written in words from elder black philosophers that the Negro mind is tainted.

Jay David made several quotes in his revised book called, “Growing Up Black.” David once said, “A child’s curiosity can be terribly embarrassing; when that child is a black child, and when the object of his curiosity is baffling questions of race, then that child can be even more frustrating to his parents.” To this day in 2000, and above the next generation of teens are young parents.

This is not a major concern for them to be young parents. What is a concern is the over explicit use of party like a rock star attitude that drives young parents away from parent hood. We as black children question our parents, and then smash those concerns out the window for a fresh pair of Nikes, and sex on the beach. O’ wait, may I say, party like a rock star and show me what you got. As we did in the past we questioned and frustrated the hell out of our parents.