Real talk....straight from the "hood"....here's the "Black agenda" neither party is responding to.
Black folks want to be taken seriously, as functional, viable, responsible Americans. They don't see "color" as much as they see everyone else sees it! Black folks simply want their presence respected.
Black folks want to be treated just like any other people when it comes to their time, talent, and treasure.
Black folks want control of their own fate. They don't want to be depending on any party or any person for
anything, except an equal chance to take care of their own business in their own way. Fact.
Black folks want a chance to equally compete. Not with racial set asides, or phony excuses, but with an honest and open chance to compete head-to-head against anyone for anything, anywhere, at anytime!
This next one is key. Black folks don't want inferior education, or excuses for not having access to the best education available. They want the same provisions, the same quality, the same emphasis, and the same RESULTS so they can have the
same opportunities to own their own businesses, run companies, hire good people,or make as much money they as they are physically or intellectually capable of making. Fact.
Now I'll say this about my own people. We have to stop demanding and start doing! The first standards of excellence have to come from
us! Black men need to stop killing each other and start taking care of these Children they're Fathering! Black Women need to stop flashing all that booty, and start demanding to be treated with some respect! Black Youth need to stop being so angry and violent, and learn to respect authority by saying "Yes Sir" and "May I" and "Please" and "Thank you! There is no disrespect in being respectful...it always returns back to you!
Those are the basics. Beyond that Black folks need to stop waiting for folks to do everything for them. There is no ban on information in an information society! Learning. Questioning. Exploring. Discovering. Let's figure out what we all have God given talent do to and let's just DO IT! Stop waiting for some program or some politician to tell you what you need or what you can or can't do and find out for yourself what you want to do then just go DO IT!
If we take care of our own business first, the party who ignores us is the party we will have no more use for. Then we can move on without that party.
Real talk.