That's the ultimate pathway!
First and
foremost, I wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we live, and pay my respect to their elders past and present.
There will be
times when you shouldn’t compromise your core values, your integrity, and you
will have the responsibility to speak up in the face of injustice and do all
that you can to survive.
To do so society
need to cultivate and nurture the concept of cultural helpfulness and social
cohesion rather than individualistic hatemongering approach.
To appreciate
how playing with the fire of racial hatred is so tense with unintended
consequences, it will be good to remember that mutual recognition is a
precondition for social trust. A sense of self-worth by any group in society is
only partially internal; it also depends on the willingness of other competing
groups in society to acknowledge the worth of the other.
Our marginalized
future generation of black people are in desperate need of model leadership and
guidance from the vast societal structure that are capable of mentoring the new
generation into the new direction with improved possibilities without racial
divisions and the rhetoric vision of status quo-business as usual.
There is no
stronger weapon against inequality and no better path to equal opportunity than
an education that unravels our genetically given potential.
The recent wave
of crimes committed by our young black people, pigeonholed and racially
profiled as organised gangsters, from various African countries is a testament to
unimaginable injustices and treatments they have endured during their course of
growing up in a totally different cultural background.
This cry for
help by those juveniles committing various offences amounts to disappointments,
frustrations and inability to see their full potential is attainable in their
unconducive environments, in which they live, to gain equal access to
opportunities that are available to others in order to create conventional
possibilities for themselves and the community in which they live.
If few people
are benefiting while the majority are struggling, it would be a zero sum game,
if not disintegrating and inhumane. That’s exactly what’s being perceived by
our underprivileged and dispirited younger generations of African descent, and
other blacks including the indigenous people, who didn’t have a strong mentors
and supporting group in our community.
Everybody’s
views should be represented and valued irrespective of their background, race,
religion, status and academics preferences.
We are all
making our contributions regardless of commendations, acknowledgements,
appreciations and validations of our efforts, to improve any ongoing social,
political and personal dilemmas in our community. Those contributions are
somehow used by individuals in assisting and advancing their actions for a
better outcome. That’s morally a good feeling!
These days in
age, we don’t need guns and weapons of mass destruction to change course of
history, of course, unless you’re a juvenile, dehumanized and lost your
consciousness, by sharing practical concepts as an interconnected society, we
can write and rewrite anything until we get it right, peacefully.
Don’t get me
wrong that I’m not in any way condoning to any form of crime against humanity,
but as we all can see, this is becoming the easiest way for those disparaged
youths to earn their living.
Today, it’s not enough to create change at the level
of symptoms and structures. We need to work together even more deeply to change
the underlying paradigms of thought and to connect with our deeper sources of
creativity and community.
Make no mistake,
the time is ripe, in order to tap all the opportunities and possibilities that
are available to a communal society like that of ours, and want to change the
way we feel, we’ve got to change the way we think.
May
this year be a time to resolve all our uncertainties and sustain peace and
harmony in our family, friends, community, locally and globally.
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