Is this a problem? Yes, but if this is apart of the system why are black men depending on the same system to correct their own creation. By saying this I am saying that this situation is by design not by chance and black men can’t depend on things changing without doing so internally and no longer depending on someone to help. Whether people will admit it or not this country was not set up to nor does it have the black man’s best interest in mind due to misunderstandings or ignorance. So this change will need to be manufactured and produced by the culture itself. I believe that change starts with one person and the outcomes touch people that are open and in range. So leading by example will help a lot faster than blame from within and ridicule from outside.

With that being said I know the opposition to my statements are saying “What about Obama?” What about him? Yes, he is a black man, but that is where the similarities stop. I commend the man for being the first black president as well as all of his accomplishments in life, but the same people that voted him in are still the overlooked. I don’t expect him to fix every problem within the inner-city, but I do expect it to be a priority. Why should it be a priority just cause he is black? No, but why wouldn’t people want everyone to be able to live life because living with hunger pains or without heat isn’t living. Don’t even mention crime because if there was positive leadership we wouldn’t have this problem and Obama just got in office and just because he’s in office doesn’t mean a thing when he isn’t visible to those that need his presence.