When a man and woman conceive and deliver a baby, family members and nosey friends are quick to look for two things. They want to know who does the baby look like and what are the baby’s mannerisms and disposition, who does the baby act like.
If a dark complexioned Black man and a Black woman of the same hue have a baby that is born with white skin, blond hair and blue eyes, the result will be because of the miracle of albinism or because other mules may have been kicking in the woman’s stall. If you aren’t sure call Maury Povich.
Well, following this line of reason, there is a group that has celebrations and Civil War reenactments called The Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy. To the group members, recognizing their history and culture is a good thing and that history should be shared with the nation and the world.
To African Americans, Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy could also be described as sons and daughters of slave masters and racist segregationists!
However, I’m not mad with them. I want to know where are the sons and daughters of the abolitionists, freedom fighters, the revolutionaries and the parents that spent their lives in the struggle for equal rights and justice?
In the Bible, Matthew Chapter 12, verse 50, Jesus says, “for whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, sister and mother.”
More often than not, truly related people act similarly. If you are a “child of God” you should act like it sometimes. You should tell the truth and do other things that God desires His children to do.
If you study my children long enough you will find some of the thoughts and actions of Lucius Gantt are also some, not all, of the thoughts and actions that are expressed or demonstrated by my kids.
No, they don’t write columns about devils and beasts but they will stand up and speak out about issues that are important to them. And yes, they sometimes have sharp tongues!
It is time for African American youth and young adults to stand up and fight for what is right just like their fearless ancestors did during slavery days, Jim Crow days and during other days when Black people were exploited and oppressed.
If your parents thought it was beneficial to the race and to the world to march, protest, sit-in and boycott, you young people should think that way too.
Stunting like your daddy, sounds good on rap songs, but fighting like your daddy in times of struggle would be so much better for our children and grandchildren and it would insure our survival in these times of national and global demise.
Will the sons and daughters of Black liberation please stand up?
