The march that took place on Saturday 16 April to demonstrate against police deaths in custody illustrates the lack of self-awareness and insight of the Black community.
Thousands march on behalf of Smiley Culture and others who have died in questionable circumstances but tell me who is marching for the five-year-old girl who is critically ill in hospital after being shot by teenagers in Stockwell. For that matter who is protesting after another teenager - 15-year old Negus McLean was fatally stabbed in Edmonton - the fifth black teenage murder victim in London this year. In this same period we have had the conviction of two men for the machine gun murder of 16-year old Agnes Sina-Inakoju in a Hoxton takeaway last April. Who is crying for her?
There should be a million-man march demonstrating against crime, drugs and violence, which is tearing the Black community apart. However, it seems that apart from the above victims' families we as a community don't give a damn or we choose to look the other way.
It is so much simpler and straightforward to blame the police and other state institutions for the lack of progress we as a community have made in comparison to other ethnic communities over the last 30 years.
In reality the biggest obstacle to our advancement and perceived oppression has never been the police or other agencies but OURSELVES and always has been. At the very heart of our failure in my contention has been the breakdown of the family - black boys being raised in homes where education, hard work and morality are frowned upon. Instead immediate gratification and rampant materialism is everything and obtaining it by any means necessary is seen as the norm. It is no wonder that we have so many young black children being shot or stabbed on an almost daily basis and the black parents of these children don't seem to care and the black community as a whole is totally apathetic.
It's easy to rage and vent your anger against the 'system' and blame it for all our ills. However, when it comes to analysing for instance black gang violence, we are afraid to take responsibility for an issue, which is completely of our own making.
Rest assured I support the deaths in custody march and would like to see a full and thorough independent investigation. But be in no doubt the biggest problem facing the black community is the feral youths who have no qualms in spraying gun fire in public places, and their parents who ignore or condone their actions.
If we do not take full responsibility and combat this malevolent cancer then the consequence is that the black community will be feared, ostracised and hated by all sections of society and we would only have ourselves to blame. Unfortunately, I see no evidence of parents wishing to take responsibility of stopping their children turning to gangs and equally I have witness no proof of the wider black community taking this issue seriously. I fear for the future.
Sunday 17 April 2011
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