I was at a fight party to watch Suga Shane and Mosely fight on Saturday. As everyone who watched the fight knows Chris Brown sung the National Anthem. One of the friends at the fight party felt in her opinion that Chris Brown shouldn't be singing at a fight when he was accused and plead to fighting Rhianna.
Her opinion was valid because it is her opinion and we all have one. My stand on the issue is that Chris Brown has served his time and paid for his crime. Should he have to stay away from boxing matches forever and not be able to support himself? Chris Brown is having a very difficult time getting his career back on track. He made a mistake he paid for it must we label him and condemn him for the rest of his and our lives? No.
Michael Vick was accused of dog fighting and they wanted to take his entire career from him. Never wanted him to be able to play in the NFL ever again. Praise the Lord he is back in the NFL but if I am not mistaken he can no longer have any pets.
What bothers me the most about these two cases and their are countless others. Is that we African Americans jump on the band wagon and crucify and persecute our black men. I am not saying that neither one of these men should not have been prosecuted and charged for their crimes yet after they have served their time should we always look at them as criminals?
For the Christian when you repent and turn from sin God doesn't look at you and say thief, murderer, adulterer, fornicator....he says your sins are forgiven and forgotten. The bible also tells us to forgive 77 times 7 times so even if both of these men did the exact same thing again they deserve forgiveness and another chance.
We wonder why African Americans are in the state that they are in. Many studies have been done and proven to show that the family is the cornerstone of society. If our black men are locked up, underemployed, demeaned, disrespected, and the list can go on and on how can we have that strong black family. Black women have even bought into the system that they must be in control of their homes and not their men. Where can the black men go to find peace and relaxation if not in his own home or community?
It is time for us to rise up and support our own no matter what providing guidance and corrective measures in love. Not in disdain, disgust or with our noses turned up at them. We need to stop believing everything that the media says about our black men and them jumping on the band wagon with them and crucifying our black men.
It is time for us to support our black men and to support one another. As long as we are in conflict and divided we will never rise as a people. It is not enough for some of us to rise and make we as a people need to get together and rise up and it starts with the upliftment, support, love and respect that we show to our black men.
Be a blessing and be blessed,
Epiphany Essentials
A blog created to E-nspire, E-ncourage, E-ngage, E-nform, and E-mpower!
Amen Amen!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAmen! I truly believe everything you said. I have one question how can us Black Women support our black men when they constantly put us down, beat us, always complaining about how the white man got his foot on his neck. Many men are insecure when it comes to a real black women. Please tell me what can a Godly Women do to support her black man to the fullest? I love my black men but sometimes they make it hard for us Women to love hard.
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ReplyDeleteFrom a black man, thank you for this article!!! Some good black men still exist, and if Sisters don't have our back who will?
ReplyDeleteTo the black man...thank you for your comment Epiphany Essentials will go more in depth praising the black man and showing some of the issues that plague black men in June so stay tuned........
ReplyDeleteNina,
ReplyDeleteAs Black Women we have to learn that sometimes we are supporting the wrong black man. We may support him so that he takes all of the energy out of us and when a good black man comes along we have nothing left.
On the flip side. Men show love and express love differently. We need to look at them from their perspective. The white man is beating them down and has convinced us to do so as well. They go through things that we will never, NEVER, EVER understand.
Now if he is putting you down, beating on you etc. that is not a good black man and you need to run for the hills and pray for him!