RELATING AND COMMUNICATING WITH BLACK YOUTH

Some wonder why am I so effective in building with the youth.  It's because I've been where they've been, don't want to go, and need to be.

How can you teach somebody about Hell if you've never been there?  If you've never:

- been raised by a struggling single mother;
- been in the streets;
- been poor;
- been to jail/prison;
- been to college;
- been rich;
- been in various religions;
- been in shoot outs;
- been robbed;
- and so much more...

HOW CAN YOU RELATE AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM?

I CAN AND I DO...

POWER UP!

IS IT BETTER TO BE A BLACK MAN THAN IT IS TO BE A BLACK WOMAN?

THE TRUTH ABOUT BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS

As a portion of the U.S. recognizes Black History Month , let us be clear on the concept of "Black Consciousness".

"Conscious" is defined as being aware of something.  We have come to see Black Consciousness as being aware of being "Black", however, it should not be misconstrued as higher intelligence.

If what you're aware of doesn't galvanize or motivate you to accomplish great things, it's USELESS.   The fact of who was first on the planet or who initially created civilization isn't THE most important facts of Black History, HOW those people CREATED and MAINTAINED civilization SHOULD BE the point.

Stop letting yourself be fooled into being sent on wild goose chases.  Yes, Europeans and Asians got their knowledge from our ancestors, it's now known as the various branches of MATH and SCIENCE, which READING, COMPREHENSION, and PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS are needed to learn and APPLY them...LET'S BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT!

PLEASE, #WAKEUP and #POWERUP

THE STATE OF BLACK RELATIONSHIPS

I was recently told that I'm "too serious" when commenting on certain posts related to relationships.

Maybe that's what's wrong with relationships today in the African-American community: not enough people are taking them seriously, especially a number of African-American males.

There's a terrible dynamic taking place among African-American females and males:

- African-American females are either too tough to allow a man to come into their lives and be strong WITH/FOR them or they're so desperate that it leads them to degrade themselves.

- African-American males are either spoiled mama's boys expecting women to take care of them or they're misled into believing that being a "thug" and disrespectful is what it means to be a man.

We must change these dynamics and heal each other.  We need to love and support each other as halves of balanced whole.  THAT is a serious matter.

MATURE BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS featuring M.D. ALEXANDER, THE CHAIN BREAKER

Don't get it twisted, my days of being a "It-was-perfect-back-in-the-day-Conscious-Brother" ended back in 2000. 

I don't think all Black people are innocent and all White people are devilish.  I don't think that reading 1,000 books on Africa, the Civil Rights Movement, and "Black Power" ideologies will solve our issues as African-Americans.

I do know that we need to gain educational and economic empowerment that will give us political leverage.   I do know that we must master math and science as well as spirituality and morality. 

Balance in life, personal development, and self-sufficiency for our communities are the key to empowerment.

HOW TO ACHIEVE TRUE TRANSFORMATION (REAL CHANGE) WITH M.D. ALEXANDER, THE CHAIN BREAKER