Will U.S. Lose Another Generation of Black Males Under Obama’s New Administration?
By PHILLIP JACKSON The previous generation of young black males was destroyed between 1985 and 2005. No amount of crying, cursing or hand-wringing can change this because that generation is gone. We need only walk down any city street in almost any predominantly African American community to see the residue of the broken lives — millions of young black men nationwide. Few people spoke out effectively and even fewer engaged in actions to prevent this silent genocide. The mass destruction of black American males has been effectively ignored by almost everybody — the government, media and most of the philanthropic community. Even most of our black churches and black communities still stand by and watch the horrific loss of our young black men.The resulting negative educational, social, spiritual and economic impact of a generation of black males’ shattered lives is also ultimately a devastating loss to our entire society. Of course, every single young black man will not be lost, but here
