Words of wisdom from a friend. Enjoy.

Saul.

 > > < THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR BLACK FOLKS>
> > > 1.  Don't quit your job in anger. (In fact, don't quit your job unless
>you've got another one lined up. The last
> > > thing we need is more Black folks standing in the unemployment line.)
> > >
> > > 2.  Stop believing that white people all work together and we don't.
>(We're always saying that Black folk just
> > > can't do nothing together.   While we have a lot of work to do in our
>community, we have to arrest
> > > this psychosis which has us believing and  repeating the worst of
>everything ever said about us.)
> > >
> > > 3.  Don't believe all white folk are racist.   (Sometimes they're just
>ignorant, sometimes
> > > they're just wrong, and sometimes they just get caught up in all the
>afflictions that can strike the best of
> > us,  even Black folk.
> > > 4.  Don't take everything personally.
> > > 5.  Understand that the hair extensions have to come out sometime.
>And
> > > by the way, if you can sit on them, they're too long anyway!
> > > 6.  If you own a Black business, and you have one of those posters on
>the wall that says
> > > "Black is beautiful, but business is business,"  recognize that it's a
>two-way street. Nobody
> > > wants to wait an hour to be seated, a half hour for a glass of water,
>or
>have their food come
> > > out piecemeal, and then threaten to walk out before they get the
>check.
> > > Respect the Black consumer, and the Black consumer will respect your
>business.
> > > 7.  Learn how to disagree without being disagreeable.
> > > 8.  Buy more books for your kids. (Isn't it shameful that so many
>Black
>parents will spend more money on sneakers for
> > > their kids than they will on books? So, Junebug is fly and no doubt
>thinks he can fly, but can he read?)
> > >
> > > 9.  If your children don't have summer jobs, how about having them
>volunteer some time,
> > > somewhere? As we were taught, an idle mind is the devil's workshop.
> > >
> > > 10.Know that race isn't everything, and everything isn't race.
> > > 11.Stop quoting the Bible if you are not living your life accordingly.
>Don't nobody
> > > want to hear that!  STOP pretending to love Jesus and at the same time
>disrespecting black
> > > folks daily with a show of nasty attitudes.
> > > JESUS SAID,  "HOW CAN YOU LOVE ME WHOM
> > > YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN AND DISRESPECT YOUR BROTHER & SISTER DAILY?
> > > This is a huge problem in the black community,
> > > it's called hypocrisy.
> > >
> > >

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