Just the other night, I saw the news report of a teenager killed in increasingly trendy Boerum Hill. Taya Conyers happens to be the daughter of my great niece's babysitter. This killing brought to the fore what's been pressing mmy mind for some years now: what are we gonna do? This killing happened against a backdrop of increasing instability, globally and locally, and we've only seen the beginning of it.
It's easy to give in to despair and fear at times like these but for those of us who haven't, this is a golden opportunity. If you like challenges, these times are for you. As black people, we must face the brutal fact that the prevailing culture is failing us, in every leading indicator including health and education.
Let's take this opportunity arising from the collapse of the old order (life on the fringes of liberal theory) and bring our best minds to bear on the next order that MUST prevail over our neighborhoods.
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