Inner-city black Americans must lead efforts to save themselves.
For more than 60 years after the Great Migration from the South,
black inner-city communities are still choosing to live as though
they prefer separate worlds. The physical, social, and
psychological boundaries surrounding inner-city black America are
still too often internalized as barriers rather than learning
challenges to cross. My experiences tell me that inner-city black
Americans cannot survive pursuing the historical ways of life of
our black forefathers. We must change. In the 21sttwenty-first
century, inner-city neighborhoods are becoming multicultural and
diverse in terms of expectations and lifestyles. Inner-city black
Americans will have increasing opportunities to become learners and
to cross boundaries where family life becomes the center stage for
promoting social and economic development. Inner cities are
becoming the "place" for affordable housing, accessible
transportation, public social infrastructures, and ports of entry
for immigration and migration. Increasingly these "new" and
socially enriched multicultural neighborhoods are becoming active
"first-time" home and family development environments. Families are
creating pools of social capital and viable community organizations
and pushing for better educations. These environments can empower
and stimulate black families to become more cohesive and viable
decision makers in neighborhood and community problem solving if we
accept and participate in such changes. Collaborations with other
ethnic groups on issues of schooling, housing, and healthcare
present new learning opportunities to expand the role of the black
families in shaping their own survival. Black political and
community leaders must challenge inner-city working-class black
families to become active participants in such community
revitalization.
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