I am
always saying that, as Black people, we have enormous power, but we
don’t use the power that we have.
I am
sure that, like me, you were shocked and sickened by the recent
attack on a soldier in Woolwich, South London. And my heart goes out
to the family of the victim, and to the families of the attackers. I
think they must have been very disturbed people. And they must have
been very frustrated by the injustices they have seen.
In the
end, we have to decide what kind of world we really want to live in.
I agree
that the attacks on innocent men, women and children are horrific,
and many, although not all, of them have been on people in Muslim
countries. And as we know, African people and African countries have
been under attack for many years and for many generations. So this
is not about religion, as I see it, this is about the kind of
brutality that human beings inflict upon one another.
But in
the end, we have to decide what kind of world we live in. We can
give in to these impulses to inflict violence on others, or we can
choose a peaceful solution. And there are peaceful solutions.
Practical solutions. This is what I have written about in SuccessStrategies for Black People.
There are many ways to find peaceful, practical, nonviolent
solutions.
It’s
up to us. It’s up to you and me. Do we want our children to grow
up in a world of fear and hatred? I know that is not my plan for the
future.
We have
enormous power. We need to use the power we have to create the kind
of world we want to live in, and the kind of world we want our
children to live in.
We can
transform these situations. We can create a better world.
