For last year’s Defender Year in Review message, I ranted about worrying that Trump had a good chance to retake the White House. I then went on about MAGA-world banking on Black people being too apathetic, jaded, and/or ignorant (i.e. falling for the “voting doesn’t matter” line) to vote accordingly and save democracy.
I ended that message by sharing that my ranting came not from blindness to our greatness but because I see it so clearly. I believed then, as I still do now, that we possess what it takes to build the world we and our children want and need. And we’re sho-nuff going to need to call upon that ability moving into 2025.
With our “allies” giving us the deuces and Trump-world never meaning us any good, 2025 is the perfect definition of a FUBU year. Many of the traditional vehicles and agencies we’ve come to depend on for support and backup will be gone, leaving us to fend for ourselves. But, here’s a secret. When we’ve done that in our past, we’ve thrived. So, for us to have a Happy New Year we’ll once again need to be about that “For Us, By Us” life.
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I’m originally from Cincinnati. I’m a husband and father to six children. I’m an associate pastor for the Shrine of Black Madonna (Houston). I am a lecturer (adjunct professor) in the University of Houston…
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