What would you suggest be the solution to this.
Alot of big stuff, but not impossible. here are possible solutions:
The very first thing that needs to happen is political. People don;t understand that since the 1960s, black leaderships have controlled a VAST amount of the local sector of the United States and those numbers are growing. We have so many black mayors, majority black city councils, etc. that the change really starts with them. These black mayors must demand that the federal government needs to set limits on campaign financing and expenditures so black candidates can continue to have strong campaigns. If they win, they can continue to ask for local, state, and federal aid that will build the black communities us in the city. Now let's be honest, we've had alot of dudes that have turned their backs on us in the past. However, all it takes is one black mayor to stand up: when the bank comes to foreclose a house in the city, the mayor can take a stand, and not let the bank take the house. Remember how George Wallace stood in the door of the school? He was not moving until negotiations went underway. The army came and put on a show, but he wasn't moved until negotiations started. Black mayors can do this as the leader of an urban area. They can tell the bank ceos that "you will not foreclose on the house and move this black family out of the city. You will not destroy the housing project, etc. This will create a wave of demonstrations and behavior that could set up similar demonstrations across the nation. In addition, the mayor can take those bank ceos that illegally inflate loans and such and have their asses arrested. One mayor can be the catalyst. That would seriously cripple the corporate favor throughout the nation; True, the black mayor that does this will catch major, major hell and be a martyr for the cause. But if one black mayor shows that white hegemony DOES NOT control black leadership, then others will follow suit and changes to the economic sector of the black community can come. I think this is the political means to hinder the neo-apartheid.
Socially, we have to change the way our kids are educated, from kindergarten to 12th grade. Structural changes are most important. Whites are continuing a failing education that teaches blacks to go after wage labor jobs and become slaves to the government. The privatization of schools (charter schools) is a major klusterfukk to our progress. These state controlled bullshyt schools are changing the demographics of public schools and removing blacks. We need to gain local control of the school system. By doing this, it will keep reverse white flight from happening. Some will say this can;t happen, but it did before. In the 1970s, the NY public school system did it and it was a success, but the Jewish groups led a massive campaign that destroyed black control of the community schools. We have to stay strong this time. In the curriculum, we need more strong black males in the classroom who provide CONSCIOUS curriculum. Black teachers are middle class, and the more black teachers we have in the city schools, the more middle class blacks will be in the city to keep the community diverse and strong. But we have to start telling kids at a young age that teaching is a powerful profession that will give you more than just some bullshyt dollars: it will give you pride in your community and help to change things. Again, re-education is key.
There is so much more I want to type and strategies I have discussed with others in the community and scholars, but these are just a few select ways to go after the problem. Neo conservatives and capitalists in the thread, don;t rip my head off, I'm just stating the trends and strategies of what I've seen in literature and my experience as a black man that grew up in inner city Atlanta and taught in Atlanta Public Schools. Obviously there are other solutions, but I believe it begins with black leadership making a stand against corporate capitalists, banks, and conservatives.
