Dear Friends,
During the month of March, I came up with a series called March Madness. This series is basically the march to my madness. Before I get to March Madness, I have to get through African American History. I originally wanted to do like a kid and write about my heroes and the people that helped me understand the world. I stated that I do not like saying I’m black. Black is a color but African American is my race. Now, I guess my topic for this entry is my recap of current African American History. I already got off into cheating men but most of the cheating men in the news are African American men. From the former mayor of Detroit to Tiger Woods, these men are cheating on their wives. Now just because we have a president that is African American, does not mean anything. One man cannot change the world. However, several men and women can. Oprah changed television, and print media. Obama is trying to change the U.S.
Now for everyone that’s doing well in the world, we have several that are doing badly. We have Michael Vick going to jail for dog fighting. We have Lil Wayne and T.I. going to federal jail for having guns. We also have lost some good African American men and women due to illness. Men like Michael Jackson and Bernie Mac. So for the people we lost, you could say that we will gain some people that will help change laws and the world.
So to me, the state of African Americans is up in the air. As an African American, it is not easy to live with other races and hope for the best. I wait for the worst and hope we don’t go back to a time where I would be considered less of a man and of a person. We are done with African American History, now on to March Madness.
Eugene Chandler III
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