Commentary From Sy Bounds

Aren't African Americans tired of folks crawling over everyone else just to be in charge of this group or that organization. So that they can 'be in control of who gets what help, depending on which organization that you're dealing with at the time.

If the person who assumes any kind of authority or infleunce in those positions has an ax to grind. It's most always at another black person. Mostly boys or men. But as long as they're black, then it's still alright to talk to them any kind of way. Ya'll know this 'slave-like', behavior is epidemic in the community. I DON'T CARE WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU'RE STILL NO BETTER THAN THE NEXT ONE OF US!

And then there's the one's who think that just because we're not (other folks) that it's alright that we accept any type of lousy, bad attitude while they're serving us. Again, ya'll know it's happening all around us. KEEP TRYING TO ACT LIKE IT'S NOT AND OUR COMMUNITY WILL WITHER AWAY, FROM DENIAL.

If what I see on the buses daily is an indication of what's really happening in our community. Then that means that we're in serious denial! Keep reading, I'm leading to something specific.

There are a number of people who are aware of some of the projects that I've created and developed thru-out many years, in order to upgrade the skills of young African American boys and men (and some girls who were interested in those skills). IT HAS REALLY HURT MANY YOUNG BLACK FOLKS THAT COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM MOST OF SY'S VERY CREATIVE PROJECTS. THEY HAVE INNTENTIONALLY IGNORED , MASTERFULLY MARGINALIZED AND MINIMIZED SKILLS THAT COULD HAVE HEPLED MANY, YOUNG BLACK BOYS AND MEN. AND WHILE THEY ( SUB-CONSCIOUS BLACK FOLKS) WERE IGNORING MY EFFORTS TO TRAIN LOCAL YOUTH, COOK COUNTY WAS PREPARING OTHER WORK FOR THEM.

FUTURE HISTORIANS WILL ASK SOME OF YOU, WHILE YOU SAT BY AND WATCHED, OUR OFFICIALS IGNORE SUCH NECESSARY SKILL BUILDING PROJECTS BY SY. IT IS NOT I WHO HAS FAILED, I HAVE SERVED MY COMMUNITY! AND ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE, SHOULD BE WATCHED VERY CLOSE!

I've collaborated with and mentored folks from: Fred Hampton Sr, Lu Palmer, Philip Jackson, Bruce Montgomery, Calvin Pierce and Mike Maranda and longtime entrepreneur Loretta Ragsdell. I have been a witness! I have been a mentor! Some of us are baby nurthurers! Some of us train them to learn skills! That's what I do! I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT OUR COMMUNITY STRONGLY TENDS TO NEGLECT THE SKILLS! THAT MUST STOP, IMMEDIATELY!

Here's where I see our collective attention needs to focus now, and in the future.

ASK THESE QUESTIONS!

What particularly will this technology do for me, my family, my career, my neighborhood?

What is it doing to us now! Think about this hard.

What do I need to do, in order to use it to create a better economic situation for all of the above.

Where can I receive a clear, honest view of where to direct my focus in technology, now!

Who's telling it like it is?

Who's acting like they know technology?

I recommend that you seek the answers to the above questions, before you start other questions. Call me, if you want to discuss what you've just read.