We can't rise as a people...

The tragedy in the black community is the actual lack of community. We come together in sorrow and become silent in prosperity. Friendly advice makes people defensive instead of cared for. So quick are we to dismiss others of similar backgrounds when united our culture is strong and divided we are the joke. Far too often have we proven that large percentages of the white culture appropriate our heritage to claim originality when in reality the only creation they have is the false ideals of originality.