The misnamed “Great Society” program destroyed black family life in America generationally.
I remember not long after the George Floyd riots there was a video of Candace Owens having a debate with a couple of other Black folks in a forum mediated by some Blackguy who seemed to have the respect of the people. The whole thing was just Blacks talking to other Blacks. The moderator made sure she got a chance to say her piece. When she talked about the need of the Black community to acknowledge that many of their problems come not from “whitey” but from fatherlessness within Black homes, everybody in the place was nodding their head in agreement that fatherlessness is a huge, huge problem.
I think a lot of Blacks have been used and exploited. I can’t help but grieve for the mess they find themselves in and how impossible the way out seems to be for them to see. I wish there was a way to cut through the great divide and let them know how much we hate seeing what is happening and grieve for the innocence lost.
I can’t help but think of how God is FOR us, even when we were hopelessly lost. He is not against us; He wants only good for us. He gave His own life; how would He not also give anything He could that would give us abundant life? The hard part, I think, is to convince people that God -and we His followers - are FOR them, that we genuinely want their good and genuinely grieve their hurts.