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Growing up as a black man, the Rev. Ben Martin has seen many things change over the years in the city he’s permanently called home since 1998.
Since his return to Minden, he says the city has changed for the better, but there is still much to do
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what would really help the black community in Minden and the nation as a whole would be for black leaders like Rev. Martin to mentor their young men. Hopefully in time their involvement with black youth, who are desperately in need of positive male role models, will yield positive results and also help raise the perception of the black community. If the black community is perceived as being productive tax-paying members of our society instead of being the source of criminals and perpetual welfare recipients, perhaps the level of racism will subside.
What would really help the black community in Minden and the National as a whole would be for black and white leaders to mentor all young men and hopefully in time the combined involvement of black and white youth together who are in desperate need of positive attitudes of working together will yield positive results and will also help change the perception of why individuals see the black community as non-tax paying members of society and also help to not seen them as a source of criminal activity and not always seen as perpetual recipients of walfare. After we try to see people in a different light other than what has been the norm perhaps the level of racism will subside.
So many whites have a racist mindset and don’t even know it. They were brought up in racist homes & in a racist culture. There are 3 times as many whites as there are blacks on welfare. More whites commit crimes than blacks. Someone needs to check their facts. I am cautious of whites who are always giving advice to blacks, why don’t these whites expend some of their energy ALSO to elevate their own race?
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