Chattanooga Black Youth In Crisis

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Nov. 1, 2015 - PRLog -- For Your Thought and Mediation

Therefore we bear witness that we have rendered many words and pages by way of the inspiration that comes with the solitude of God.

These thoughts are a testament and offer many answers to the myriad of problems in the Black community. A person that lacks the knowledge of his culture is like a man with a head and heart controlled by nothing.

Meanwhile man in the flesh has often laid down in a shallow and   weak repose often in efforts to derail or assassinate the character and person of those that think not inside a downsized box.

The soothsayers and those that have a great habit of playing tricks on the ignorant are a fabric of society. But these are the days that the Sages have told us about. Nothing will be defeated in the Spiritual Realm. For this is where it all began and will end.

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I would imagine any problem or concern we confront during the days and times we liveth can be best explained by independent thinkers. There is an on-going crisis in the Black community not only in Chattanooga, Tennessee but throughout America.

Of special concern is the senseless violence among our youth who insist on playing a Russian Roulette game of self genocide. So every day throughout America the local and national news reveals many instances of violence.

As a preface to the following statements and facts gathered from the Chattanooga Times Free Press the FreedomJournal Press notes the following. The Chattanooga Times Free Press is one of the most outstanding newspapers not only in the south east but throughout America.

They have gathered some of the most creative and talented journalists within any newspaper establishment. They are also to be commended for their excellent (Prize Winning) journalistic efforts by an assortment of writers regarding the problems of youth related violence in Chattanooga.

Most of these incidents involves guns and Black youth. For example in Chattanooga, Tennessee (Chattanooga Times Free Press October 18, 2015) in an article titled “The Toll” by Shelly Bradbury it is reported that 119 people have been killed in Chattanooga between 2011 and 2015. Among these people was my beloved Grand-daughter Keiara Patton.

Keiara was tragically murdered May 13, 2014. Her death from my analysis is a direct result of a wretched youth culture that has a deadly identity crisis. Hence our youth have been mis-led by many people in the alleged leadership ranks.

Meanwhile Shelly Bradbury reports that also 80% of the people killed were Black. Eight-two percent were male and the majority 65 % were Black males.

In this same article the writer Shelly Bradbury reveals that most of the murders occur in the poorest Black neighborhoods. The school zones for Howard and Brainerd High Schools include 87% of the city’s 119 murders. For the record these schools also have the lowest graduation rates and the lowest ACT scores in Chattanooga.

Meanwhile there are numerous efforts locally and on a national level that seek to address this problem. However, very few programs are efforts seem to have any sustained impact on this on-going lawless behavior and death in the Black community.

Therefore the Think Tank at the FreedomJournal Press believe for certain that there is a need to try some new innovation ways to address this problem.

Thus there needs to be some independent voices that seek answers to this seemingly growing dilemma in Black America.  Independent voices in Black America believe for certain that most Black people including our youth are culturally ignorant.

Therefore most of our youth have no idea about their distinct ethnicity. A respect and knowledge of one’s culture as a Black American we believe will help change the attitude and or mind-set of our youth.

The Hip Hop culture and a bourgeois mentality among many Black authority figures have unknowingly often times become a victim of contemporary economic racism.  Thus from our analysis we believe for certain that the dilemmas in the Black community that result in Black on Black crimes especially murder are ingrained in a mental attitude.  We also argue that this attitude benefits some people while the mass Black community are mere victims and pawns.

Meanwhile the independent thinkers converge on these questions. We feel for certain that we can help our youth. They are not hopeless. Most cry out for help as they make all kinds of negative gestures toward society.

Independent thinkers look to a higher power for help and guidance toward a sense of compassion and love for all that liveth. All will not accept the positive nature of change. However, we pray that the powers at be will allow us to try to help our youth and Black America.

Peace and Paradise,

Carl A. Patton writing for the FreedomJournal Press Sunday 1 November 2015 in the year of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus.