For far too often we have heard members of our community say “We” have got to do better, but in essence and reality, it is the man or woman in the mirror who may need to do better. Any and everything on this path called LIFE is not your fault unless you are truly the cause of the negativity going on in and around our communities. If you are not a negligent mother or deadbeat dad, why be a part of the “We” gotta do better crowd? If you are not robbing, stealing and killing, why be a part of the “We: gotta do better crowd? Plainly put, it is those who are killing innocent people who need to do better. Those who are robbing need to do better. “We” have enough coats on our backs already that do not fit. “We” cannot afford anymore.
There is no such thing as a bad neighbourhood, we just simply have good and bad people coming in and out of them. “We” oftentimes say with deep concern and anguished tones, “We” are killing each other. But most of us never even shot a gun, let alone killed a person. Why use the word “We” when most of the time “We” know exactly who is doing the killing but would not utter a mumbling word until it hits our address or one of our loved one’s? “We” still have good parents that have raised and are raising good kids, but when deadbeat parents produce deadbeat kids “We” discredit ourselves by saying “We” gotta do better. What “We” should be a part of is the informed, involved and educated crowd.
The “We” crowd only speaks of crimes when Black people commit them. Yet people of all races have committed crimes. Crime has no colour. The “We” crowd named it Black-on-Black crime. This is another coat the “We” crowd placed on our backs, not their own. So, I ask you again, are you a part of the “We” crowd? As for “me,” I am out.
Distancing from the “WE” crowd
