On July 16h President Obama addressed the NAACP for their 100th anniversary and boy did he say some things that our community needs to hear. He thanked freedom fighters and the NAACP for paving the way for him and he also issued a bit of a call to action. If nothing else it was definitely a call to addressing this thing called life & raising our children with the correct attitude.

 

The speech was excellent, Hip HopTruth encourages all to pay especially close attention to the last ten minutes of this speech. We also encourage everyone to use the first twenty minutes as inspiration to find the strength to apply some social responsibility. If our predecessors could find the individual strength to say no I won't ride the bus today even though it would be easier, no I won't stay home during the sit-in even though I'm afraid, no I won't be silent and do nothing while my community dies then certainly we can find the time to mentor, tutor or otherwise help young people who <b>by no fault of their own </b>were born at a disadvantage. We should also find the strength to sit down at the club when a song that disparages us is played, we should also find the strength not to purchase filth that disrespects our young girls and women. If we don't respect our women how can we respect others to? Find the strength and individual responsibility to see past the beat, he is correct we all have decisions to make, our personal decisions and actions are indeed important.