
The question on your mind should be what is meant by “the time is long over”? We as Black people are living in a very critical and crucial period of time, more than ever. Some of us will say the period of slavery was more devastating than now, but let’s compare.
Black males were denied the opportunity to be a man and compelled to suffer indignities that if he dared to complain he could be killed.
However the year is 2014 and it is imperative to the future of the Black race that the male become a strong Black man and father. If you are employed you have the obligation to project yourself as a strong positive Black man by doing your job to the best of your ability. You provide a good day’s work for a salary and if the job is unbearable you begin to look for another, but you just don’t walk off. Always conduct yourself in a positive manner. You come to work regularly and on time, show up for work after pay day and do not allow yourself to get caught up in what your co-workers are doing that you realize is wrong. It is generally not beneficial to you to do what the other boys are doing. It takes strength to do what is right and not what everyone else is doing.