It is very disconcerting sometimes when you think about people of the city of Birmingham. There seems to be a shift from substance and understanding of its place in history to a place of wanting fools gold and debauchery. In my 37 years of existence I have witnessed unprecedented history for African Americans. My father's generation would have never thought they would live to see the United States of America elect a man of color as president. We are at a crossroads. Birmingham must remember that its strength in the fight for Civil Rights for African Americans, laid the foundation for President Obama's historic run to the White house. As I look out over this city, it appears to me that there is a lull or spirit of mediocrity when it comes to its leadership going forward.
Birmingham has an energetic person as mayor who is progressive and espouses his visionary ideas for making Birmingham a premier city in this country. However, we must question his tactics and his motives when it comes to putting forth his lofty goals. We must not forget that he is currently under indictment for his activities as county commissioner. We also must not forget about the serious debt and financial discombobulation he left his home city of Fairfield. It worries me when every time our mayor puts forth one of his visionary ideas that there are never any details on how we are going to pay for it.
It is my belief that Birmingham must do an accurate, strategic assessment of itself considering the economic conditions of our country. We need a so called "stimulus" in thinking and prioritization for the citizens of this city. We could list a number of issues that plague this city that should be addressed(that would be an extremely long list). However, it is my belief that our focus should be changing the mentality of its citizenship, young and old. We can no longer continue to sleepwalk daily as we watch our economy erode, education system crumble, and infrastructure fall apart.
The question becomes: Where is the true leadership in our community?
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The Birmingham World was established in 1930 by the Scott family as one of the few black newspapers in the Birmingham area. The paper stresses education because the paper's philosophy is that its duty is to educate blacks in Birmingham.
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Why did people read the Birmingham World
Blacks turned to it for reports, announcements of community happenings and for an angle on local and national news missing from the majority paper....
