Black frats, sororities wrong to boycott “Stomp the Yard”

you are pathetic.

YOU SAID:
When the brothers of Alpha’s Pi Omicron chapter at Texas A&M University addressed a nearly all-Black elementary class a few years ago, we lined up our cars in the parking lot. In the classroom, the shades were drawn. At the right time during our presentation, we raised the shades to reveal to the young men a parking lot full of Mercedes, Porsches and other fine cars. Sure, we took the material route. But these young men only knew drug dealers who had the finer things in life. By showing them that through an education they could achieve such material possessions, we gave them something else to consider. I told that to a CEO in Chicago and he said, “I never thought about it that way. Maybe I ought to wear my bling bling when I talk to kids!”

I SAID:
Matthew 6:21
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

Face it – you are a farce. I can’t believe I see it and your own people do not. You are using them to gain the notoriety and material things you so richly desire.

You can choose to put your money in material earthly possessions or in to the kingdom of Heaven – you have the right to choose – but what you choose reveals a LOT about you.

I know this won’t make the cut and get posted because you run a one-sided, censored blog, but at least you’ll know what a LOT of people think of you.

Oh, I thorougly loved your response because it was so devoid of the critical analysis needed. In fact, it follows some of the silly, emotional and drama-filled emails you have sent me.

First, a lot of kids always ask, “What do you make? Do you have a big house? What kind of car you drive?” See, they see drug dealers and gangsters as living the American Dream. So if that is what they are thinking, why not outshine the drug dealer by saying I got mine through legal means? See, when I have the kid hooked on MY way of thinking, as opposed to the guy on the corner, then I can teach them and show them that it’s not about the money, but about the education. But if you don’t get them hooked, then you will lose them forever.

It’s clear that you haven’t spent much time speaking to inner city kids. I have – all my life. I’ve been there, rather than sitting around emailing someone questioning their commitment to their race.

Now I also thought it was so cute of you to use Scripture. Son, I’ve evangelized and led many people to the Lord. And what I learned during that process as well is that a LOT of people are so angry with religion, that they don’t even want to listen to Scripture. So you meet them where they are.

You talk about their family. Their goals. Their aspirations. Then you speak to your past and where you were. Once you have them hooked, then you can slowly share with them the word of God. But if you walk in thumping your Bible, they might get turned off.

Go back and read Exodus 3.

When Moses ask God what he should say when people ask who sent him, God simply said, “”I am who I am.”

See, when God is your foundation, you don’t worry about haters like you; you just do God’s will. You don’t always have to say Jesus to speak His word. You don’t always have to say God to represent Him.

I know the Master I serve – Jesus, God, Yahweh.

And if I can get a kid to value education by showing him what can be gained from a college education, then I make no apologies for that.

Now let’s see how many Black kids you reach out to, speak to, and try to help.

Okay – so let me give your response some of the “critical analysis” you seem to crave. I’ll do my best to curtail all of the silly emotional drama you referenced (though for some reason, I think you thrive on it – see also – PAULA ZAHN).

An advocate for children you certainly are not. I wouldn’t want any child – black, white, yellow. green – to look up to you as a mentor or role model. Your approach is flawed in the sense that you teach them first about “things” instead of about values, morals and ethics. It’s a sad state of affairs if you think you are outshining the drug dealers by showing off your fine cars. How can you hook the kid on YOUR way of thinking (like you said above) when your way of thinking is identical to that of the guy on the corner (showing off your money)? By your plan, you wait to have them hooked before talking about education – but in that plan you are simply no different than a drug dealer. Matter of fact, you’re worse off. At least the drug dealer would probably admit to the damage he causes.

What makes it so clear Mr. Martin, that I havent spent much time working with inner city kids? is it because I do in fact question your committment to your race? Is it because I think you run around hooting and hollering for the sake of your “bruhs and sistas” (as you say) when it really is just a thinly veiled guise for the path to pad your accounts? Don’t think I missed the fact that my post is the only response any of your blogs have had and why not post it – its controversial, maybe some of your other “bruhs and sistas” will get angry at what i say and post more. It could all work out good for you, right? Like CNN did.

Fact is, I sponsor a ministry outreach in the Bronx that recently had their first service, a small ethnic child from Indoenesia, not to mention the countless local youths (black, white or whatever) that I work with to consistently provide a stable, moral, ethical role model for. In 3 months, when I return from Africa, I will tell you the exact amount of children that I reached out to, spoke to and tried to help.

As you rambled on and on Son, I found it quite cute as you attempted to lay out your plan for me on how you approach youth. You’re so painfully out of touch with them and it shows. I have to wonder, were you trying to convince me or trying to convince yourself that your way was right, ethical and proper?

I re-read Exodus 3, just to make sure I didn’t miss something since your reference of it held very little relevance to the topics at hand. I did not see anywhere that God said to Moses, “Hook the children first on the materilaistic things of the world and then show them that I AM the way, the truth and the light.” Nope, that reading would come from RolandMartin Chapter 8 Verse 1.

But I did find your attempt to quantify your Christian classification with scripture (though irrelevant) cute as you would say. So I chose another piece of scripture that fits all too good with you, your image, your preachings and more than likely the writings in your books.

ROMANS 16:17
I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

If that doesn’t sum up you and your preachings, teachings, writings and speeches then I do not know what does. No self-respecting, true Christian would say half of the things you do, write half of the thing you write or behave in half of the ways you did. Stop using my religion as a fortress to hide behind for your slurs and anti-christian movements.

I too know the Master I serve – Jesus, Adonai, the Author and Finisher of my faith, the annointed one, the artist and architect of my life.

Now I raise the question to you – did your Master only speak to his race? Was he not an advocate for all of mankind?

Now let’s just see how many NON-Black kids you reach out to, speak to and try to help.

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