Self Destruction: My Country My People

Not since Jimmy the Greek's statement on race has there been a book this edgy! This book says what everyone would like to say but are scared to say. Straight out of the projects of Bronx New York, this author has traveled down many roads and has experienced many of the things that most will not have had the opportunity to do.Not since Jimmy the Greek's statement on race has there been a book this edgy! This book says what everyone would like to say but are scared to say. Straight out of the projects of Bronx New York, this author has traveled down many roads and has experienced many of the things that most will not have had the opportunity to do. A lot of people had issues with what comedian Bill Cosby and what he had to say about our people in reference to some of his sociopolitical views, especially about the African-American community which I will commend him for. As one of those people of color, I believe that we are taking ourselves back into a different kind of bondage without even realizing it, however this time we are doing it to ourselves instead. Slavery is long gone, and over 400 years of slavery is no excuse for us to be killing others or ourselves. Martin Luther king and many other good people have fought and died for justice and many of the things that we now take for granted. They did not nor should not have died in vain. It is beginning to appear that some of the very same people that they gave their lives for in order for them to be able to do the things that they can now do were not worth the sacrifice. If anything, the fact of just knowing that slavery did exists, and all the pain and losses that we have already gone through and endured, should have been enough to have kept us on the straight and narrow and not resort to what I would call this "madness", that I am seeing today. Instead of continuing Martin Luther King's dream, we have taken it and turned it into a nightmare, where we have now become our worst enemy. Though these words are very harsh and cruel, I believe it is necessary in order to grab the attention that we need in order to get us moving again in the right direction. If by chance we all don't get it, or make a move in the right direction after knowing how many of us feel, then those of us who have been identified or called out here should know why. Of course this does not apply to everyone, and only a fool would think so. We know who we are and I believe the American people know who we are. Millions of our people are still dying all over the world. Whether it is because of an illness or by the hands of one of our own, or even someone else's, it is still too many. Thousands, are still being robbed, raped, beaten, murdered and killed in their communities, in their homes, by our own race, and in some cases even their own relative, which makes no sense at all. This just makes you wonder, is it really Nurture or Nature? You can hear more on this and the many other issues that I talk about in my book by visiting my site at crimefreecity.com where you can also purchase a copy of the unedited version of my book Self-Destruction: My country My People by Peter Brownlowe