NorthStar News - Walter L. Fields Jr.
What I see in the Black men gathered in Dunkin Donuts is hope. Perhaps
in their life stories are the keys to how more of us can make it to our
twilight years. It is welcome relief from my daily read of the obituary
pages of our state’s most widely read daily newspaper and I see the roll
call of Black men who experience an early departure. Within the stories
traded over coffee and donuts by the group of gray haired and aging
Black men could be the secret to our survival. At a minimum they might
hold the keys to a regimen that will increase the likelihood of
survival.
While the calendar suggests we should celebrate Black history this
month, my focus is on Black survival, here and now. If Black men don’t
survive, we will truly be history.
What I see in the Black men gathered in Dunkin Donuts is hope. Perhaps
in their life stories are the keys to how more of us can make it to our
twilight years. It is welcome relief from my daily read of the obituary
pages of our state’s most widely read daily newspaper and I see the roll
call of Black men who experience an early departure. Within the stories
traded over coffee and donuts by the group of gray haired and aging
Black men could be the secret to our survival. At a minimum they might
hold the keys to a regimen that will increase the likelihood of
survival.
While the calendar suggests we should celebrate Black history this
month, my focus is on Black survival, here and now. If Black men don’t
survive, we will truly be history.
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