Urban League

Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
Neighborhood: Central District
Update - 1/15/2012
On the eve of the assassination of Martin Luther King, I have this wishful thought that the Urban League would take a stronger stance against violence within the African-American community.

Nothing more than a bunch of posters saying "Violence is macho, not masculine. A real man does not hurt others."

Or hosting community meetings where parents, children, teenagers, teachers, athletes, and community leaders discuss ways to encourage members of their community to refrain from ANY kind of violence--verbal, physical, emotional.

Or stating that:
"Our history does not give us any more right to yell at, order around, or mistreat others than they have to yell at, order around, or mistreat us.

"We strive for the equality of races and for Americans to be treated not on the basis of the color of their skin, shape of their eyes, physical stature, accent...

"We choose to NOT do to others what was done to us."

Dr. King would approve this stance of non-violence, I believe, which he preached all his life.

So far, unfortunately, I have not heard this yet from the Urban League.
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5/3/2011First to Review
Black social commentator Sable Verity recently said it best [March 2, 2011]:

"Let's be real.

We've all watched over the past week as the Urban League leadership and other prominent Black people in Seattle have been implicated in a fraud investigation that has dominated the news cycle ever since it was discovered...

Why is it when a scandal hits a Black organization, agency or entity, it becomes CYA [cover your ass] by any means necessary? Do these people really think that flat denials of wrongdoing actually shore up the public's trust and faith? Because it doesn't...

That is what's setting us back, that mentality right there. "We did nothing wrong, point the finger elsewhere...

But if we don't focus on the negative, on the dirt, on the stinky stain we've all been smeared with thanks to a select few in 'our community,' then who the hell will, because clearly it ain't gon' be the 'leaders.' They're too busy smelling the roses and thumping each other on the back and trippin' off of hallucinogenics."

http://www.sablev...

http://seattletim...

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"Alexandra Natapoff, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, says that, based on federal statistics, one of every four black men from 20 to 29 is behind bars, on probation or on parole."

http://bork.wordp...

What, indeed, has the Urban League done to address the vastly disproportionate rates of violent crime by black men (other than to try to hide the fact and claim victim-hood as the cause of all woes suffered by the community)?

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In my opinion, the community needs (and deserves) better leaders and role models.