Lack of pride in black youth

By Pastor Rawles Pacquette

Is there any more  ride  in  the black youths of today?

Greetings in the name of my  Master, Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. As a boy growing  up in  Dominica, my friends and I took  great pride in everything we did. We respected those older than us, helped the elderly, went to school every day,to church every Sunday, then to the  theatre  in the evening. Now you can’t even have  a  house party  without someone getting into a fight.

We stayed up listening to the West Indies  Vs  India or Australia sitting by the street,and nobody  troubled us. But the youths of today  believe  it  is more important to  commit  crimes  against society, and going to prison is like getting a degree.

Summer holidays were  the best, we had  fun, doing things like going  to the beach, camping, visiting families in other villages,etc.

Back  to the youths, young women  walking half  naked, showing  booty and thinking it’s beauty. They use words they  don’t know the meaning of ,words like  N…., etc that great men like Dr. Martin Luther  King, Malcolm  X, and Gandhi  died for. Their parents have no control over them, they talk about the world is enlighten, but there is more darkness in the world  today.

Long  ago  if your friend  had a child  at an early age, (let’s say  fifteen years old) and your mother  saw you talking to her, Lord  have  mercy on you. If a family member of yours went to prison for rape, etc,  the whole village would keep their distance from your family  for generations, and they would never stop talking about  your family,that’s the kind of pride  we are talking about.

Today  there are pastors, teachers, politicians, citizens,  etc that are  committing crimes against  little boys  and girls, and they are welcome with open hands,where is the  pride  we had in the old days?

There  are parents that keep telling their children that prison was not build for animals, they are brainless idiots that know zero  about discipline. Why do you want someone to tell you  when to eat, drink, shower and go to bed? You only say  these things to kids. But it’s  more important to be call a gangster than a gentleman.
Black is very beautiful, but not when we degrade ourself. GOD BLESS.

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14 Comments

  1. dammmm
    June 9, 2010

    damm you dominicans are so dam shallow. the man is trying to help out with the youths of today and thats all yo uare seeing. the misspelt words and shit. grow up ppl and open your eyes and mind. we did nnot go to school for nothing.i think the pastor is speaking of great importance. maybe somethings are not called for but we need to look out for these kids because to be honest am scared of them.

  2. Joker in Harlem
    June 8, 2010

    TO THINKINGMAN,THE WORD THINGINGMAN IS SPELL WRONG ALSO THERE IS NO SUCH WORD LIKE UZ IN THE DICTIONARY,IDIOT.AND DO NOT TELL ME THAT’S THE WAY THEY WRITE ON THE WEB.WHEN YOU DIG A PIT FOR SOMEONE,DIG ONE FOR YOURSELF ALSO.
    JOKER .

  3. Joker in Harlem
    June 8, 2010

    Take a look in the American Heritage College Dictionary,I never knew you were the most educated Person in the World,genius.
    I know you don’t know the level of the Pastor’s education ,just like nobody knows the level of your education,so please don’t pretend that you’re the most educated person in the World.The USA is the Capital of the World,and they use words like (Peoples,they don’t use the word People anymore)listen to the President of the USA,He use the word Peoples,not People,and He is one of the most Educated Man in the World,does that means He is wrong,idiot.
    So Genius,don’t try to think you are it,the Pastor don’t know that I am replying to you,smart Boy..
    The internet is there to give your views,not to lecture People,and what makes it so stupid is that you are wrong,because We are in the USA.where the USA goes,the World follows.
    This is what you should do,go all over the internet and correct every word that is misspell or misuse.

    JOKER IS THE SON OF A BORN DOMINICAN FROM THE SOUTH,HE IS A MEMBER OF THE

    PASTOR’S CHURCH.

  4. thinkinman
    June 8, 2010

    Pastor Pacquette… the word Youth.. is both singular and plural. there is no need to add an S when referring to more than one. i know they don’t teach grammar in Bible school but lets make sure our letters of address are on point before we submit. Are you saying that if i rape a young girl… my entire family should be chastised like in the old days? is the the kind of backward thinking you’re promoting? Chastising my family doesn’t do anything but create tension within the village while I’m in jail. The institute of prison indeed was not built for animals, it was intended to rehabilitate. I agree that youth on a whole (black, white etc) need to have more pride in themselves…. however, being small and close minded, living in fear of what others will say, or how the “church” and “pastor” will judge me isn’t the way. LIVE UP YOUTH OF TODAY.. RISE AND TAKE UR STAND…FOR TOMORROW IS YOURS.

    • Joker in Harlem
      June 8, 2010

      TO THINGINGMAN,

      THERE IS NO WORD LIKE UR,GENIUS IN THE DICTIONARY.(MISTAKE BY WRITING UZ) AND THAT’S THE WAY YOU SPELL THINGINGMAN.

      • Joker in Harlem
        June 8, 2010

        SORRY FOR THE MISSPELL,THE CORRECT WORD IS THINKINGMAN.

  5. sandy
    June 8, 2010

    Whoever wrote this article needs another A. Life has changed drastically for many of us. Where is that pride we once had? I clearly remembered all those things you mentioned when i was growing up. Now a days its all about stealing, fighting, killing, bulling and if you do not have sex at an early age, you are nobody. What are we getting too?

    Now, no matter the age, we accept the fact that man/woman can have how many sexual partners and we do not care.

    What about the viruses out there. Parents now, they are not taking charge of their responsibilities.

    It is really sad out there

  6. Wolfgang
    June 8, 2010

    in my opinion, that’s a fatuous article.

    • Virgo
      June 8, 2010

      Only a Fool like you will say this is a foolish article.

    • Virgo
      June 8, 2010

      Only a fatuous Person like you will think so,and please don’t use big words when there are small one’s like foolish.big words don’t make one smart,for fool use big words also.

  7. Wolfgang
    June 8, 2010

    Is there anymore “ride or pride ?”

  8. a villager from soufriere
    June 7, 2010

    WELL SAID PASTOR P AMEN TO THAT AND INDEED THOSE WERE THE DAYS AND TIME WHEN YOU ,I AND THE OTHERS WERE BROUGHT UP IN SOUFRIERE BUT NOT NOW ITS DIFFERENT MAY GOD HELP, GUIDE AND PROTECT THE YOUTHS OF TODAY GOD BLESS.

    • Virgo
      June 7, 2010

      You’re 1000% right my Friend.

      • thinkinman
        June 8, 2010

        i doubt it.

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