Kudos for a noble attempt.
My concern is that leadership in black community seems to always be portrayed as Christian, economically savvy, aspiring to be well educated and Ivy League if possible. I'm not sure what the goal is, a nation of Oprahs and Obamas?
I grew up in a Crips neighborhood and found that Buddhist peace offered me a way out. Today I teach Buddhism in the black community and would like to say that, "I too am black in America."
