For All NYC Youth of All Ages.

by Joe B.

Saturday, May, 18, 2002. Got in office, from covering the 3rd annual Malcolm X JazzArts Festival in Oakland’s, San Antonio Park, 18th Ave. & Foothill Blvd, Oakland.

But at the same time there was also some annual do-dad at Jack London Square.

[Exclusive, expensive area]

But as Ms.Rhodessa Jones, said, "They said its their annual too but I only heard about it today."

I too think it a bit underhanded planning it on the same day as San Antonio Parks, it makes me go hmmm.

Lisa, Co-editor and employer is jumping up and down, telling me that New York young folks saw the DOE letter and my response to them and decided to write asking, me what it means or why the separation of parent(s) and child?

I think there is something DOE does also supposedly protecting children while parent(s) are in one or more of these study, work-training programs.

I don’t know if this occurs also but you guys and girls from Harlem, Fordham Road, 110th to 125th St. and both side of the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Park Avenue, Long Island, Yonkers, and Long Island or anywhere else in NYC.

Hip-me to the happenings way out on the Eastside.

That tron-mail must have flaked up, scattered, or otherwise got lost coming to me but no matter here’s my answer.

I’m just sad that it took this long in answering. That’s why I always say snail mail too and please write clearly if you snail me.

What’s seems to be going on Alpha-C, ‘Chi Town, The City, State, and in every inner city-barrio, neighborhood or in Small Towns across America is a breaking down of working and middle class families.

Remember when Middle America said "Its those people, Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, Mixed, or poor Whites causing the problems?"

That trickle down theory [ask your folks] has it worked its way up to the dwindling or vanishing middle class, you know white or rainbow folks with blue, white, and pink collar jobs, struggling each year to make ends meet barely making it.

Maybe now the dirty little secret’s out of the bag.

America’s like a leaky boat and the holes can no longer be plugged by blaming rainbow people or immigrants for economic problems.

Could it be how multi national corporations ‘Bottom Line" mentality leaves little room for young parents raising children when working longer hours and harder for less economic gain?

Children from New York emailed me a few days ago and because of our server being over loaded, human and PC error’s I was not able to receive this mail.

I got it the old 17, 18, 19, and 20th century way, word of mouth; my editor and employer told me face-to-face of it.

Before babbling on I want to read this letter that some children in New York sent me.

It may take a few days to read and understand it because like my column say about me.

I don’t know, but their are other children all over America and overseas who may have answers to questions and visa-versa.

This splitting of families is happening everywhere and is no isolated incident there are reasons simple an complex that’s where CBM comes in to play.

Oh, sorry that means Critical Brain Mass.

That’s when people come together working on common goals on different parts of questions like jigsaw puzzles coming together to form pictures, person(s), or anything after and the pieces are placed in order.

It takes time but worth the effort if they fit into each other.

There are times when grups (grown-ups) don’t have all the answers but think they must at like they do.

I’m a grown up and I ‘hell-a don’t know the answers.

What scares, or give me nightmares is thinking most of our socalled leaders don’t have a clue either but tough-it-out bluffing their way through.

Its still a scary world even when we’re grown, married, have children or not, and work everyday.

There are lots new broken roots everyday (Broken Families) but some reform, become extended, or blended, be they two mom’s, or dad’s with children or single mother’s and father’s with children.

A family whether traditional two parent with one or more children or the one mentioned above are not worse case models but alternate kinds of family units many people have not seen but may have lived in and told no one about because of taboo. (not quite right)

Because of human adaptability and endurance these other kinds of family units are here and will remain until or society place greater respect, economics, and protections for children in any type of family.

Sorry for the complexity kids - ask your older siblings, relatives, parent(s) or friends I’m sure some of them know and if not their are always library books, internet research, or teachers that can help.

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