Black does not mean stupid
Unthinking, lacking focus and direction
Black does not mean undisciplined
Drifting, lazy, indolent
Lacking vision or self-control
Black does not mean unrestrained and wanton

Does Black mean unorganized or disorganized?
It does not mean lacking strategy or execution
It does not mean lacking perspective or authenticity
It does not mean power without control
It does not mean reckless and unwise
What does Black mean?

Black is not inferior
Black is neither dark nor evil
Evil is evil; white or black
Black is not immoral, corrupt, wicked
Except he is taught to be
Or he teaches himself to be

Black should not mean poor
It should not mean on the dole
Black should not mean violence, drugs, gangs, jail
Black should not mean absent fathers and unmarried mothers
It does not mean generations without education
Black can be a Neurosurgeon, Supreme Court Judge or the President

Black can be good or evil
Wise or foolish, deep or shallow
Black can be kind or odious
Loving or hateful, failure or successful
Black can build or destroy
Black can be your choice, our choice

Black is opportunity, possibility
Black is spiritual, family, devout
But what is the object of your devotion?
Blackness can be transformed
Blackness can be illuminated
Black is whatever you want it to be?