21 Things African-Americans Need to do in 2012
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1. Register to vote, or shut up!
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2.Take all that money out of those stocking caps, in cans, mattresses, and
floorboards and invest money in something. For starters, invest in the food
you eat and the clothes you wear (before you buy the rims for your car).
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3. Learn another language. Ebonics does not count
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4. Stop using the "N" word in the new millennium, especially since Merriam-Webster Dictionary has announced it isn't changing the definition.
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5. Buy something each week from a “BLACK” vendor.
Consider starting your own business to become a “BLACK” vendor.
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7. Subscribe to Ebony, JET, Black Enterprise, and Essence magazines.
Then subscribe to one of the three weeklies: Time, Newsweek, or
US News and World Report.
After we read about what's going on in our world, how about knowing what's going on in
theirs?
It is, after all, your world too.
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8. Stop walking past each other and not speaking.
Remember how good it feels when someone acknowledges you.
Spread that same acknowledgement.
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9. Be on time for something, anything!
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10. Get an annual check up; herbs do not cure everything!
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11. In all thy ways acknowledge Him (GOD) and He shall direct thy path."
prioritize this as #1.
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12. Stop being jealous of one another, learn to look past the material things and see the person and your friends for who and what
they are. GOD’s Children!
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13. Get involved in at least one charitable or voluntary community service.
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14. Say a prayer for someone besides yourself!
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15. Hug your child /spouse/parent today and“TELL Them That You LOVE Them”!
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16. LOVE ONE ANOTHER!
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17. Learn to Let Go and Let God. You cannot do it yourself! Without Him!
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18. Stop talking about it, and BE about it.
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19. Let GOD order your steps instead of the world.
Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.
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20. P.U.S.H.!! Pray Until Something Happens!
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21. In all that you do, get understanding, (turn off the TV, and open a book).
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Don't just read this, DO IT and ENCOURAGE others to take nothing for granted
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Tell people what they mean to you - TODAY!!!!!!
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PLEASE PASS THIS TO EVERY AFRICAN AMERICAN YOU KNOW BECAUSE “GOD”
HAS A POSITIVE ANSWER!
Thank you! SonnyJonz!