The Blogging Challenge for Seniors, President Obama's Woes, and Charlie Rangelhe POTUS

Hi Wise Ones,

This blogging thing is a major part of the new age of cyberspace communication and can be challenging. However, I have no doubt that I'll eventually get the hang of it. The recent comments by Ron Gilliam and Mildred Smith were sent to me via email and I took the liberty of posting them on the blog. Ron teaches the "African-American History Class" at the Lou Walker Center for Active Seniors. Mildred is very lively participant of the class. Both are septuagenarians. (I'm just a baby, a sexagenarian.)

Ron mentioned one of the classes that I teach, "Romance from 50 to Forever". If you'd like to know more about this very popular class, see my blog "Season Senior - Love After 50".

About the President of the United States (POTUS). . . The guy just can't get a break! No matter what President Obama does, the naysayers and Monday morning quarterbacks thwart him at every turn. His own party, the Democrats have failed him since he took office. Is all this negativity because he's black or what?

Social Security and Medicare. . . Do you think the proposed changes will affect African-Americans more negatively than the rest of the seniors in the country?

Charlie Rangel. . . Now that the 80-year old has been censured by the House of Representatives, what do you think about the situation? Check out the Peter Beinart's article in the Daily Beast and Vanity Fair's article on other censured congressional representatives.

Why African American Seniors' Wisdom

I particpate in the African American History Class at the Lou Walker Multipurpose Center for Active Seniors. We study and discuss in depth, the history of black folks primarily in the United States. Discussions also include information about our African roots. The class allows participants to discuss issues and invites members to tell their personal story of life in America.

This blog is a place to continue the discussion. It also allows the conversation to expand beyond the class and history, to issues of concern in the African American community, including the arts, culture, lifestyle, and the black family.

Should you contribute to the discussion with comments, please do so respectfully in words, tone, and attitude when expressing a point of view. If you are so inclined, recommendations on how to solve the myriad of problems facing African Americans are welcome. If you use information or refer to facts from others, cite your sources. Please include your age in your comments.

In addition to our achievements, some of the major issues discussed in the class are:

1.  the inadequate education of African American children
2.  the need for our children to know their history beyond African American History month
3.  the high, disproportionate percentage of African Americans in prison
4.  the breakdown of the black family in respect to the loss of customs, traditions, and sense of  community
5. children having children
6. the need for more businesses owned by African Americans, and 
7. the need for African American leaders and national organizations to unify and focus on changing the impoverished circumstances of the black underclass.

Current events are included in the discussion here. The topics are wide-ranging, from President Obama to racism in America, black health, accomplishments of our people, to politics, corrupt black officials, to hypocrites in the pulpit and more. African American Seniors' Wisdom is a forum for those of us who've reached a certain age and have gained perspective on life.

I hope you will join the discussion.
RW Evans