Black Solidarity Day’s purpose over the last thirty five years has evolved. No longer are we in the era of hot mid summer riots, non-violent protest rallies against depriving us of the right to vote, and the right acquire equal opportunity as our former plantation owner here in America. Oppression has evolved and it has spread throughout the globe as capitalism grows and our thirst for superficial wealth creates exploitation in lesser developed countries. This reason to believe we have become pacified. These are bold statements since in the last forty years people of color have taken on a remarkable change in society. Most notable the rise in economic stature, however the impact of a post chattel society the quest for an identity has become our downfall. Earlier I mentioned pacification; I use this particular word to describe the state of this black generation. We have been pacified through the bombardment of heavy narcotics from the mid seventies through today. Our continued cause for the struggle has been diluted since the death of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and the destruction of the Black Panther party. We ask our selves what are fighting for; the struggles we face have no longer become a unitary state’s problem, countries such Zimbabwe, Haiti, Sudan face a dilemma that is unprecedented. The struggle is not dead and the fight for social economic advancement has not ended.

Black Solidarity Day’s purpose in the 21^st century is to re-establish that connection with our identity, before we were a chattel led people. Before we became an ex-slave, to recognize where we have gone wrong and implement an action change to make amends. Today is Black Solidarity Day and no longer can we sit as images of New Orleans, Sudan and less recent Rwanda wage an onslaught on our thought process. We cannot call upon the generation prior to act because their time of action has passed and the mantle lay for us the youth to behold. The goal is to light that fire and harness it in as much people as we can so that they can love. Che Guevara once said true revolutionaries and guided by great feelings of love, and our purpose at the end of the day is to light the fire of love so they leave with a sense of purpose.