THOUGHTS ON MY FAMILY FICTION

I’m doing this again THOUGHTS ON WHY I WRITE FAMILY FICTION The motivation for my writing is not born in the cruelties African peoples have suffered, are suffering, at the hands of white racist powers, but by what those cruelties did, and are doing, to their progeny. Unrestrained power has never been humane. Human life has meant no more to powerful white racist than its value as a product. When black life ceased to be of value white racist powers set the agenda to dominate and control that life – stifle its proliferation and development by force when necessary. Understanding this, I’m not overwhelmed by laws which function to accommodate the agenda of unrestrained power. I’m not in awe of the increased number of black men and women filling private prisons; or the veritable tsunami of young black boys and girls inundating mental health professionals and facilities. I’m not surprised by the unwillingness of our government to impose the necessary dollars for a quality education to all citizens. I see our government as complicit to the racist agenda when instead of being directly involved in the education of its citizens it chooses to sell that obligation to private (often racist) for profit companies. It is little wonder that some law enforcers too function within a racist agenda. What I show in my trilogy of stories is how the Racist Power Agenda, RPA, helps shape the behavior of the children and grandchildren of our fore parents and ancestors. http://www.amazon.com/author/adolphusward http://www.adolphusward.net