Shine Now Magazine September Issue_r3 | Page 43

Leadership: Don’t Do It For the Fame! By: Dr. LaMonte Prime In recent times we see the re-occurrence of racial propaganda and news about the treatment of people of so-called minority groups in the good ole United States of America! It further leads to the discussion of mental wellness in the African American culture. There are current international rallies, mourning over unexplained forces of brutality in social structures across the globe which dominates most societies. More specifically in OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the alleged land of the free and the home of the brave, racism still exists! Our minds are affected by its type of classism. It was once an overt system which enabled slavery. Then it became more covert (but not so much) through the movements of civil rights and affirmative action calls for justice. Now through these same systems inst