Beloved Ancestor Malcom X Wasn't Soft On Community Crime.

Beloved ancestor Malcolm X is one of 'the' great influences of my life. His call for community control echoed in my ears when I began what I call 'safety creation' (combination advocacy and consulting) in response to crack cocaine insurgency of the 1980s-1990s destroying my community and Black America nationally. As with the 1980s 'DopeBusters' of the same Nation of Islam Brother Malcom left years earlier, https://youtu.be/TV7ZQgmcIAw?si=Ead6FYf0llsCy-J- I also felt mobilizing on behalf of my maternal grandmother and other widowed senior citizens was my duty as a Black man. Decades later, it's still my duty, though now I contend against an ideology that misplaces sympathy toward those waging war, literally, upon our community. It's so unlike this crowd scene from 'New Jack City,' a 1991 anti drug film by director Spike Lee that offered a glimpse into today's fentanyl-fueled future: https://youtu.be/K1n-O0ksfNc? si=TLplh8jaQijG2SzV My favor...