In Hope and History (1990), historian Vincent Harding shared the words of a young brother, Darryl, who had gotten caught up in the drug trade in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts.When asked why Darryl's friends and associates had become "enmeshed" in the drug world, Darryl offered this observation:
"You know, doc, out on those streets it's like being on a dark, dark country road at midnight, with no moon and no lights to guide you; and you can't see any signposts at all. So they're lost, don't know where to go, and they can be pulled down into any hole...What we need are signposts to help us find the way. I don't mean no regular signposts. I mean like live, human signposts, people. People we can look at, be with, listen to. That's what we need. Signposts."
So in honor of Darryl, and all his brothers and sisters, I will be trying to find and lift up all the signposts I can, in hopes that we can keep at least some of them on a more righteous path.--Fasaha Traylor, 12/13/13
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