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On the first anniversary of the historic 2008 election, retired Gen. Colin Powell, the first African-American secretary of state, talks one-on-one with CNN’s Don Lemon about on the most pressing issues facing black men in the age of President Obama.

Don Lemon: President Barack Obama issued a national call to service. Do you think African-Americans have answered that call?

Colin Powell: I really don’t know that I know the answer to that question. I do know that in the work that I do and my wife does as the chair of America’s Promise, we are seeing more and more people step forward to try to deal with the problems that we have, to include African-Americans and Hispanics stepping forward.

But it’s not just a one-time thing. You can’t just have, let’s have a day of service on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday or a day of service. We’ve got to get deeply involved in working with our kids on a continuing basis and not just one day a year.

We need more African-American men, for example, to step forward and serve as mentors to young kids who don’t have a responsible, caring adult male in their lives. If I could snap my finger and do one thing, I would make sure that every young American boy or girl, but especially African-American [children], have a responsible, caring adult in their lives.

Hopefully, it’s their parents, even if it’s a single parent. … But without that kind of family support, then we need Boys and Girls Clubs. We need Big Brothers and Big Sisters. We need mentors. Otherwise, these kids will find bad adults to copy from, and we’re going to lose them.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    Partially addressed but mostly dodged… Powell would have been just as good a president obviously.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    All black politicians are scared to address racism… Even my man Obama, no one wants to take the charge in defending us black people.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WestsideCartelAtl85/ WestsideCartelAtl85

    Stan_Vinyl the reason why Black politicians are afraid to address racism because they will come as miltant and rabble rousers to Whites basically. I feel like most Black politicians just shuck and jive or go along to get along in D.C. It will take a collective of Blacks who aren’t politically affiliated in this country to address racism and other problems plaguing the Black community.

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    WestsideCartelAtl85… I’m feelin that 100%

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    I wish Colin would run for President……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kennyd4/ kennyd4

    funny how this house niggah did’nt feel that way when he was putting black men and womens lives in harms way for the devil doing some desert stormbullshyt now he wants a muthafucher to step forward.hes a war monger and a lying two faced house niggah who in the long run set us up for the shyt we’re in now.I SAY FUCH’EM!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    Colin Powell said@
    “We need more African-American men, for example, to step forward and serve as mentors to young kids who don’t have a responsible, caring adult male in their lives. If I could snap my finger and do one thing, I would make sure that every young American boy or girl, but especially African-American [children], have a responsible, caring adult in their lives.”
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    while I dis-agree with things he’s done personally….I cant even be mad at him for saying that.

    we ARE our brother’s and sister’s keeper…..
    WE ALL WE GOT !!!

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    Colon Powell need to quit acting like he give a s**t about the black communities in America. Yes Blak men do need to step up and take back their power and their communities, but the very last thing they need (don’t need really) is someone’s approval about what needs to be done nor do they need sell-out, Uncle Tom, house slaves telling them what needs to be done. The truth is we don’t have leaders, we have misleaders. They can give me the illusion that they care, but they really don’t because they are living off the misery of our people while pocketing the money they receive by their slavemasters.

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