One shining star in the Church of England hierarchy is the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, who in an interview yesterday laid it on the line for young black men.
Warning that prisons, mental health units and young offender institutions held too many black people, he said that young black people should stop blaming racism for their problems. ‘Your future success does not lie in guns, gangs and knives or in the worship of celebrities, but in the pursuit of study and hard work and in valuing who you are under God,’ he said.
The Ugandan-born Archbishop also criticised African nations for too readily trying to blame their Europe or their former ‘colonial masters’ for their difficulties, and pointed to African corruption and lack of democracy and warned that nations were squandering their opportunities.
There’s not much else to say after that.
Warning that prisons, mental health units and young offender institutions held too many black people, he said that young black people should stop blaming racism for their problems. ‘Your future success does not lie in guns, gangs and knives or in the worship of celebrities, but in the pursuit of study and hard work and in valuing who you are under God,’ he said.
The Ugandan-born Archbishop also criticised African nations for too readily trying to blame their Europe or their former ‘colonial masters’ for their difficulties, and pointed to African corruption and lack of democracy and warned that nations were squandering their opportunities.
There’s not much else to say after that.
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