Why Black role models are necessary and important?
Within our Community work at Wilson & Knight Consultancy we have seen that the success of an individual has on many occasions been down to an important role model within his/her life.
The success of an individual is somewhat related to having a good family background. This could be from having a strong family unit. A strong family unit in this century is not your normal 2 point 4 family mum dad and children. The strong family unit consists of having strong decent, respectable, honorable, educated, ethical, and understanding law abiding, individuals within that family unit. Regardless of being raised from a single parent family we have seen from our work within the community that having someone to look up to in a positive way is very important and is inspiring to an individual especially to an individual that lacks in confidence and self worth.
At Wilson & Knight Consultancy we have exceptional mentors that when approached to become mentor did not believe in them self. As strange as it may seem they did not feel that what they did could inspire an individual! Yet years of studying for a certain profession or years of working hard to be the best that they can has proven to Use at WKC that these individuals are silent role models. These individuals are role models within their own family unit and role models for our Black community.
To date it still amazes us that an individual who has achieved so much within their life cannot see what they have achieved. This could be because they themselves inspire to do more. To be better than they are at present, so with that attitude it blocks them from see that they are actual achievers!
With unemployment at its highest and recent knife crime killing among our black youths there is no doubt that we are in a troubled community. The media portrays black people to be of low worth and unemployed and those who are employed in low paid jobs. They attack us on our music, culture and our historical past and instill disbelieve that as black people we cannot become or inspire to be anything. Role models are needed to motivate our young people and inspire them to developin to something more.
It needs to be recognised that witin this society it has always been hard and recognition has to be given to a multitude of black people for example our grandparents, we take advantage of simple things, like they may own their home, but to acheive this they had to work hard, be organised and commited to achieve a goal. This is a great example of a role model, giving examples to young black people of small achievements which inevitable results in an ultimate goal is the key.
it is necessary and important to have role models to understand that your inner goal is achieveble, many people come from similar backgrounds, but it depends on the strength and confidence of a person. A role model can come from a similar background of disadvantage, explaining there situation and ther journey will allow young people to understand that choice is available to everyone, Role Models are an upliftment within a persons moral, a reality to a persons development.
With all the years of negative attention it is now having an effect on our black youths therefore we need to push forward all silent role models who are not known to make a positive impact on our community.