However, what happens when young men of color do something good? How often is this shown, reported, or given its proper credit?
The Today show often does a segment from a show called What Would You Do? The premise of the show is that the would set up a situation and take film to see what peoples reactions would be. At times I think they set things up to make people feel uncomfortable for better television but then there are times when things get real and you have to give credit to the people that took action.
Such is the case in the video below:
Often one will here me talk about NIMBY; Not In My Back Yard. For the people that saw this and I would dare say anywhere else, their reaction would be to carry on. It's not their problem, it's not their kid. But as you watched further along in the video the two young men listened and acted according and I think the way they did it was a thing of beauty.
Now, I do not know what their backgrounds are, what they were about, or anything else like that. What I do know is that they took action when all others looked the other way and went about their business. I have no doubt in my mind that they knew intervening would change their day had it been a real situation but that did not deter them. They walked, listened, dropped what they were doing, and almost with an uncanny instinct they moved to surround the man because they were not going to let this little girl get abducted.
There is a phrase that I am very found of as a member of a National Civil Defense Organization called the Frontiersmen and that is "Our Brothers Keeper". What this mean is that I will be there to help those in need when the time arises. It may be at some degree of personal costs but the benefits of what will happen far outweighs any costs that may be incurred.
These young men had the courage to be just that. And this is the challenge that each and everyone of us must take up:
Do we have the courage and integrity to be Our Brothers Keeper and take action when needed?
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