European American Health and Social Concerns Project
Every community has its unique problems. This is as true
for European Americans as it is for African Americans, Hispanics, or any
other category of people.
We are undoubtedly the only ethnic group in America which
has not organized on its own behalf. If we continue to neglect our own
interests, we will be swept into insignificance before this century is
done. It’s time we realized that we, too, are a people - a people
who need to solidify our community and address our problems.
Many challenges await our response. Health issues are
an important category. Alcohol and drug abuse, poverty, broken homes,
and low self-esteem are some others.
There was a time we could pretend that everything was
fine with white people. Blacks had drug problems, Native Americans drank
too much, non-whites in general suffered from poverty. But us? Oh, no
- we were too good for that! Life in white neighborhoods was healthy and
moral and “normal.” The problems were somewhere else.
If that was ever true, it is no longer so: Drug use in
the all-white suburbs is epidemic. About half the poor people in America
are of European descent. When it comes to self-esteem, we’re just
about on the bottom of the pile. In some white communities, single-parent
families are the norm rather than the exception.
We, as men and women descended from noble ancestors, are
in charge of our fate. We can ignore the facts. We can blame other racial
groups. Or we can accept responsibility, and fix the problems.
The Health and Social Concerns Project (an endeavor of
the EAIF) chooses the latter choice. We want to inform our kin, and help
them take action.
Read the links below - and act!
Issues of Concern for European
Americans - A quick look at work to be done
Saving Your Skin - A message
for European Americans about skin cancer
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