Black Americans comprise the largest racial majority in the United States. Because of unique historical experience as slavery, legal and social segregation and economic discrimination, many blacks have lifestyles and value patterns that differ from those of the white majority. This lifestyle and value patterns for the Hispanic community differ from those of the white majority, but is very similar to that of the African American community. Integrating our political, cultural and community issues with the Hispanic community would make the combined cultures a powerhouse in the social, economic, and political mainstream. In the melting pot assimilation, the Africans and Hispanics contribute a bit of its own culture and absorb aspects of the other culture such that the whole is a combination of both groups. Old and new approaches are needed to increase people of color effectiveness and community connectedness. Approaches must balance immediate educational requirements with a focus on addressing the persistent neighborhood problems linked to separation, recognize the role that communities play in political decisions by engaging community residents as partners in policy making, and integrate African and Hispanic Americans leaders into the fabric of the community to improve community-political relations.In tackling persistent Hispanic and African American problems, both groups must move beyond mere cultural issues and conceive of their concerns more broadly, recognizing the importance of community building across these limits. A community-building approach emphasizing measures that strengthen managing their resources, directions, and affairs is required in order to eliminate the segregation and prejudices that is prevalent throughout our society. Problems are most often considered local in nature, making local knowledge and experience a key to effective problem solving and sustained progress. Nation wide community engagement — from identifying problems to establishing priorities and tailoring appropriate responses — is essential. To achieve real inclusion as opposed to co-optation or mere community legitimization of priorities requires individuals to move beyond their own agendas. This has implications beyond including the community in setting priorities and selecting strategies; it also goes to operations procedures such as mentoring programs that provide strict accountability practices for the mentor and those being mentored.The core of any society is its people. With the mission of restoring positive values, political awareness, collective achievement Hispanic and African American unity processes should be designed to produce a generation of leaders with community-oriented skills, characteristics, experience, and commitment. The process must recognize the importance of a norms that reflects the communities served and identify individuals willing and able to interact, partner, communicate, and problem-solve with the community. This community-oriented emphasis must be integrated throughout the entire Hispanic and African American cultures. Hispanic and African American Leaders data collection efforts should include information geared toward improving historically black university to incorporate Hispanic needs, particularly with regard to political awareness and communication interaction with the local, regional, and national community. Among the most common complaints about community performance, especially in low-income communities of color, are that leaders ignore the desire, needs and expectations of these societies. Data regarding these issues of public concern should be gathered and made available to the public. Democracy requires a publicly involved, accessible, and accountable system for reviewing the exercise of Hispanic and African American powers. As a practical matter, public confidence in the fairness, objectivity, and legitimacy of the oversight process is greatly enhanced by community engagement, particularly for communities of color. It also provides an external mechanism of quality control and additional accountability of Hispanic and African American leaders. To achieve long-term solutions and sustained improvements, the role of community oversight representatives must be expanded to encompass a policy-making role in addition to individual complaint review. The accessibility and efficiency of the Hispanic and African American society oversight process has a direct impact on public perceptions of the credibility and openness of the process, as well as the commitment to meaningful oversight of the leadership team.There is no shortage of ideas and opportunities for community consideration, inclusion, connection, and participation in almost every aspect of Hispanic and African American culture. And yet, with all the promise that already exists, there is no simple, one-size-fits-all blueprint for cultural reform. It is essential to any effort, however, that Hispanic and African American leadership, in collaboration with local communities, must implement change on several fronts, not just a few. The two cultures can put unprecedented resources into developing a diverse generation pool, but its efforts will fall short if it does not also address an aggressive policy of united improvements in communities of color. Likewise, a Hispanic and African American leaders may indicate a willingness to change the culture's approach to political awareness and involvement, positive values and collective advancement but if there is a failure to structure personnel processes to hire and promote individuals willing and able to rise to the challenge, nothing will change. To be effective, strategies must be fully integrated throughout the spectrum of Hispanic and African American communities.
