(Lifted from Booker Rising)
A group of elderly Black people in the Englewood/ West Englewood section of Chicago , most of whom are in their retirement years.
They recall the glory days of their beloved community.
- Strong Black families
- Rich community traditions
- Beautiful buildings
- Well kept streets and lawns
- A safe and inviting community
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The Need To Distill The Features Of Our Enemies Down To Their Essential Properties
I am on record saying that the enemy of Black people from day one has been:
- Ignorance
- Hatred
- Complicity - Those Who See #1 and #2 And Do Nothing To Effectively Counter It
These demons are equal opportunity poltergeists, willing to possess any human from without regard to race.
I have also itemized the methods by which the enemy has cast itself upon Black people
- Murder of Black people in the name of perverted justice
- Rape of Black people to exert power over our community
- Denial of Educational Opportunities to allow us to form the strategy ability to resolve our problems
- Destruction of Black Commerce which disallowed us the ability to fund our desired living standard
Today none of these methods used to attack our community is bound to any one race as a point of distribution against the interests of Black people.
When I challenged the civil rights leader on the radio call in show to tell me if "the Black killer of a Black person is EQUAL TO the White killer of a Black person?" this is the point that I was hitting upon.
It is a strategic mistake for the Black community to allow itself to be stoked into action when a "favorable target" strikes. The unfortunate conjoined twin to this line of reasoning is the evidence of the underwhelming response that is afforded to Black on Black crime - which terrorizes our community to a far greater extent today.
I am not sure that all would agree that there was a CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION when the drug king pin who so many people saw murder another man in broad day light, intimated the witnesses to not say a word - and who lives today as a free man - distributing drugs and more violence.
The consequence of the inferiorization of this one man's actions is that the Black community of Englewood is having to bear the burden of retaining his presence in their midst.
When The Struggle Against External Threats Turns Into The Need To Develop Internal Human Resource Governance And Development - Did Anyone Notice The Shift?
I have the same question about the Black media surrounding the erosion of Englewood as I have with their disposition about Detroit, Vine City-Atlanta, and North Philly. As they heralded the new day for the interests of Black people as more "favorable people" were elected into office - can we look at their archival footage and see evidence in which they sounded the alarm - warning the Black community that the same threats that we had experienced in the past are slowly coming back - though with a new face?
2 comments:
I don't want to seem dismissive of your pov, because I doubt if I fully know it, but from what I can gleam you seem to be of the mind that progressive public policy ideas, and politicians be they black or white have stolen the minds of black people and are only interested in blaming racism to keep us enslaved to them politically, and that black people suffer from a victim mentality.
Personally, I find that analysis problematic because it seems to insult black people. We are not puppets, nor do black people think of themselves as victims, nor would they respond to any politician or political group that said that about them.
I don't vote for any candidates due to some grand conspiracy that controls me.
You want to hold Democratic politicians accountable fine. Do that, but the whole they are controlling black people and making us victims angle is off putting, and I think false.
Also, most Democratic elected officials are not progressives. Most of the politicians that black people vote for are not progressives. Most democratic voters don't consider themselves to be progressive.
Personally, I find the whole internal vs external debate illogical. First how does one define an internal vs. an external problem?
To me the difference between the two doesn't exist, and has never existed. There aren't any so called internal problems or external problems. There are just problems.
For instance, What occurred in many cities and very rapidly was that industries that had been the life blood for employed black men declined significantly. The ranks of jobless black men in certain cities increased dramatically.
So is a changing global/US economy which produced the elimination of thousands of jobs an external or internal problem?
Is the impact on families, and communities of having such a large percentage of unemployed men external or internal?
Let's say a man was unemployed for a long time and saw his life destroyed and he turned to drugs or alcohol is that an internal or external problem?
Here's another suppose you have a nation with a history of racially segregated schools.
Now let's say that one group of people had a HUGE head start, the government invested billions of dollars to ensure that they were well educated and let's say the opposite happened to another group.
Now let's that this went on for decades and finally, the one group that was disadvantaged at least started to get "some" of the funding that propelled the other group, but let's say the problem was the improvements of the disadvantaged group were trumped by the larger improvements of the advantaged group.
So much so that it wasn't that the disadvantaged group wasn't improving, it was that they collectively went to such inferior schools that despite their improvements they were still behind when it came to test scores, is that an internal or external problem?
Anon:
I also respect that as a reader of my words that you might miss my emphasis in attempting to avoid what you have accused me of - that it might be my lack of clarity that would cause you to misanalyze my argument.
Without any defensiveness to your statements he is my view point.
1) Take "Black people are stupid" off of the table. The rebuke "Oh so you think that Black people are too stupid to understand WHO HAS OUR BEST INTEREST IN MIND? You just want us all to become Republicans" is the WORSE piece of rhetoric out there.
2) I make it clear that the AMERICAN POLITICAL DOMAIN - where Democrats and Republicans reside IS THE PROBLEM in that people have actively sought to draw our people INTO this battle (key part coming up) AS A MEANS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY UPLIFT.
3) My argument is that PROGRESSIVISM and CONSERVATISM are METHODOLOGIES and not a PERMANENT attribute of any race. I go out of my way to research left and right by reading and listening. In Atlanta "The Progressive Information Station" - WRFG goes out of their way to make note of their "PROGRESSIVISM" and "BLACKNESS" (ie: We are on the "Left-hand part of the dial", "We are PROGRESSIVE", "We will be right Black after this community announcement")
Please remove your "prejudice" about MY motivations and/or your assumption that I believe that "Black People Are Stupid and thus we vote for Democrats/Progressives".
4) Please SUBSTITUTE it with: "Black people are ultimately responsible for HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT of our community and governing toward the END RESULTS that we desire and need to have a better future"
My central argument, sir/ma'ma is that with regard to these PERMANENT INTERESTS we have shifted too much of our mechanisms for ATTAINMENT of what are ultimately COMMUNITY GOALS - over to the STATE for delivery in the name of SOCIAL JUSTICE. We thus end up seeking POLITICAL victories to enable our children to READ, EAT, AND RECEIVE HEALTH CARE.
This DISCONNECTS US from the obligation to use the INSTITUTIONS THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER - governing them and RESPECTING THEM so that - through them will flow the next generation of "COMMUNITY SERVICE PROFESSIONALS".
I am going to use your post as an expanded commentary of MY ARGUMENTS - not to rebuke you - BUT because if this is how you have (mis)interpereted my agenda then there are others who follow suit.
I should add - there ARE SOME OPERATIVES who are "Progressive-Fundamentalists" who DO HAVE MALICIOUS INTENT.
I wonder if YOU question THEIR INTENTIONS as you do mine?
Key in mind that THEY HAVE the balance of the BLACK COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS which they manipulate - far more than I HAVE POSSESSION of it to do the same. Even IF I was 100% nefarious - it would be IRRELEVANT compared to what they are able to do with our people's hopes and dreams. They do this without "insulting" Black people via their words. Instead they tell us that "None of this is our 'fault'. We can achieve IF WE INVEST OUR 'EQUAL BLACK BALLOTS' accordingly"
(Please tell me that you yield to this last point)
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