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Gil Scott Heron interview too.
Gil Scott Heron interview too.
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one of the rare times we both have the same thoughts....That marching is find and dandy but what next?
That marching is find and dandy but what next?
the engagement of people really being concerned with the issues at hand. There are still people who don't think they can ever have a solution to the problem, there are people who want to do something but may not know how, Marching brings people together with like minded goals and gives them an opportunity to share ideas and maybe devise a plan for the next action.
Prior to this the cops would have probably laughed at the notion of thousands of people coming together at once led by minority teens or 20 somethings and their not being any violence or crime. That idea is abolished because i went down there and witnessed all of these people come together for one cause. I literally watched dudes who were hanging on the corner in Brownsville, join in on the marches and actually get to chop it up with people from different backgrounds, what would usually be looked at in the hood as "corny" or "preachy" became something positive to do. It helps people want to get involved because they see it first hand rather then hearing about it. Some of these guys grow up in areas where the only place they see unity is in gangs doing the wrong thing. being able to "join" something for a better cause can help get some people on the right track.
It also keeps the issues in the headlines, keeps the topic buzzing, we constantly downplay how much small things can mean.
The black Friday boycott, we all heard people say it's stupid, many people didn't wanna participate, off that single thing sales dropped 10%.
The critique of that racist *** Exodus movie, It did WAY below what they expected and the problem was highlighted.
In the matter of 3-4 days through social media, 50-60K lined the streets to march over injustice.
By no means do i expect marching to stop all the problems but it plants the seeds to develop stronger bonds and ideas towards changing this system.
It was a rhetorical question. I'm saying how many more marchers until blacks in large numbers start making moves.
there's no telling but once again the groundwork has to be created. We took damn near 100 years to get up to the civil rights movement. The CIA & FBI destroyed all of that in a 10-20 year run. We are building from the ground up once again.
We need to talk about this ****.cultural appropriation
Y'all need to be on tumblr. That topic has been raging for at least 2 years there.We need to talk about this ****.cultural appropriation
It's at an all time high right now.
What part of cultural appropriation yall bothered by?
Their sponsors aren't having that bruh.. You already know.I'm most bothered by the denial of it happening. Particularly in music right now.What part of cultural appropriation yall bothered by?
Sounds brilliant to me.Someone on another site I post on asked the question about What if blacks who were like minded in regard to Economic empowerment created some type of "Card of Membership" and having that card gives you access to/support from the other members financially when making moves or something like that.
Anyways this was my "response", it sounds good on paper but def easier said than done.
"Now say we had a Black Empowerment Program or what ever you want to call it, say membership dues were 50 bucks per month, with the USA having 40 million blacks, say 500k-1million blacks were down for the cause that would = 25mill-50million per year. This can all be divided into providing/creating a Central Bank, where we can go to get small business loans, Schools (primarily we could focus on elementary-middle school age, after that our kids would have such a strong foundation they can survive in any public high school),farms (so we can grow our own Non GMO Organic foods and Grass fed non hormonal meats), down payment assistant grants for members wanting to buy homes,and a Super PAC for political donations.
Now say out of the 40 mill blacks in America 10-15 million are down for the cause working adults we are now looking at 500 million-750 million. With that much we can expand and have more social programs such as Tech schools to teach low income blacks trades so they can get off welfare/not be govt dependent, and our youth "not cut out for college" ie. a 1 yr program where you are taught a trade then placed in one of the black businesses that is partnered with the program. We can also focus on creating a University Program too."
What yall think about these black sorority chicks being outraged by the vh1 show? I think its a joke considering they sit around and watch the other ignorant shows vh1 runs. All the shows are creations of Mona Scott. Don't protest one cause it's shaded against your personal interest
Sounds brilliant to me.
Now that is something that would really be revolutionary.. hard to get done but it's an initiative that could be worked on & developed.