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Tuesday, 23 February 2010

THEY ARE ALL IN THIS ALONE…THE MIDDLE…

So I left off yesterday with a few questions for you to ponder and in answering these questions: (How do they achieve such a feat? What can they do to get pass that which stands in their way? Are they truly in this alone?) THEY HAVE TO challenging the myth of black inferiority! Black persons in America today have subconsciously, consciously or unconsciously adopted and perpetrate the mess they find themselves in on a daily bases. YES they are bombarded with a negative view of themselves through music, movies, television programs and other mediums, but aren’t they ridiculing themselves by being EXACTLY what they see about themselves? So then I ask who is to blame?

When I was home looking for employment, Noel I watched a lot of court TV. We would see how MANY black persons made themselves looked like fools with their various cases. From the I am on welfare to the my utilities in my baby name and don’t let me talk about the baby mama cause that’s like WHOA! I sat and watched in amazement because my thoughts were these folks are living in the land where they can be ANYTHING they want to be but…I know many are a product of their environment, but I grew up in the ghetto and I learned years ago that is it a state of mind and NOT a state of being. Many would say that they don’t know that when in fact we know that’s a lie. They just don’t want to do anything about it!

They are SO committed to being held down that it has become a way of life for them, and when someone comes along to show them that they could NOT live that way, they act as if you are trying to take away their blackness! When that certainly is NOT the truth! It is not about color issues for me, it is about being able to balance the things that life brings our way. It is all about maintaining individualism AND being responsible for yourself. How can they do this? Start by deciding that they are going to let go of the “v word:” VICTIM! And live as if they are responsible for the choices they make in life. How many times do you have to hit your head against a wall to know that it will eventually bleed? I often think that slavery did a SERIOUS number on them because SO many are raised as children to NOT pay attention to their emotions. Thus rendering them empty, lost AND alone…

When are they going to stop living like sheep that need a shepherd to show them the way? How much longer can they survive when their energy is NOT focus, scattered and divided? There are positive images of what black folks in America can become…President Obama anyone? He is the BIGGEST example of what they can be if only. Black folks can deny the pressures and issues that impose upon their communities from the outside by simply wanting better for themselves. Because I don’t know how many more years need to pass before they see that NO one is going to give them the opportunities they seek. If Oprah and Will Smith waited for things to be given to them, would we even know who they are?

Being a codependent to the persons that you feel HATES you mean what exactly?  That you are either the weakest person on the planet OR you are apart of some master plan that has been in the making for years and any day now the tides will turn…Either the things they are doing isn’t working and it hasn’t brought about the uplifting energy that black Americans need to take them over. So choosing to wallow in racism simply means that they aren’t taking responsibility their own lives and that the white SUPERIOR and black INFERIOR complex will be around until the end of time…

3 comments:

  1. The great myth in the White community s that so much time has passed that nothing is owed. The great myth in the black community is that not enough time has passed and there is much still owed until the historical despotism is repaid.

    As in all things the truth lay in the middle somewhere. Do I as a taxpayer owe you as tenth generation American a lifetimes worth of support, in the form of food stamps, housing subsidy and a monthly cash stipend? No.

    What I owe is the same as I owe any citizen, equal treatment in my own mind. I owe my community, regardless of who lives in it respect and access to my talents, they owe me the same.

    The thuggery may take on different forms between Blacks and Whites, the words of it may change, but the ideation is exactly the same. Everyone wants to use someone to further their own agenda.

    We are finally coming to a meeting of the circumstances where the lines between the races are merging in a common need for food and shelter. Though the divisions are getting smaller they are not erased yet but I find that to be more individual thinking than societal as this world economic collapses.

    The definition of "us & them" is certainly changing.

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  2. I have always been of the belief that it is not possible to discuss race without discussing politics, nor without discussing economics. Too often these conversations on race focus on simply one aspect while neglecting the complex and intricate ties that connect them all. And thus we do not get a true picture of the issues.

    Reading your post above, Gaytekeeper, made me realize there is another point to add. So we must go from a triangle (race, politics and economics) to a square (race, politics, economics and media or socialization). The media can reflect conditions or create conditions. For so long the image of black people in the media has not been an accurate reflection. This is one of the reasons I love Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? because it showcases successful upper class black people, which you RARELY see reflected in the media, so we doubt (or forget) they exist. In addition, the black middle class over the years has grown sizeable but how much media on television, movies and magazines reflect this? There is still the drug dealer and the thug and the welfare momma, the images that the media uses to sell their movies and shows. There are black actors and actresses who turn down parts because they do not want to continue perpetrating those images or be typecast.

    This is not an effort to blame the media but to draw a bigger picture of the issues that affect the black community. Not all of us are goats who can climb the mountains and reach the heights on our own. Some of us, by nature, are sheep and need to be lead. It's not good or bad, it just is.

    I often think about these issues and wonder where the answer lies. The only conclusion that I can draw is that the answer is not a simple one.

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  3. THE WALKING MAN – TALK ABOUT YOUR GREAT PARADOX HUH?

    THOMAS – THERE WAS SO MANY THINGS I WANTED TO TOUCH ON, BUT I DON’T LIKE MAKING THINGS LONG WINDED AND LOOSE MY CENTRAL POINT…THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE POSITIVE IMAGES OF BLACK FOLKS IN THE MEDIA FOR SURE!

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