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'Ahem' it's Aunt Tomeena...hhhwhite devil!She is going to be made into an aunt Tom.
Black woman making sense. You go girl!
Black woman making sense. You go girl!
Black woman making sense. You go girl!
She is making sense to herself and those who agree with her. The first thing that came to my mind after watching this is the Willie Lynch letter to slave holders. His preferred methods of making slaves was to divide and conquer - pit them one against the other, create jealousy and animosity, even hatred for one another - and he promised it would make them controllable forever.
And this "take responsibility" argument is not new. I've recently reread some of what Bill Cosby preached when he berated the black community (like he no longer belonged to it). But I've also read that people making themselves more respectable does not change a fundamentally flawed system. Very respectable blacks, i.e. U.S. Congressmen and judges, have been stopped, harassed and arrested by police officers who still saw them as "less than," no matter how far they had climbed up the respectability ladder.
A lot of black people are like her, they just don't get any media coverage.
They don't like gang bangers, cheer when they finally get wasted or locked up for a long time and no longer terrorizing their neighborhoods,
A lot of black people are like her, they just don't get any media coverage.
Nice stereotype. Racist much? This lady HAS the salient facts and figures. And you start off with "uninformed, no media coverage"..
They don't like gang bangers, cheer when they finally get wasted or locked up for a long time and no longer terrorizing their neighborhoods,
Who like gang bangers? Seems like the behavior in the NFL is the rich boy version of gang banging.
The lady is TOTALLY RIGHT. The NFL has a very deep problem with keeping their players out of the legal system. No wonder they hate law enforcement.
Now we could all BURY THIS and pretend that's not the case. Like EVERY OTHER nasty BURIED race issues. Or we can all agree to point it out and HOPE it get fixed. So that these players have an UNtarnished platform to lecture us from...
Black woman making sense. You go girl!
She is making sense to herself and those who agree with her. The first thing that came to my mind after watching this is the Willie Lynch letter to slave holders. His preferred methods of making slaves was to divide and conquer - pit them one against the other, create jealousy and animosity, even hatred for one another - and he promised it would make them controllable forever.
And this "take responsibility" argument is not new. I've recently reread some of what Bill Cosby preached when he berated the black community (like he no longer belonged to it). But I've also read that people making themselves more respectable does not change a fundamentally flawed system. Very respectable blacks, i.e. U.S. Congressmen and judges, have been stopped, harassed and arrested by police officers who still saw them as "less than," no matter how far they had climbed up the respectability ladder.
Not even close to a "slavery analogy".. 860 ARRESTS since 2000... MOST of these were never settled or deals were made with the NFL. THAT --- is a house in disorder. THESE are NOT the guys to carry the torch.
They need to clean their nest first...
Black woman making sense. You go girl!
She is making sense to herself and those who agree with her. The first thing that came to my mind after watching this is the Willie Lynch letter to slave holders. His preferred methods of making slaves was to divide and conquer - pit them one against the other, create jealousy and animosity, even hatred for one another - and he promised it would make them controllable forever.
And this "take responsibility" argument is not new. I've recently reread some of what Bill Cosby preached when he berated the black community (like he no longer belonged to it). But I've also read that people making themselves more respectable does not change a fundamentally flawed system. Very respectable blacks, i.e. U.S. Congressmen and judges, have been stopped, harassed and arrested by police officers who still saw them as "less than," no matter how far they had climbed up the respectability ladder.
Not even close to a "slavery analogy".. 860 ARRESTS since 2000... MOST of these were never settled or deals were made with the NFL. THAT --- is a house in disorder. THESE are NOT the guys to carry the torch.
They need to clean their nest first...
The letter popped into my mind and I saw it as a partial explanation for why black people seem to have trouble coming together and are so quick to criticize each other. I think that the divide and conquer tactic is still at work.
As for these guys not being the ones - I've got so many thoughts - I think I may have to start a thread.
This seems like a contradiction of terms to me. How free are people, if in order to be accepted by the dominant society, they have to become like them? When they are absorbed and incorporated by the dominant society, what happens to their sense of self? Maybe that internal constant conflict is what gives rise to rebellion and resistance - the counter culture.Rather than BEING freed to truly assimilate with the rest of society,
This seems like a contradiction of terms to me. How free are people, if in order to be accepted by the dominant society, they have to become like them? When they are absorbed and incorporated by the dominant society, what happens to their sense of self? Maybe that internal constant conflict is what gives rise to rebellion and resistance - the counter culture.Rather than BEING freed to truly assimilate with the rest of society,
I remember reading recently that a black man told his brothers, "You can behave just like white people, but remember that you will not be treated like white people."
Maybe some folks are reaching the point where they feel assimilation is not working and they are tired of trying. Even black folks who totally assimilate have been mistreated and arrested simply because of their skin color, i.e. the judge who was on his front lawn, the congressman who was trying to get to work.
I also recall a video where a white guy was walking down the street with a firearm in an "open carry" state. Police spotted him, approached him, talked with him and went on their way. A black guy was spotted carrying the exact same weapon. The police approached him, guns drawn, threw him to the ground. More cop cars came and surrounded him while they detained him. This is not equal treatment under the law. And I do sympathize with the player's cause and their way of protesting.
Black woman making sense. You go girl!
She is making sense to herself and those who agree with her. The first thing that came to my mind after watching this is the Willie Lynch letter to slave holders. His preferred methods of making slaves was to divide and conquer - pit them one against the other, create jealousy and animosity, even hatred for one another - and he promised it would make them controllable forever.
And this "take responsibility" argument is not new. I've recently reread some of what Bill Cosby preached when he berated the black community (like he no longer belonged to it). But I've also read that people making themselves more respectable does not change a fundamentally flawed system. Very respectable blacks, i.e. U.S. Congressmen and judges, have been stopped, harassed and arrested by police officers who still saw them as "less than," no matter how far they had climbed up the respectability ladder.
Not even close to a "slavery analogy".. 860 ARRESTS since 2000... MOST of these were never settled or deals were made with the NFL. THAT --- is a house in disorder. THESE are NOT the guys to carry the torch.
They need to clean their nest first...
The letter popped into my mind and I saw it as a partial explanation for why black people seem to have trouble coming together and are so quick to criticize each other. I think that the divide and conquer tactic is still at work.
As for these guys not being the ones - I've got so many thoughts - I think I may have to start a thread.
As an outside observer, I think the opposite may be the problem. As in this instance, where staying on the clean side of the law is SOOOO damn difficult for these guys who have persevered and risen to the height of a profession. That there is a huge resistance on your part and the part of the black community to recognize the hypocrisy of their criticism of the "system"..
It seems when the indefensible is occurring, there's a group mentality to retreat into the safety of the ghetto. Because all those years of segregation and abuse CONDITIONED black folks to be comfortable amongst the familiarity of the hood. Decades of intimidation and accusations existed OUTSIDE of the hood. So as soon you went "home" -- you didn't have to deal with it. Rather than BEING freed to truly assimilate with the rest of society, it's STILL a bunker under attack mentality.
When in reality -- the offered criticism is meant to AID -- not to abuse..