I think the attached is a very clear example of what I said earlier. The world is shocked that America is the richest and most influential country in the world and a large amount of its people loudly and proudly know absolutely nothing about how it works and those involved and how it affects them.
It’s embarrassing as a black person to see when some of those loud ignorant voices are other black people too. I don’t care about the white ones, I expect ignorance from them.
I remember as a kid when media used to show a lot of black exceptionalism, a lot of black university graduates, pro black families, back to Africa movements, black educators freedom fighters etc etc but now social media is a gift and a curse when ppl can show themselves vs controlled media. It is my own failing and naivety to not know that we come in ignorant too, I just thought the number was smaller. The black Scottish thing is not even the issue cos of exposure; but I take umbrage with this particular post/ tweet for some reason as it shows just how isolated y’all are as a people with this fake projection of globalism. The rest of the world knows sooooooooooo much about you through consumption of your own media because of this giant spotlight on you, through your own news and tv; when in turn Americans on a whole looks back at the world through a tiny key hole.
Someone on this board dm’d me about this particular topic saying “it’s not that we didn’t know about them we just don’t care” and that was the saddest thing I’ve ever heard as it’s indicative of a larger problem. Tbf every day on this board is a disappointment, the back and forth discourse, the division, the wilful ignorance of real ppl who chose to be their true selves behind the anonymity of a key board. This microcosm is a snapshot of the whole. The American propaganda machine did its job on some of you a lil too well. The experiment was a success or a failure depending on how you look at it I guess. It is very very very disheartening.
Mods lock this thread down please, I’ve had enough. I’m tired and I just woke up.
aswell.
I tell you
