He's not perfect, but where does Tariq Nasheed stand with you as a black voice in the media?

[↓R↑LYB]

I didn't dismiss it. I asked him the question, he answered, and I dapped his post.

I only asked him because sometimes while people are searching for truth, meaning, or identity, they tend to gravitate toward books, docs, music ideologies, etc.--external sources that validate things they find solace in believing, or give them some confirmation bias.

Your comment about docs being the primary source of knowledge over books for this ADD generation is probably true, but it's unfortunate. There's plenty of bullshyt in books, but it's much easier for filmmakers to let it fly in films, and they appeal to peoples' emotion through entertainment. For example HC is full of factual inaccuracies and pseudoscientific, ahistorical bullshyt, but you can look no further than this site to see people sweeping that under the rug because HC gives them emotional high, and they've vested parts of their identity into. Some of these kids here will go to the extent that they will insult people and label people "c00ns/cacs" or whatever just because they point out the falsehoods in HC and don't see Mr. Nasheed as a credible source of academic discussion.

Zeitgeist is another bullshyt documentary that developed a mini-following of young naive people a few years back. Different ideological niches have their own slanted, poorly-sourced emotional appeal-driven documentaries and media sources that validate for them shyt they want to believe.

So the question is are people who digesting lowbrow, falsehood-tainted propaganda from kooks and charlatans like HC, or Zeitgeist, or Alex Jones films, or that Waco doc, or what have you a good thing for society and peoples' lives overall--are the negatives of heads being filled with false information that could potentially handicaps one's growth just a necessary cost of being a catalyst for positivity.

I would say no. shyt like HC just makes people feel good imo. It doubt it bears fruit in terms of making an appreciable difference in anyone's living situation. It's like going to church...an emotional fix.

Regarding knowledge of self or whatever, it's a misconception that black people somehow need a self-esteem boost. Black people have no shortage of self-esteem. We need practical solutions for economic, educational, and political growth and expansion, not touchy-feely ego-steroid s bullshyt about melanin having super-powered and Olmecs being black.

People absorb this shyt like it's a drug. Tariq Nasheed is a joke of a thinker, he's obviously a clear charlatan and a capitalist opportunist. His Isis Papers and afrocentric kook-inspired pseudohistory holds no weight factually, all that melanin nonsense is the perverse twin of 19th century cac racial pseudoscience, his critiques of black feminism are generally strawmen that highlight anecdotes and the worst extremes. And the stuff he says that is true about African history, systemic racism, etc. can be easily accessed without all the rest of the bullshyt or a charlatan like Nasheed playing middleman/cult leader.

Dude has a cult following, if you judge by this board. I don't even read TLR much there seems to be a new Tariq dikk-swallowing thread every time I browse here. It's not even about the knowledge or potential positivity. It's just a circle jerk of weak-minded, intellectually-lazy impressionable dudes dikkriding, waving pom-poms, and retreating to their ideological enclaves where they can stroke their own egos through groupthink and toss grenades in defense of their self-validating worldview.

I do sincerely hope that this Nasheed/Sotomayor/Umar Johnson or whoever else black Glenn Beck shockjock and flimsy ideology stanning is just a stepping stone to a greater level of understanding and growth. I don't see it though. Most people generally just gravitate toward makes them feel good and confirms their biases and stubbornly and aggressively cling there.

That's a long ass post breh, fukk wrong with you

 

[Blackking]

As much as I dislike Sara Sun Seti (for slandering my grand master teacher), at least that brotha was willing to put his ass in a seat and make some goddamn noise.



Is Tariq hitting up Ferguson, Chicago or Detroit and trying to build soon? Lemme know.

seti is cool...

Is he a black athiest?

Anyway, the thing with him is......just like the people from hok and other groups is that they have a focus on divisions.

that's why i started fukkin w Tariq and people like this.

I don't understand why these dudes have to attack each other when we can all build. Tariq (and there are a few others) tries to even build with the brothers he disagrees with... thats why he still fukked with the soft c00ns, christians, muslims, etc.

 

[Blackking]

But you can't just turn around and call others tap dancing c00ns, when you had to tap dancing in order to survive brotha. That's a double edge sword that hits us all. That's all I'm saying, that was not me trying to take a shot at the brotha.

Well, brotha..

Seems you don't know much about survival and/or youth...... or about development and evolving.

but it will hit you eventually.

 

[Max Power]

*ignoring what this thread has descended into*

I don't agree with everything he says, but as an adult you're not supposed to.

But he's one of the few out there who has a solution to black people's problems. It's all economic. Most other communities have all sorts of fukking problems (inbreeding, religious extremism, caste system etc.), but economically they're on point.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

c00n Train is coming.......

 

[Ronnie Lott]

At the end of the day. Tariq is actually out here doin shyt. While many people who criticize him aren't really doin shyt, besides typin on a keyboard. I give dude his props for puttin in work

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

Well, brotha..

Seems you don't know much about survival and/or youth...... or about development and evolving.

but it will hit you eventually.

So then you can't call nobody or c00n or tap dancing then. And bruh, I'm damn near 30, please believe I know a thing or two about survival.

 

[KingDanz]

That's a long ass post breh, fukk wrong with you

 

[Ronnie Lott]

So then you can't call nobody or c00n or tap dancing then. And bruh, I'm damn near 30, please believe I know a thing or two about survival.

Question: what have you done/what are you doing for the black community black people

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

You might be confused because you indian guys may not be in the loop on the men who actually do put in some work...

some people do organize with real life initiatives. And even if Tariqs videos have flaws... it's purpose isn't flawed or malicious like the other videos you named in your 18 page essay you just wrote hating on this dude for zero reason.

I can see some points with HC1.. but HC2 and 3 have more solutions and there isn't anything feel good about them. People start at different levels.

You are a former crack dealer (according to you) who has like 3 different baby mothers. You're just a broke working stiff like most people and all your money is going to your baby mommas and you don't do shyt but make up about being something more on the internet.

You are poor example of a black man and a father.

Please do not address me unless you want to just have a civil personal insult-free discussion. Miss me with the extra shyt. I don't know why you still want to go there anyway. You know I always "win" those contests and I always make you more mad than you can make me.

 

[Blackking]

So then you can't call nobody or c00n or tap dancing then. And bruh, I'm damn near 30, please believe I know a thing or two about survival.

well, I'm 29.

I don't' even know that poster...

but I can't assume that he's a c00n, just because the dude wanted free education or whatever..... and I can't not believe him when he calls someone else a c00n because he just might have a legit reason.

Malcolm X gave a bunch of bold speeches .... when u look at the majority of his life n how he was living before the NOI.

Shiiiiiittt, i see c00n and call out that shyt shamelessly, but basically i was a hood demon and poison in my youth, so

 

[LA Fisher]

You are a former crack dealer (according to you) who has like 3 different baby mothers. You're just a broke working stiff like most people and all your money is going to your baby mommas and you don't do shyt but make up about being something more on the internet.

You are poor example of a black man and a father.

Please do not address me unless you want to just have a civil personal insult-free discussion. Miss me with the extra shyt. I don't know why you still want to go there anyway. You know I always "win" those contests and I always make you more mad than you can make me.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Assuming

Nah, I've read some of your posts unfortunately. You tend to tag me a lot, which is weird because I never pay you any attention.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

That's a long ass post breh, fukk wrong with you

Oh, I forget reading require too much effort on your part. My bad. Unfortunately I can't make a short documentary for you.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

Question: what have you done/what are you doing for the black community black people

Not much.

Just some mentoring of at risk black youth.

Be the father to my children.

Got some brothas outta of the gang life as best as I could.

Got some folk to register to vote, even through I don't believe in the cac electoral voting system.