You guys uplift a grifter, even though you hate him. It is actually very telling, because it demonstrates you want to avoid the reason why many Black Americans feel we need to delineate and protect our culture, in favor of looking for a grifter to attach your reason for being against it.
The simple truth is, long before Tariq was born, most other Black ethnicities when they came to the US delineated from us first. They made sure they were not considered one of us. Many of them would even deny being black, and instead state they were Jamaican, Nigerian, etc to make sure they were not seen to be one of us. Their parents reminded them over and over again to not interact with us, not marry us, and would even use their own children acting up as a reason to tell them they are acting like Akatas or those American Blacks. Oh, and don't forget the one of "You don't know where you come from" statement they would throw out. Not knowing many of their own countries are younger than the US and we have been here before this country was established. Shoot, it is only now that they are experiencing the evil of Trump in office, that they now started talking about brotherhood, family, and we can work together. Yes, also telling us we are next even though we have been first since the inception of this country.
So, no that grifter is not the source of this, he is just taking advantage of the situation to gain income. A grifter is going to grift. The more attention his "haters" give to him, the easier they also make it for him to do it among those who do not know his motives. On this very website, I see him mentioned far more by those who claim to hate him, than I ever see him mentioned by those who claim to support or follow him. Consider that for a moment, and ask yourself the honest question of why that is the case?
All I know is as for me, I accepted the energy other Black ethnicities had towards us probably before some of you were even born. I've seen it upclose and personal many times, and heard about it many times from my own uncles and grandparents. So this is not something new, it has been brewing for a long time. It is just now, many Black Americans are turning towards the other Black ethnicities here in the US and stating, "We agree with you, we are not like you and you are not like us. So we will focus on ourselves and the betterment of ourselves, regardless of what you think about it." Many of us have chosen we are going to focus on our people first, and it is none of the business of any other ethnicity.
shut up.
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. Tariq Nasheed got himself a cult
