Martin Luther King: I believe I've Integrated my people into a Burning Building

[MR. SNIFLES]

INTEGRATION DIDN'T BITE US IN THE ASS. WE GOT COMFORTABLE.

 

[alpo]

It's an example sheer ignorance plus a level of entitlement. The type of bold stupidity that birthed the "I'm not my ancestors" mind frame. Very sad

Shut up faggit! Go fix your country

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Shut up faggit! Go fix your country

good morning to you too... got get a country

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Breh, you have to understand that most of these dudes on the Coli are children of African and Caribbean immigrants that came here after the 1950's. Their only knowledge of anything was fed to them by the White education system and media. You will notice they will get hostile at anything that go against what the White education system taught them that was supposed to be true. A lot of them come from ultra culture of arrogance and false bravado.

They can't rely on past family generations for information of the Black experience in America like those that are the children of ADOS/FBA.

Boy I'm from the cradle.... Grandparents were members of the SCLC......

 

[skylove4]

Because nikkas was brainwashed into thinking White Ice was colder.

So you’re saying black people should have been opposed to receiving their basic human rights. You’re saying things like not having freedom of movement, not having access to educational institutions and public spaces like swimming pools that we still payed taxes for is something black folks were just brainwashed into

I’m guessing all the idiots like you that sadly happens to be black, consider themselves conservatives. One of the main points y’all shout is freedom to live one’s life on your own terms , as a grown man how is this freedom

 

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

@UpAndComing @Field Marshall Bradley

...so after further review, information, and observation there may be *some* truth of the CRA/integration resulting in a decline of black wealth/businesses.

But this is not to say that blacks were "better off" during segregation:

1. The Demise of America’s Onetime Capital of Black Wealth

Tidbits from article:

Many historic Black businesses were born of a time when white-owned businesses would refuse to serve — or even recognize — Black customers.

So Black people built their own, in their own neighborhoods.

The retail corner in the city’s Chatham community, with its handsome 1920s brick-and-terracotta buildings, boasted a host of Black-owned businesses from the 1970s through the 1990s. It had stores, a pharmacy, dentists, a nightclub, a funeral home and the jewel of them all: Independence Bank of Chicago, with more than $100 million in assets, right there in a big new modern building at 7936 S. Cottage Grove Ave.

And, as the Chatham streetscape shows, others are vanishing, too, thanks to a variety of factors, including disinvestment, globalization and the nationalization of local businesses.

Then there was Johnson Products, which made Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen hair care products from its factory at 87th and Lafayette. Owned by George E. Johnson, Sr., the company was a main sponsor for “Soul Train,” helping the program rapidly grow from a local TV show here to a nationally syndicated cultural icon in the ’70s. Filling in the gaps between these businesses were Black-owned clothing stores, insurance companies, restaurants, gas stations and more.

Most are gone now. Soft Sheen’s plant is now a self-storage facility. And while the company is still in businesses, it’s no longer based on 87th Street, or even Chicago. It’s now owned by French cosmetics giant L’Oreal.

But to the point of myself and @Field Marshall Bradley segregation wasn't without its obstacles that made it hard for any black individuals and businesses to thrive due to discrimination and at times even violence (as noted with the Tulsa Race Massacre).

The purpose of CRA was to challenge the Supreme Court upholding the "Separate but Equal" argument. Its the reason why many of these businesses weren't opposed to integration and the CRA because they knew that regardless of their successes their were still challenges that they had to address.

 

[UpAndComing]

Breh, you have to understand that most of these dudes on the Coli are children of African and Caribbean immigrants that came here after the 1950's. Their only knowledge of anything was fed to them by the White education system and media. You will notice they will get hostile at anything that go against what the White education system taught them that was supposed to be true. A lot of them come from ultra culture of arrogance and false bravado.

They can't rely on past family generations for information of the Black experience in America like those that are the children of ADOS/FBA.

Exactly. The sentiment I'm getting from this thread is the view that Black Economics is an "option". When in fact it is a reality
What these 2nd class citizen Black people don't understand is that even the Government which they cape 24/7 for operates as a Business. "Leaving it to government" will never work. Do you know how many petitions and requests for aid the Government gets daily? Which problem do you think the Government would tend to first, it would be the one that garners the greatest financial return for them. If they had to chose to give aid to building a new mall in Beverly Hills or improving living conditions in Compton or Watts?... they'll choose Beverly Hills, because they know the financial attention would mean higher property taxes, increase of municipal revenue bonds, more new businesses which means they can charge more business taxes. All income from the government... Why do you think new pristine college sports stadiums are built left and right in the middle of the hood?

2nd class citizen Blacks don't realize that Government officials are just like everyone else. They have a family to feed and care about the bottom line. They look at balance sheets and income statements just like any other business. If they see poor communities with no economic wealth to speak of, infusing money directly would be the last thing on their list. This is why what ever money that comes to the Black community has to coupled with other races or initiatives. Risk mitigation. This is why we never get "Tangibles" specifically for Black people. So even if you want to cape for the Government 24/7, you still need Economic power for said Government to even listen to you

Black Economics isn't an option, it's the ONLY option

 

[Alvin]

We certainly weren’t ready and it certainly hasn’t gone well but I still think it was for the best. Any separate black state inside this country would have been wiped out after the bloody ass reconstruction period. Even more so today with military grade artillery weapons easily available on the black markets.

Basic Economic theory also says that black people need to take in dollars from non-black people to actually grow. It’s one thing to circulate the same low amount of dollars amongst ourselves but you need to take money in from others to balance wealth. The cacs would have no problem throwing us in some of the empty isolated shytholes like you see in rural america all over and letting us slum it up.

Why do Asians, latinos and arabs see success circulating wealth amongst themselves if they focus solely on their own communities first.

 

[Jekyll]

Why do Asians, latinos and arabs see success circulating wealth amongst themselves if they focus solely on their own communities first.

Lol they don’t. They are setting up shops in black neighborhoods all over this country. We almost never setup shop in there’s.


Again, basic economics. You can circulate money amongst yourselves but again that’s only one piece of the puzzle. If you’re broke then circulating dollars with other broke people will not make you rich, you’re literally just handing the same dollars back and forth minus tax. You need to take someone else’s money. Again basic.

 

[Alvin]

Lol they don’t. They are setting up shops in black neighborhoods all over this country. We almost never setup shop in there’s.


Again, basic economics. You can circulate money amongst yourselves but again that’s only one piece of the puzzle. If you’re broke then circulating dollars with other broke people will not make you rich, you’re literally just handing the same dollars back and forth minus tax. You need to take someone else’s money. Again basic.

outside of gas stations, liquor/convenience stores I mean, asian markets in asian neighborhoods, or look at East LA or Little Havana, Dearborn, MI. This has allowed those groups to gain more economic stability, asians and arabs especially and it wasn't from setting up shop in black neighborhoods. IMO it's because they didn't have white people, through terror or discriminatory laws, crawl up their ass. Have either of those groups had a tulsa race massacre that destroyed a prominent business section?

 

[Alvin]

Where I live in Southern California, it is very hard to find a black store to do business with. Our black dollars are not circulating to each other. And white dollars aren't circulating to black businesses. That's not good economics for us. Integration destroyed Black group economics. It's hard for us to get jobs because we have to go to races that don't like us to get jobs. What kind of world is that to raise a Black man in?

I think civil rights black people thought they could change white people. Maybe thought they could fukk racism away? Well, the experiment is over. White people haven't changed and they never will. They don't think black people are intelligent. You heard Joe Rogan. Black body, white brain. A lot of black people bought into that white supremacist lie as well. That's why it's hard for black businesses to find clientele.

Integration just made it easier to give your black dollars away. Low self-esteem is a bytch. I think we should've just focused on ourselves instead of getting the white man's colder ice.

south central? inglewood? View Park? Windsor Hills? Baldwin Hills?

 

[Yinny]

Well if you want power from a white you could at least be respectful in the master’s world

you coloreds sounding real ungrateful

first ya wanted picnics
Then ya wanted freedom
Then ya wanted to stop burning crosses and burning churches

just to turn around and cash Trump checks and keep killing one another in catchy tunes

not to mention all the abortion endorsing

now ya want more uh, money power respect to…keep doing it and keeping it real

Pretty impressive fukkup if you ask your ancestors

c00ning is always a choice sweeties y’all be blessed though

 

[Cobalt Sire]

south central? inglewood? View Park? Windsor Hills? Baldwin Hills?

When I lived in south central, all the liquor stores were Asian owned. There was the odd rib shack that was Black owned, and some other stores here and there, but our dollars are still circulating out of the community too fast.

 

[Big Boss]

 

[KingsOfKings]

Happy bornday to mlk