SPIN: The threshold for "pro-Black" must be risen from "speaking out" + "Tweeting/Instagram" to...

[Easy-E]

...to building actual infrastructure for minorities and the under-served. ESPECIALLY from powerful black people.

I see a lot tweets. I see a lot of videos. I see some "charities" (see tax write offs).

I don't see a lot of "work in the streets."

Example; Oprah didn't tweet about the issue of young girls' education in Africa, she built a damn school (however problematic).

I'm sorry for being cynical; Beyonce just played a great card so she wouldn't be on the wrong side of history 15 years later (aka "legacy" building).

EDIT: I feel the same way about Jay-Z's Hurricane Katrina song. My city STILL messed up.

Speak...

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Stop expecting celebrities to save the black community. If you feel infrastructure and institutions need to be built then you build it.

Too many of us want someone else to do the work that we are more than capable of doing ourselves.

 

[Unknown Poster]

Somebody rep this man for me please....

 

[Mandarin Duck]

And stop making threads on the Coli talking bout what we need to do

 

[Mastamimd]

Stop expecting celebrities to save the black community. If you feel infrastructure and institutions need to be built then you build it.

Too many of us want someone else to do the work that we are more than capable of doing ourselves.

Basics.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Stop expecting celebrities to save the black community. If you feel infrastructure and institutions need to be built then you build it.

Too many of us want someone else to do the work that we are more than capable of doing ourselves.

This

 

[Easy-E]

Stop expecting celebrities to save the black community. If you feel infrastructure and institutions need to be built then you build it.

Too many of us want someone else to do the work that we are more than capable of doing ourselves.

I'm all there, but; I'm trying to keep this thread a little more narrow.

Too many ppl get labeled "woke" for nothing.

I'm sick seeing all these rich and powerful black actors complaining about the Oscars and getting credit for something.

One of my favorite podcast is on that bullshyt. Black ppl are legit offended at the notion we need to make our own.

 

[lowkey0z]

Too many of us want someone else to do the work that we are more than capable of doing ourselves.

life gems

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I'm all there, but; I'm trying to keep this thread a little more narrow.

Too many ppl get labeled "woke" for nothing.

I'm sick seeing all these rich and powerful black actors complaining about the Oscars and getting credit for something.

One of my favorite podcast is on that bullshyt. Black ppl are legit offended at the notion we need to make our own.

What specifically do you want rich and powerful black actors to do?

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Gotta start from the bottom.

 

[Easy-E]

What specifically do you want rich and powerful black actors to do?

BLACK&SEXY.TV

Simple.

 

[End Cruelty]

fukk the praise. What's the priority as far as infrastructure in your opinion?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

BLACK&SEXY.TV

Simple.

Obviously they have no intentions of doing it. Now what?

 

[Unknown Poster]

@CashmereEsquire made some great points in the is blacklives matter going nowhere thread.

Stop expecting celebrities to save the black community. If you feel infrastructure and institutions need to be built then you build it.

Too many of us want someone else to do the work that we are more than capable of doing ourselves.

This.

For those of us that aren't struggling...many are complacent and aren't really about that action as much as they claim they are. Their agenda for black empowerment doesn't go beyond making posts on sites like this one or tweeting or reblogging. Or sharing facebook posts. Or maybe the occasional protest. Then they can feel like they've done something.

Realistically, I think a good amount of black folks could really care less if they're making decent money and able to keep a roof over their head and bills paid and food on the table and can manage to make a nice life for themselves even under the umbrella of white supremacy. They think money and success is the best way to deal with racism (for them) and once they have it, all that talk of black empowerment and helping black people just becomes...talk...to alleviate some sort of guilt about them truly not wanting to do anything. Their black empowerment is for themselves and themselves only. To be accepted in white society, not to build with blacks.

 

[Unknown Poster]

I know people talk about coli militants, but there are alot of fake pro-black people out there and when it comes to certain issues, they seperate the real from the fake.

People want others to do the work and enjoy the fruits of their labor without having to plant a seed or dig dirt in the holes.

Their grievances with racism and white supremacy don't come from an honest place of wanting justice and equality for other black people, it comes from the resentment of not being accepted in the dominant society and enjoying the privileges that come with it. Alot of self-hate and selfishness is wrapped up in this mentality too.