Would black Americans have the rights we have today without white allies?
but the people revolting didn't sign legislation....
did blacks make the white people fear them so much they had to give them rights?
from your own source is looks like the maroons were steadily hunted down and leaders repeatedly killed...
Remember those white women who adopted all blacks kids and drove off a cliff?1. nobody is talking about being "loved" by anybody..cut that shyt out
2. the first step of a white person becoming an "ally" is for them to actually understand the situation as we see it
3. Explain to me what you see as the steps for action that a white person would have to take for you to consider them a true "ally"
4. how can we get more whites to take those steps toward action?
Are you saying we should rally with white extremists to eliminate the group of whites perpetuating white supremacy...?no man, the first step is for them is to see where their own interests lie. "empathetic" whites seeing things through our eyes and taking up arms against their fellow whites on a large scale is never going to happen. but if they can see where the removal of a certain segment of the white population would benefit them, that may have a small chance.
it's the reason the noi and marcus garvey, etc., sat down with white extremists as opposed to white "liberals."
they can be used to inform us of what whites talk about behind closed door. But them spreading our messages is useless.are the whites who are friendly on the micro level useful for spreading a message to moderates on their side?
can we use these allies to progress our agendas?
1.The fighting you are referring to was before the civil war right? How are you attributing civil rights gained after the civil war to revolts that happened before the civil war?of course they were hunted down. but they never stopped running and they never stopped fighting, and the revolts happening in the caribbean during this time had whites increasingly uneasy over here.
you gotta remember, these weren't conventional wars against opposing armies; this was "personal property" worth hundreds of thousands running off, work stopping on plantations (interruption of commerce), and resources having to be diverted to militias, etc.
commerce was interrupted, and this was all about commerce.
so the people revolting did influence legislation.
if we revolted today would we win? probably not. not in our current state. but if we stayed at it long enough and created enough of a disturbance to the economic machine of this country then i guarantee whites would make some concessions in the form of legislation.
Why is it useless?But them spreading our messages is useless.
they already know how we feel and they already lurk around our shyt. for the few that are "down", we appreciate the sentiment but them spreading our messages is not going to do anything.Why is it useless?