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Will Smith: It's Our Responsibility to Clean Up the Mess in the Black Community
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I still don't understand what was so significant about what Will said. Anyone who believes that the black community can be saved by outsiders is delusional. Anyone who believes we cannot solve the issues within our community is in fact a racist. To suggest that we shouldn't take ANY accountability for our predicament is dehumanizing and undermines our dignity as a people. We are not a helpless people nor are we a hopeless people. We have many outstanding, intelligent, bright, rational and creative people in our community. Our problem is that we simply do not work together and much less support each other.
We don't come together on things that will really matter in the long run. Economics, education, building wealth etc.
On another note, our culture has become one that fosters the idea of looking out for self and self only. This facet of our culture has become so detrimental to the point that it jeopardizes the future of our children. Think about that.
The main motivator and reasoning behind why other groups (Jews, Asians, Arabs, Indians, etc.) place such a huge importance on education,building wealth, and economics is ensuring a future for their descendants. Each generation strives towards solidifying a better future for their descendants no matter what the sacrifice. I think if we as black people put our children FIRST AND NOT OURSELVES we'd start to see true change. Am I suggesting that ALL black people do not care about their children? Of course not.
We often times either do not have the knowledge or tools to set our children up for success. We think kicking them out the house and encouraging them to be independent at an early age is helping but it isn't. Doing this is counter intuitive because that child is going up against other ethic groups who already have a head start.
If we ALL strive toward the goal of leaving behind something for our children (not debt) we'd be so much better off as a people.
We don't come together on things that will really matter in the long run. Economics, education, building wealth etc.
On another note, our culture has become one that fosters the idea of looking out for self and self only. This facet of our culture has become so detrimental to the point that it jeopardizes the future of our children. Think about that.
The main motivator and reasoning behind why other groups (Jews, Asians, Arabs, Indians, etc.) place such a huge importance on education,building wealth, and economics is ensuring a future for their descendants. Each generation strives towards solidifying a better future for their descendants no matter what the sacrifice. I think if we as black people put our children FIRST AND NOT OURSELVES we'd start to see true change. Am I suggesting that ALL black people do not care about their children? Of course not.
We often times either do not have the knowledge or tools to set our children up for success. We think kicking them out the house and encouraging them to be independent at an early age is helping but it isn't. Doing this is counter intuitive because that child is going up against other ethic groups who already have a head start.
If we ALL strive toward the goal of leaving behind something for our children (not debt) we'd be so much better off as a people.
Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
So where is this other world that your talking about where white racists will do nothing while we try to rise up? Cuz it definitely isnt planet earth.
Are you suggesting that we should make no attempts to better ourselves? That is a defeatist mentality and it only leads to more disparity. We should expect our enemies to do everything in their power to undermine us. The road to building a self reliant black community WILL not be a pretty one. But if we learned anything from our history, we'd know to NEVER give in and never let go of what were fighting for.
Apart of keeping a people down trodden is instilling a belief that they can do no better. That is the irony in your thinking brother. A true racist doesn't want you to feel empowered. He/she WANTS you to believe that solving your issues is pointless and futile and what better way to do that than to use the lurking and omnipresent wolf of "white supremacy" as a reasoning.
Were giving them more power than they actually have.
Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
Where did I say that? Stop putting words in my mouth.
Ignoring racist whites isnt gonna help us.
Where did I say that? Stop putting words in my mouth.
Ignoring racist whites isnt gonna help us.
Addressing racism in this case is like a catch 22. We want to speak out against any wrong doing but at the same time we shouldn't let it distract us from our goal. Acknowledging and accepting that racism will always exist may be the only solution. The sickness of racism that exists in the white community is an issue that whites will have to ultimately address. Racism and self-perceived superiority require a powerless people. Racist use the powerlessness of blacks to validate their own superiority.
Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
Who said its a distraction?
Are you unable to speak out against any wrong doing done by racist whites while supporting the black community?
Are you and Will Smith unable to do both?
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Then most of them get their money from cacs. That's the problem, cacs hands are everywhere. The closest we were was in 1960 and we wasn't even close then. If we ever going to win, this needs to be about economic equality.
We still in poverty. We still paycheck to paycheck as a collective group and we have far less wealth than we had % wise in 1960.
What does speaking out actually do? Who listens? Whose sympathy do you expect to gain by doing this? Besides raising awareness its almost pointless. Everyone knows America is a racist society but continues to act surprise when the beast rears its ugly head. The most powerful act of defiance towards racism is becoming self sufficient. I'm not saying that we should totally ignore racism, especially when its imposed by the state. This is why it is important to have a black presence in government so long as the government exists.
I don't agree with Will based simply on the messenger. If you have 200 mil in your network, you can do far more for the movement than Dr. Claude Anderson or Tariq could ever do.
Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
Calling it out will encourage the practice of us being on the defensive against racist whites and raise awareness among our people and any outsiders who may be on the fence.
It seems like you havent learned from Black Wall Street.
I would argue it's getting better. 2000-2007 was the lowest point of Black Pride. Blacks have to either have it now or completely rejected it since White supremacy is coming back kicking more ass than ever.
loyola llothta
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that how i feel, when black "megastars" in Hollywood will start caring about black people "community".. Other people who've made it support their own with full force, lets take responsibility even the blacks on top . lets stop going to white directors, lets build something,
i just find out rich celebs cacs have charter schools in the hood and own land in the part we like to call "home". like brad pit who own land in part( black part or used to be) of New Orleans . We also have cacs gathering support from some of us under the guise of feminism to break into the game and other-things
they have nerve to come with bullshyt like this. Unfortunately not really saying anything , shucking and jiving is how we choose to see ourselves. (that's why empire is "our" show).
