That's why we need a corrected framing, where the folks on the streets of Belgium and Morocco see the full expression of Black culture, not just the truncated negatively-instilled poison by the status quo.
Of course personal responsibility on the part of individuals must be continually preached and pushed. But to expect the man on the street, who is inundated with unprecedented false propaganda, to personally overcome en mass is a daunting task, which we're trying to navigate, of course.
The one's who have high jacked our culture are the wickedness in high places, which cannot be overlooked or put up as a standard for us to emulate.
I think we've done relatively well, economically, being we've been incessantly under attack. The issue now is mitigating the spiritual/emotional effrontery such as the "Ten Commandments" movie, which leaves us out while we're the Black folks who fostered the depths of spirituality in the beginning. "And blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the works of my hands, and Israel (Hebrews) my inheritance.
Les, I am certainly NOT behaving like the other Blacks(Hypocrites) who would tolerate, close an eye or ignore the Black on Black murders happening EVERYDAY in a racist White society and then blame it on slavery or poverty. Just today as we speak at least 70 Blacks lost their lives in the urban areas around the country, not to mention the Black defendants who would be arrested, accused and thrown in jail. I say Blacks should be afforded the same human "strength" as everyone else. Some other races were locked in a shed for more or less the same amount of time and yet don't go crazy on each other in a time of political, economical and cultural wars.
"""GM rolled you on that one. Admit it. We all get bested at times.""""
FYI, I am not into that kind of childish attitude with GM or anyone else for this matter, didn't even see it that way, I only reply to GM as I usually do,..there is no competition here whatsoever. Its just in your head, Les.
"""I'm sensing Stockholm Syndrome, TheOne""""
Are you serious??
"""TheOne, if you're Black like you say you are"""
I'm a Gnawa, Les, I don't know if that is considered Black to you. I know Haitians are not considered Black for "some" AAs. LOL!
TheOne, if you're Black like you say you are, you're behaving like the other Blacks whom you claim are fighting against their own best interests. Hmmm... .
Seriously, Blacks should be afforded the same human foibles as everyone else. If they locked any people(s) in a shed for 200 years, I wouldn't expect them to come out into an inimical world well-honed for political battle, against the embedded powers.
I'm sensing Stockholm Syndrome, TheOne -- say it ain't so bro... .
Ha, ha, GM, got TheOne on that one. I mean, who killed John F. Kennedy? a white guy. Who killed Abraham Lincoln? a white guy. Who's fighting between the Russians and Ukraine?
Come on, TheOne, I know you're playing the devil's advocate, but look at the big picture. Institutional racism is driving the problems in our community -- even spirituality speaking, they have turned the Hebrews and Jesus white.
The color framing is really what divides people, and the Eurocentricity framing is driving it.
The masses are being educated by mass media, and mass media can change the framing in one fell swoop.
Why are you surprised by this?
The pygmies never told you?
The master researcher of Black folks didn't know that bit of history?
Did you know he wanted to kill lots of Black church leaders?
You didn't know he wanted to kill off Jesse Jackson but changed his mind?
Don't you know some of Dr King's biggest critics were folks from his church and in his neighborhood who challenged him on integration etc?
Don't you know that most middle class Black entrepreneurs at the time resented the call for integration because they correctly predicted the demise of black businesses?
Sir, that's how these things historically work..
For example, who killed Gandhi? It was an indian of his same caste, Hindu!
You & kris should know that the guy who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin - Israel's prime minister - was a Jew!
Who helped kill Maurice Bishop? It was a brilliant member of the Grenada revolution!
During slavery days the biggest snitches and assassins of rebellion leaders were other blacks!
During the holocaust you had Jews/"Kapos" shoving fellow Jews into the Nazi ovens etc.
In other words, history is a b###h!
Why don't you know that Mr TheOne, EH?