Are "the Black man is god" ideologies a result of the historical oppression of Black people?

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

I've always felt like these ways of thinking were products of the centuries of oppression. Slavery alone. We won't even go into the oppression post-slavery

If a woman was kidnapped and imprisoned and trafficked for 10 years, how would she act if she was set free? While still being oppressed in another form?

She would search for her identity. She would look for answers. This metaphor is rough. It's just the best way I can articulate my opinion

The Black man isn't god. No human is God. Black men and women are valuable. We have brought immense value to American society and the world throughout history. We don't have to overcompensate for our dark history with false teachings to realize this

This is only my opinion. Probably should've been posted in The Root but

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

@surf

 

[The Fade]

High off of feel good medicine and ideological mental masturbating

Doesn’t mean shyt if you can’t execute it and materialize it

 

[Gritsngravy]

If you believe this then ask yourself

Why do other people have themselves as gods?

 

[kovi]

People who have nothing to be proud of attach themselves to superficial shyt to project strength. Whether it’s Biff or Hakeem, it all boils down to the same thing, historical circumstances aside.

 

[Gritsngravy]

If you believe this then ask yourself

Why do other people have themselves as gods?

What happened to the people who created Christianity, Islam, and Judaism

Africans must’ve really been on some get down or lay down shyt back in the day

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

People who have nothing to be proud of attach themselves to superficial shyt to project strength. Whether it’s Biff or Hakeem, it all boils down to the same thing, historical circumstances aside.

My sentiments exactly. I'll get negs and 1 stars. This will always be fact

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

I'm making this thread in The Root. Hopefully I'll avoid the potential fukkery

 

[cornercommission2k12]

Black man is God, as well as other black supremacy type ideologies were responses to an active social political attack on black people famously known as Jim crow, which required the thinking that everything black is deplorable against God devilish and dirty in order to enforce the system of Jim crow. In response black people created concepts that would serve to be diametrically opposed to what Jim crow was instituting. We cannot tolerate any thinking that creates this idea that black men just jumped up 1 day mad at the world taking a crap on all groups of people just cause. It was our attempt to fight back. It's still that today.

 

[RickyDiBiase]

The notion was never coming from a bad place imo

But narcissist and losers ruined it

 

[WIA20XX]

I hate to agree, but isn't all religion a cope. Y'all's boy called it the opiate of the masses.

Nation of Islam, traditional Islam, Nation of Gods and Earths, Rastafarianism, Prosperity Gospel, Malachi York, Dr. Sebi n'nem?

For people with so much "knowledge of self" they have not been good at reaching and teaching other Black folks.

Meanwhile boring, take too long, shirt neck too scratchy, choir director too in the closet, pastor too into them broads in the congregation, regular degula Christian black churches was the backbone of The Civil Rights movement.

At least the Panthers set up schools and clinics.

 

[010101]

dope for your ego*

 

[cornercommission2k12]

I hate to agree, but isn't all religion a cope. Y'all's boy called it the opiate of the masses.

Nation of Islam, traditional Islam, Nation of Gods and Earths, Rastafarianism, Prosperity Gospel, Malachi York, Dr. Sebi n'nem?

For people with so much "knowledge of self" they have not been good at reaching and teaching other Black folks.

Meanwhile boring, take too long, shirt neck too scratchy, choir director too in the closet, pastor too into them broads in the congregation, regular degula Christian black churches was the backbone of The Civil Rights movement.

At least the Panthers set up schools and clinics.

all those other groups you named opened schools and clinics as many other businesses as well lol many black churches did as well.

We can't really blame the religion. There are many who used their religion as a means to an end of oppression. It's fight or flee and unfortunately most decided to flew regardless of their beliefs.

Best program imo was that of the UNIA under Garvey which deemed religious concepts as secondary to one's race and would never allow religion to supercede what was needed for the people and that was with Garvey being a Christian. That is why there were black jew unia members, Christian unia members, Muslim unia members and atheist unia members.

 

[Bop Gun]

I hate to agree, but isn't all religion a cope. Y'all's boy called it the opiate of the masses.

Nation of Islam, traditional Islam, Nation of Gods and Earths, Rastafarianism, Prosperity Gospel, Malachi York, Dr. Sebi n'nem?

For people with so much "knowledge of self" they have not been good at reaching and teaching other Black folks.

Meanwhile boring, take too long, shirt neck too scratchy, choir director too in the closet, pastor too into them broads in the congregation, regular degula Christian black churches was the backbone of The Civil Rights movement.

At least the Panthers set up schools and clinics.

Fred Hampton's murder completely changed the Black Panthers and collectively the Civil Rights Movement. He was well on his way to uniting poor whites and poor latinos into our fight. The United States Government was not going to let that happen.

 

[valet]

Oppressed takes on the ways of the oppressor