The point we are trying to make is that black America (the masses, not the small elite class), have consistently practiced self-determination, or created their own space and acted actively as agents of change in the country. Yes America was founded on and still practices racial and capitalist oppression, but blacks have maintained collective activism and communal relationships that benefit one another since we got here in the 1600s...Let's do some history real quick:be
As soon as the 1700s came, blacks began embracing patriotism and have always placed nationalism at their center, but all we have gotten in return is more racial and capitalist oppression. Let's not forget that black Americans wanted to be apart of this nation, especially after the promises of the American Revolution started the first major push for abolition...we fought hard to be Afro-American, but the country was FOUNDED in racism, so therefore, it cannot be anti-racist until the foundation changes. We learned the hard way. Therefore, you had Du Bois and CLR James pave the way for black socialist groups in the country. In 2014, nothing has changed as blacks in the nation still embrace nationalism to a fault in some cases; but can you blame them with the level of propaganda that is pumped into the air on a daily? We have to change that propaganda and I think it is changing with movies like Hidden Colors becoming more and more popular.
We have always practiced collective activism against oppression; OP is wrong; blacks have been ACTIVE AGENTS OF CHANGE and have succeeded on the major front: our strength and communities remain strong...we have a shytload of work to do in counterhegemony, but I'm optimistic that the black masses, who have always been hard workers who value each other, will continue to collectivize with the help of black intellectuals publishing new revolutionary ideas in regards to 2 things: Education, and Social Movements. That's how oppression will be overturned. If education and social movements happen en masse all over the nation, it will remove the bricks of oppression...easily. That's our duty and its a long process we started back in the 1600s. Failure is not an option.