Black Defeatism

[Reality]

Felt like making this post after looking through the Black Wall street thread.

In almost any thread where folks are talking about being constructive and building up in their community, I see the same counterpoints used to explain why that wont work.

Largely, the arguments fall into one of two buckets w/ these variations:

1. Cacs won't let it work

• Racist cacs acting through the gov't will infiltrate and/or destroy
• Racist cacs acting as private individuals will destroy
• Cacs naturally take care of their own to the exclusion of blacks so black economics can't work

2. Blacks aren't "woke" enough to sustain any new

• The wealthiest blacks are too infatuated w/ whiteness
• The "smartest" blacks/black professional class is uninterested in black economics
• The average black person
• Poor and/or ignorant blacks will tear anything blacks try to build down

And ultimately, I don't know of any other way to read their statements but:
"I give up."

My issue with this is, which one of these arguments is new? Were humongous strides not made when most of these were even worse?

Do we really think CACs can be as aggressively racist as they were in the 50s and 60s? (Not saying racism isn't alive and well)

Do we really think the Gov't is that much more interested in fukking up black money when it's now more diverse than ever?

Is the private sector not more diverse than ever?

Does information not flow more freely than ever?

Do blacks have a better self-image now than they did 50-60 years ago? Let's not romanticize the past and conveniently forget that dudes were walking around with conks.

Is the black dollar not stronger than it's ever been?

Are blacks less imitated and culturally influential than they were 50 years ago?

Then why, if we made huge strides politically through the civil rights movement and spiritually/psychologically through the black power movement, can we not make similar strides economically when there are so many things tilting more in our favor than the were 50 years ago?

Serious question...

And for those of you who may make some of these arguments in threads, at the end of the day, are you really throwing your hands up and taking your ball home?

 

[KOohbt]

All we have to do is grow our own food and clean our own water to get the jump and make power moves. Clean your own drinking water, grow your own food, store and then sell the excess for trade (money to buy things you want.). Problem solved.
A community full of producers . I wish more people would do it.

"Woke" nikkas are lazy that's why they don't just start growing food for their people. They just debate and pontificate endlessly instead of getting their hands dirty. Ultimate cop out. I got knowledge and got to work.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Felt like making this post after looking through the Black Wall street thread.

In almost any thread where folks are talking about being constructive and building up in their community, I see the same counterpoints used to explain why that wont work.

great thread, and the biggest thing that gets me thats imo fueling all this, is an utter lack of PRIDE in who we are as a people. That spawned the "middle passage black" thread because its like people on here are ashamed or lack pride of who they are. They let the bad representatives of black people represent them. They let the fake stats and stereotypes live on.

"we are the laughing stock of the world" brehs are you joking? we actually own stuff and have political power and have and DO run CITIES in AMERICA. such apathy...is truly black defeatism.

 

[Prince Akeem]

Is it just me or are some of the "pro-black" posters on the coli the biggest defeatist? They seem more hopeless than anybody most of the time.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Most them nikkas really ain't doing shyt though. Not for themselves and def not for black people in general. A lot of these cats just want to argue for the sake of arguing. It's why any positive or progressive thread you'll have usually the same suspects with the same weak arguments.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

All we have to do is grow our own food and clean our own water to get the jump and make power moves. Clean your own drinking water, grow your own food, store and then sell the excess for trade (money to buy things you want.). Problem solved.
A community full of producers . I wish more people would do it.

"Woke" nikkas are lazy that's why they don't just start growing food for their people. They just debate and pontificate endlessly instead of getting their hands dirty. Ultimate cop out. I got knowledge and got to work.

Where's that thread breh

 

[KOohbt]

Where's that thread breh

Still got a couple weeks

 

[thaKEAF]

Where's that thread breh

Who told you to change dat avi