I
somewhat agree,
@Theraflu.
You're right. The caribbean community dropped the ball and as a caribbean myself, I'm really ashamed at how the older generations let us down. I don't know if you've seen the 1975 movie Pressure, but the older woman who plays the christian fanatic mother is a shining example of the extreme c00nery and anti-black empowerment mentality many of these older folks had instead of encouraging their children to build their own infrastructure like the other communities do. All this bullshyt trying to shame the angry, conscious black youth of the 1970s has had a knock on effect to this day. We did have the 'pardner' system but that wasn't strong enough and fizzled out real quickly.
In fact I was going to make a thread on the programme Darcus Howe made (I don't know wtf he titled it the way he did) and listen to the comments from that racist Asian dude from 9:00 - 14:20:
They're in a position to rub shyt like that in our faces because we didn't encourage entrepreneurship, everything was about studying hard to get a good position in a company somewhere.
I know it looks bleak, but believe it or not, I'm still hopeful because of the circles I run in. I know Menelik Shabazz and his wife and have met the girls from the youtube channel 'curlture' plus many other folks who were behind the annual reparations march. Menelik and his wife have started a movement called Love-a-Lution aimed at restoring love between black men and women in this country and you should check out their documentary Looking For Love. I know some of the folks who participated in it and it's ALL black focused. To be honest, the conscious few are the ones who will probably save us.
I wish the Africans would lead the way and do what the caribbeans should have done long ago. I go to Southall, and I think I'm in India. I go over to Brixton, and it doesn't even feel the same anymore. That town should have been ours AGES ago.