Can and should black people be patriotic ?

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Given our history in America can we truly be patriotic? Should we be patriotic? Our people have fought for this country. Many of us have family members who are veterans or currently serving in the military. We've fought for our rights and independence too. Wouldn't it be disrespectful to Dr. King and Brother Malcolm if we don't acknowledge this? Our American experience is different and it causes many of us to have a love/hate relationship with this country. So can we truly be patriotic while harboring varying levels of resentment? Also do you believe we are independent?

 

[Concerning VIolence]

No and no.

 

[TEH]

No and no.

/thread

 

[Unknown Poster]

It's impossible to be a conscious black person and love a country that was built off of the dehumanization, enslavement, colonization, and disenfranchisement of your people.

 

[Crayola Coyote]

Shout out to Micah Johnson though

 

[Hungerpain]

Im only patriotic when foreigners try to talk crazy about African Americans.

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

@4d 6f 6e 65 79

 

[Rice'N Beckford]

Celebrate being able to see your leaders assassinated, jim crow, and harsh prison sentences brehs

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

No and no.

What about black people who join the military out of a sense of duty? You don't believe that they are patriotic?

 

[Collateral]

Nah fukk that. We were slaves on July 4th, 1776.

 

[Doobie Doo]

Black people are actually the most patriotic people. We openly praise and a tolerate a country that shows no tolerance for us. White people would burn this shyt down if they were treated like us.

 

[BrothaZay]

Shout out to Micah Johnson though

Friday the real celebration

 

[Henri Christophe]

Patriotic about what? The white man wasn't fighting for our independence, he was fighting for his own.

Integration was a joke.... we basically moved into white peoples house and we sleep in the basement.

We shoulda been focused on getting our OWN house and being self sufficient but now here we are.... dependent on white people for everything from protection (police), economic opportunities (jobs), our identity and education (schools + media), and access to resources (banks)... and because of that, we celebrate their victories like a bunch of unconscious c00ns when the reality is.... none of this shyt was meant for us..... we just decided to force our way into their institutions (their house) and way-of-life instead of building our own house (institutions)

but in due time, I believe the black community will rise.

We'll probably be elderly or dead before progress is made towards true black independence... but nikkas like HOV out here spreading the gospel of economic empowerment on a mass scale

So we'll see..... I have hope.

 

[Henri Christophe]

Black people are actually the most patriotic people. We openly praise and a tolerate a country that shows no tolerance for us. White people would burn this shyt down if they were treated like us.

black people just happy to be here, white people actually have pride

 

[Doobie Doo]

black people just happy to be here, white people actually have pride