Can athletes and entertainers be compared to Africans who sold us out during slavery?

[Crude Abolitionist]

It's time to define and take control of our culture.

Yup. We have to do it.

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

You want me to believe that Africans who had never spoken to or seen white people before were somehow able to communicate and come to an agreement to sell other blacks to white people during the slave trade days?

Yes. You can read about it here...

"Europe took full advantage of wars and conflicts between West African Tribes and nations and began to purchase some of the captives and prisoners of war as slaves. The kind of slavery that the European was about to introduce into West Africa had no relationship to the African system of indentured servitude. In the African system the slave was usually a loser in a local war." - John Henrik Clarke

 

[Doobie Doo]

Stupid argument OP. At the end of the day the problem is people such as yourself who give these athletes and entertainers more power than they have. Everything those athletes earn or have been given can be taken away at any second, they are one false rape accusation away from being stripped of their money and back in their old neighborhood. Like we the common everyday man don't have the ability to learn Coding for free off Google and make our own apps that can make millions and employ our friends and get people out the hood. fukk I look like begging Lebron for a check for doing nothing? Up your worth to society.

 

[Kinguno]

I was in the thread in the Coliseum calling for a boycott of the NFL when this hit me.

Millions of black people sold out by other black people in a position to benefit from turning their head.

This comes from the opinion "Why should we ask these athletes and entertainers to mess their money up". Basically, yeah they're fukking us and our goals up but since they're getting paid....

My stance is we should boycott or ostracize any athlete or entertainer who are not using their status and position to better our group. Force them to support us as much as we support them. Yhe alternative is, since they love and support white supremacy, they can join them officially.

Shout out to @Datcrud

#boycottnfl
#withusoragainstus

We should boycott any and everybody who don't use their status to help our people

To put everything on athletes and entertainers is nothing because in your day to day life you don't encounter them

But you do encounter your friends, family, co workers everybody that you encounter

It's like when people blame video games for violence

 

[Dzali OG]

Not just white folks. Black folks, Jews, women, other men, family, teachers, coaches, teammars, friends...star athletes hold the hopes of basically everyone they know on their shoulders when they put that uniform on.


Of course they don't. When you're born with million dollar meal tickets for legs (or hands or arms or whatever) how could you have an average mindset?

We shyt on athletes all the time for doing stupid shyt that an average person would do. The difference being that if I fail a drug test I'd lose my job...but it'd most likely be fairly simple to find one that pays similar...

Versus Ezekiel Elliot getting suspended and losing several $400,000 game checks AND not being able to play that sport for that pay anywhere else in the world. Athletes can't afford to think like an average person.


You're right. And we need to stop trying.

Think about it...for the first 20 years of your life you work your ass off in the weight room, on the field, court, diamond, whatever. You stay out of trouble, go to class. You watch other guys get hurt, fall to vices etc...but you prevail.


And finally, you make it...your first game check is $300,000

And then some random dudes you ain't never heard of want you to piss off your employer for the cause...be real, would you do it?

With greater power comes greater responsibility. Not get power and then .

Every group that has power, at some point the forefathers made sacrifices and power moves.

Example are jews. They had enough people in their group who were good enough in bsnking to where they maneuvered themselves and their group into positions of power. Not just themselves, their entire GROUP.

Use what you got to get where you want. Since blacks dominate sports and entertainment we should be able to use those avenues to obtain group power.

 

[Emoryal]

Ya'll piss me off begging for athletes and entertainers to build your shyt.

 

[Seoul Gleou]

nikka NO

what the fukk kinda comparison is that? the trans-Atlantic slave trade is not even in the same dimension as this shyt. brehs were sold into what was assumed to be indentured servitude, not chattel slavery. you know what, no. ANY comparison of this to ANY slavery is fukking retarded. that shyt was no joke. foh with this fukkery

 

[Dzali OG]

You want me to believe that Africans who had never spoken to or seen white people before were somehow able to communicate and come to an agreement to sell other blacks to white people during the slave trade days?

Breh, blacks were not really restricted to the bush, they knew what cacs were.

And yes, Africans sold Africans for benefits.

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

Speaking of slavery we still have slavery today.

Thinking heavily about attending the Millions for Prisoners (slaves) Human Rights March in Washington DC.

Millions for Prisoners Human Rights

We have to amend the 13th amendment. Mass incarceration = SLAVERY.

 

[cornercommission2k12]

Africans didn't "sell us out" in the slave trade

Africans participated in the same slave system that the entire planet participated in. I don't know why black people act as if slavery was isolated to just us. It happened everywhere, literally.

And there was a clear distinction between what africans thought would be required in slavery, vs what actually took place. People need to research the rebellions on the african continent against slavery once they found out what was happening. If it was a situation where africans in america believed they somehow got betrayed by their own people, you have to explain why most rebellions in america led to blacks wanting to go back to africa, why in the slave journals the need was still to go home, why all the ships that were taken over by slaves turned around and went back to africa. Apparently someone didn't feel like they were "sold out" by they own.

 

[Dzali OG]

Yes many of them could and should be doing more, but how is them not doing anything selling us out? That doesn't even make sense brehs

You answered your own question...

"Yes many of them could and should be doing more, "

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

Africans didn't "sell us out" in the slave trade

Africans participated in the same slave system that the entire planet participated in. I don't know why black people act as if slavery was isolated to just us. It happened everywhere, literally.

And there was a clear distinction between what africans thought would be required in slavery, vs what actually took place. People need to research the rebellions on the african continent against slavery once they found out what was happening. If it was a situation where africans in america believed they somehow got betrayed by their own people, you have to explain why most rebellions in america led to blacks wanting to go back to africa, why in the slave journals the need was still to go home, why all the ships that were taken over by slaves turned around and went back to africa. Apparently someone didn't feel like they were "sold out" by they own.

WRONG

Europe took full advantage of wars and conflicts between West African Tribes and nations and began to purchase some of the captives and prisoners of war as slaves. The kind of slavery that the European was about to introduce into West Africa had no relationship to the African system of indentured servitude. In the African system the slave was usually a loser in a local war.

- John Henrik Clarke

 

[It is a mystery]

Are you really comparing the comments of celebrities to the trans-atlantic slave trade breh?
Kill yourself

 

[MikelArteta]

Most athletes have been by white folk their entire lives.

They simply don't have the same mentality of the average black person. Same with alot of entertainers.

That's what the saying "living in a bubble" means.

Lil Wayne literally said that he thought racism was over because of all the white folk at his concerts.

Kaepernick is truly a rare individual.

We can't FORCE these entertainers to do anything that's not in their hearts to do.

Its disheartening because black athletes/rappers have the influence and power at their disposal to start a revolution.

yep many of these athletes = the very light skin boy who was born when massa raped bessie, they can play in the yard, eat in the house and then wonder why every other black person is complaining when things aren't so bad.

These athletes at a young age are loved cuz they can throw a ball in a hoop or catch a football, in hs popular , college have old white man and boosters literally kissing their ass at every turn and then for the majority when it ends they get their wake up call or for the few it continues

 

[KingJay]

You answered your own question...

"Yes many of them could and should be doing more, "

That has nothing to do with them "selling us out" breh