but we got my boy fumbling all over his self in interviews
You black breh?It's the plight of the activist. "I cannot achieve x or y because of my skin color, or my sexual orientation, or because I'm a woman..." etc... while completely ignoring hundreds of thousands of examples of people who did achieve their dreams despite life's inequity. It's the victim's mentality... "my life isn't fair I don't have the opportunities you had so you need to fix it."
You black breh?
if you never acknowledge that you are a victim. you will always be one/or become one. first things first. see reality for what it is. were you raped? YES OR NOSure they are. But it's approaching every aspect of life from that "I'm the victim" mentality which irks me.
yes you can be black. there are tons of black folk that are in denial of the realities of the world they live in. and it seems you're one of them. IF you are actually black.Of course. Why is it so hard to believe that someone who doesn't adopt a victim's mentality can't be black?
if you never acknowledge that you are a victim. you will always be one/or become one. first things first. see reality for what it is. were you raped? YES OR NO
YES
ok, now did your rapist get a serious sentence for the rape? NO
ok did you get any real reparations for being raped? NO
Are you currently being raped? YES
has your rapist been imprisoned? NO
have you received reparations for being raped this time around? NO
So you were a Victim and because racism at its core hasnt changed much. you are still a victim correct? CORRECT.
so they dont hang you anymore just cause. but they intentionally try to keep you from getting a good to great educatoin, good to great job , paying good to great wages, with good to great benefits. even when you do qualify. see the merril lynch lawsuit to backup my point.
therefore you were a victim and you still are a victim. because you're still being victimized.
NOW with that said, if a bully is bullying you, it doesnt mean you cant fight back. even if you beat the bully up. you were still BULLIED and if more bullies bully you after the fact. you are still being BULLIED even if you knock them out too.
being a victim when you really are one. isnt a negative thing. its the TRUTH.
let me go further.
If you were robbed of your wallet. are you a victim of a robbery? NOPE (so you say)
well then is your wallet missing? NOPE(so you say)
well then if you were not robbed and your wallet isnt missing in your eyes. but in reality you no longer have your wallet because someone robbed you but you refuse to admit it.
you wont do what you have to do to go get your wallet back. nor will anyone else out there that is willing to help. be able to help you get your wallet back. because in your warped mind. "i'm not a victim of a robbery..nothing happened to me."
yes you can be black. there are tons of black folk that are in denial of the realities of the world they live in. and it seems you're one of them. IF you are actually black.
thats like saying what if public enemy was never a group and what if chuck D ran for congress.You make good points and I don't disagree with those examples.
I guess for me, I like being black. I revel in it and I wouldn't want to be anything else. Case in point, if a genie popped up tomorrow and offered you a chance to wake up tomorrow as a white man with all the benefits and opportunities that come with it, would you say yes? Of course not; so really how bad is it? Do we have it as good as whites in this country, nah, but is it so serious that we need to make a lifestyle out of that mentality? I say no, which is why I'm not targeting Sistah Souljah specifically, but all activism. It's a culture of "the world owes me" and I think it's a waste of time. What if instead of all the time she spent going on talk shows talking about "White man this" and "White man that", what if she opened up a school or ran for Congress or something. It's the difference between activism and action.
What can I say, I hate activists, breh.
thats like saying what if public enemy was never a group and what if chuck D ran for congress.
what you dont realize is some of your black and white youngins in congress in government in general grew up off of sista soulja and PE. you know what that means? it means they may have been given info about black people(if they were black, about themselves) that they did not know or really think about in such detail. perhaps those words changed their outlook on life and made them want to fight for their people from within. fight for equality from within. there are more then one way to fight. you need people being activist to get the rest of us to MOVE. they shout, it empowers us to move. music and words are not just for entertainment. its there to MOVE YOU. and it does move people.
sista soulja also showed black women a certain level of strength and knowledge. something and someone they could follow in every walk of life.
thats REALITY. now granted to dont get stuck there and do nothing about it. do something. but activist help the regular people DO something.
It's the plight of the activist. "I cannot achieve x or y because of my skin color, or my sexual orientation, or because I'm a woman..." etc... while completely ignoring hundreds of thousands of examples of people who did achieve their dreams despite life's inequity." It's the victim's mentality... "my life isn't fair I don't have the opportunities you had so you need to fix it."
It's not about cannot. It's about reduced probability. Your mentality seems to be this:
As a black person, I'm four times less likely to achieve x or y compared to a white person of equal skill but that's okay because I still have a chance.
Your suggestion is that we do nothing to stop this injustice and you accuse everyone who brings it up for having a victim's mentality. Bringing up obvious injustices like this doesn't mean that you're someone with a victim's mentality who's looking for handouts.
I never said any of that.
What part?