F*ckthemkids
Superstar
The hood is the last line of defense against assimilation. What does building up suburbs do but reinforce white supremacy? Building up the hood does nothing either. But if your anti assimilation,you would rather the hood stay thee way it is unfortunately. At least the anti whiteness of the hood will stay in tact if black people have no hope. Thats not ideal,but its a stop gap until we can convince more people to leave the country. Which is what Umar needs to focus on. Not building black schools within white supremacy.
This is an absolutely ridiculous take. There are black suburbs all over this country full of black professionals who worked their asses off to provide a better life for their children that have nothing to do with the perpetuation of white supremacy. Do black people not deserve peace of mind? Do they not deserve to be able to walk their own neighborhoods without the threat of violence? Do they not deserve to have access to adequate resources? There ain't nothing going on in the hood but violence, disorganization and corruption. No black man or woman who spent their childhoods growing up in that, and their young adulthood busting their asses to get out of it should be able to live where they please without conviction. Be able to raise their children where they please without conviction.
Then you bring up "until we can convince people to leave the country" When people leave the country, how do they live? People ain't moving back to the continent to live like a lot of the locals. They're moving to gated communities.So it's okay there, but not here?