What percent of the US Black population do you feel is conscious/Pro-Black

[DrBanneker]

Let's be real here: since slavery the only people that have pushed the community forward were people who made a decision to be pro-Black or conscious. This does not mean they are anti anyone else, but they actively work to push Black folks forward.

So how many would you say are like that today? I would define it primarily as people who work to uplift themselves, then their families and then the wider Black community in a way that informs their personal, political, social, educational, and economic actions. It doesn't have to be ostentatious or hotep-like. I don't even use 'woke' since people have smuggled other things into that that don't involve Black folks.

Vote in the poll and feel free to give your own definition. Are we more or less pro-Black than in the past?

 

[Secure Da Bag]

5%ers exist for a reason.

I don't think we're more pro-Black than our predecessors. We're just more "we're done with this shyt" than they are, arguably.

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

IMO I think pro-blackness really needs to be evaluated. Blacks own less than 5% of the nation's wealth, don't control our image, have little political influence, and low business ownership with brick-and-mortar locations. I say it needs to be evaluated because it talks a good game but hasn't produced much.

 

[Dzali OG]

Naw, conscious community is no longer useful. It's a detriment now and needs to evolve or die.

 

[get these nets]

I think it's the same percentage it's always been , around 10% of people are what was termed "race men /women" in previous generations. Actions speak louder than words/image, and I put as much stock in talkers/hashtaggers as I did in dudes who wore "Black" medallions back in the day. None.
People who consistently think, act, and sacrifice on behalf of self, family, and community have always been a minority.

 

[Dzali OG]

Pro blackness and conscious community are responsible for the Polights, Nature Boy's, etc.

At one time it was needed, but it needs to be updated. It's creating nothing but pseudos and people who deny facts and science.

 

[King Poetic]

Probably about 10%

We really have turn to being/following what whites are doing and having their name brand products ,, which really took off in the mid 80s with the drug game and switching over to rappers who abandoned the black conscious shyt

 

[BaggerofTea]

Naw, conscious community is no longer useful. It's a detriment now and needs to evolve or die.

whites are very race conscious

so are asians and hispanics

Especially in America.

But you want blacks not to be.


to answer OPs question, based off of his definition, I think the majority of TAX PAYING black adults recognize what it is and operate from that lens.

we suffer from a loud/ignorant/stupid minority of individuals so it skews things

 

[Dzali OG]

whites are very race concious

so are asians and hispanics

Especially in America.

But you want blacks not to be.


to answer OPs question, based off of his definition, I think the majority of TAX PAYING black adults recognize what it is and operate from that lens.

we suffer from a loud/ignorant/stupid minority of individuals so it skews things

It's fine being conscious of our race, and even prejudice within reason.

 

[DrBanneker]

Pro blackness and conscious community are responsible for the Polights, Nature Boy's, etc.

At one time it was needed, but it needs to be updated. It's creating nothing but pseudos and people who deny facts and science.

I would say that not everyone who rolls out the pro-Black banner is really pro-Black.

In fact I trust the people who scream pro-Black less than the quiet doers.

Reminds me of that CB4 scene

 

[UncleTomFord15]

The average black person anywhere on the planet isn't "pro black". If that was the case most black societies wouldn't be in the condition they're currently in.

 

[DrBanneker]

I think it's the same percentage it's always been , around 10% of people are what was termed "race men /women" in previous generations. Actions speak louder than words/image, and I put as much stock in talkers/hashtaggers as I did in dudes who wore "Black" medallions back in the day. None.
People who consistently think, act, and sacrifice on behalf of self, family, and community have always been a minority.

Good response. I was thinking that but was wondering how the end of open (vs still existing clandestine) legal oppression may have turned people more individual only vs. community minded

 

[DrBanneker]

The average black person anywhere on the planet isn't "pro black". If that was the case most black societies wouldn't be in the condition they're currently in.

Yeah...that's why I cut the poll off at 20%+

You could probably argue that for any group though tbh.

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

whites are very race conscious

so are asians and hispanics

Especially in America.

But you want blacks not to be.


to answer OPs question, based off of his definition, I think the majority of TAX PAYING black adults recognize what it is and operate from that lens.

we suffer from a loud/ignorant/stupid minority of individuals so it skews things

That's fair.

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

Pro black? I’d say 80% I think most blk folks want to be respected, safe, recognized, and treated fairly.

When you say conscious do you mean like pyramid talk and goin back to africa?