Troy Posted March 25 Report Posted March 25 All Roads Lead to DC on May 17th - National Reparations Rally! On behalf of the National Reparations Network, we are thrilled to invite you and your friends to join the National Reparations Rally on May 17, 2024 from 11am-5pm at Washington, DC’s Lansburgh Park, 1098 Delaware Ave, SW. Endorsed by over 100 organizations, the Rally/Festival will also commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Malcolm X. The day will consist of a mixture of national and local speakers, entertainment, networking and jubilee. Inner-attainment throughout the day includes Ras Kass, Ayanna Gregory, Afi Soul, Luci Murphy, Randi Payton and more! Vendors for the Afrikan Marketplace welcome. Please email rep@reparationeducationproject.org for details. Get ready for a complete experience that Saturday. The evening will feature the United Black Community’s annual Kuzaliwa event, in commemoration of the Malcolm X centennial. Stay tuned for all details! Note: there is still time to endorse the Rally as well as to purchase an ad in the Historic National Reparations Rally Commemorative Journal. Firm deadline for ads is March 31st. Details HERE. Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday, May 17th. Feel free to share widely! Warmly, Nkechi, on behalf of the National Reparations Network! —Nkechi Taifa @ProfD I guess you'll be there. Let me know how it goes.
ProfD Posted March 25 Report Posted March 25 1 hour ago, Troy said: @ProfD I guess you'll be there. Let me know how it goes. I wasn't aware of this particular rally but I'll try to roll through on May 17th. Thanks for bringing the event to my attention. 1
Pioneer1 Posted March 25 Report Posted March 25 As soon as I saw that it was being held in D.C....I thought of our brother ProfD, lol. Tariq Nasheed's Rally For Reparations was also held in D.C. last year, I believe.
ProfD Posted March 25 Report Posted March 25 57 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said: Tariq Nasheed's Rally For Reparations was also held in D.C. last year, I believe. Interestingly, last year's rally was held in June. A year flies by fast.
Pioneer1 Posted March 25 Report Posted March 25 D.C. be getting hotter than a mug in May.....lol. They're gonna be out there SWEATING in them dreadlocks, Kente cloth outfits, beating on drums in the sun!
ProfD Posted March 26 Report Posted March 26 2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: D.C. be getting hotter than a mug in May.....lol. They're gonna be out there SWEATING in them dreadlocks, Kente cloth outfits, beating on drums in the sun! Mid-May won't be too hot here. The sweaty folks should be fine on May 17th. Other side of Memorial Day would be a different story.
Pioneer1 Posted March 26 Report Posted March 26 D.C. and Baltimore are strange cities in that.....they look Eastcoast (infact they are) but most of the people sound like they could be from the South. They call women over 30....especially White women..."Miss So-n-So" Entire blocks full of brownstones, rowhouses, and brick buildings. But the people come outside talking about some...... "How you doin' today Miss Janet?" "Hey bae.....Miss Kendra called and said she need her hair did up ASAP". Reminds me of St.Louis. It looks Eastcoast too but very country in talk and attitude. Despite it being on the Eastcoast I really do think the weather influences the demeanor and behavior of the population to a certain extent.
Troy Posted March 26 Author Report Posted March 26 2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: most of the people sound like they could be from the South because it is firmly in the south, — former slave state, below the Mason-Dixon line,
Pioneer1 Posted March 26 Report Posted March 26 Troy I don't know if I'd use the term "firmly" in the South. It's certainly not as "southern" as Alabama....lol. But I won't argue it.
ProfD Posted March 26 Report Posted March 26 DC/MD/VA (northern) (DMV) is located in the Mid-Atlantic region. The DMV area is just below the Mason-Dixon line which was established to settle a land dispute before it became the unofficial separation of North and South. Many DMV ancestors migrated up from the South. Regardless of how we talk and sound, DMV folks do not consider themselves southerners proper. That's just what it is Young or Slim depending on the ages of the speaker and listener.
umbrarchist Posted March 26 Report Posted March 26 What happens to a lot of Lottery Ticket Winners? Would good accounting make sense for EveryBody before reparations?
Pioneer1 Posted March 26 Report Posted March 26 I haven't spent too much time in either city but from the little time I've spent there so far.... It's funny how, although Baltimore is NORTH of D.C...I consider it more "southern" and "country" than D.C., lol. umbrarchist Would good accounting make sense for EveryBody before reparations? I'm sure you didn't mean "everybody" literally, but if you're asking could most of our people use some good lessons in accounting and financial education before they receive that check? Absolutely. However, that can't be a prerequisite. If they didn't make the Jews or Japanese or Native Americans take courses in accounting and finance before cutting them a check, then they shouldn't hold us to a higher standard to receive one. It should be up to the individual what they want to do with their own money.
Troy Posted March 27 Author Report Posted March 27 17 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Alabama ‘dat bees da deep souf. 14 hours ago, ProfD said: Mid-Atlantic region ROTFLMBAO! knee-grow please you in the south 14 hours ago, ProfD said: DMV folks do not consider themselves southerners proper denial… my New York sensibility, sees everything south of Jersey City, NJ the south 4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Baltimore is NORTH of D.C...I consider it more "southern" and "country" than D.C., lol. sounds like you’ve been watching too much of The Wire. Don’t get me wrong, I love the south the DMV, the Carolinas, ATL. You folks in the DMV embrace your southerness! it is a very endearing trait, especially in the ladies
ProfD Posted March 27 Report Posted March 27 1 hour ago, Troy said: ROTFLMBAO! knee-grow please you in the south I believe you live in Florida. Folks like to think the Mid-Atlantic region is the northern tip of the south.
Troy Posted March 27 Author Report Posted March 27 7 hours ago, ProfD said: I believe you live in Florida. Like I said, I love the south. 1
Pioneer1 Posted March 27 Report Posted March 27 I USED to like the South, not anymore. Back in the 80s and 90s there used to be a "young spirit" in the South. 1. A lot of recently educated and upwardly mobile Black youth were moving back down South or "staying" down South establishing a very strong professional Black presence in places like Georgia, Mississippi, and the Carolinas. 2. White southerners became quite docile and the most racists ones almost all went into hiding. It was commonly understood by those who traveled the nation that back in the 80s and 90s....the most racist and hostile Whites were not in the South but in the Midwest and North! Whites were far more hostile places like Illinois and Pennsylvania than they were in Mississippi and Alabama. After the year 2000, things changed. A new generation of young Whites tapped into that legacy of racism again promoting Confederate flags and shit. And too many Black youth in the South...after listening to so much negative rap music from the East and West coasts....wanted to emulate those areas and began to make the South dirty and grimy.
umbrarchist Posted March 27 Report Posted March 27 On 3/26/2025 at 5:22 PM, Pioneer1 said: If they didn't make the Jews or Japanese or Native Americans take courses in accounting and finance before cutting them a check I am not saying THEY should do it. Black Americans should do it. I put this on the Black Voices website in 1999: https://www.spectacle.org/1199/wargame.html I think that is a (white) website and it has been there for 25 years. Somebody submitted to the site owner though I had never even heard of it. .
Pioneer1 Posted March 28 Report Posted March 28 49 minutes ago, umbrarchist said: I am not saying THEY should do it. Black Americans should do it. I agree. We should be holding ourselves to a higher standard as a community. We should have already had the banks and other financial institutions established so that we could actually RECEIVE the financial compensation when it comes and not have to rely on White financial establishments to hold our money. Wells Fargo, anybody????
ProfD Posted March 28 Report Posted March 28 3 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said: We should be holding ourselves to a higher standard as a community. Your 1st question was right. No other group of people is held to higher standard than Black folks. It doesn't matter what Black folks decide to do with their money once it's received. We dont watch anybody else's pockets. Cut those reparations checks. Enterprising Black folks will set up all types of institutions and businesses i.e. hospitals, schools, banks, credit unions, event centers, car dealerships, clothing stores, restaurants, etc.
Pioneer1 Posted March 28 Report Posted March 28 Although the Nation of Islam asked for Reparations....they didn't wait on them. They built most of those institutions with their own money WHILE asking to be compensated for the heinous crimes committed against our forefathers.
ProfD Posted March 28 Report Posted March 28 19 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said: Although the Nation of Islam asked for Reparations....they didn't wait on them. They built most of those institutions with their own money WHILE asking to be compensated for the heinous crimes committed against our forefathers. Right. We should be building our own infrastructure regardless of whether or reparations are received.
Pioneer1 Posted March 28 Report Posted March 28 ProfD Not only will focusing on building our own infrastructure INSIDE of the United States and her government (meaning political power also).....I've said time and time again that if we had our shit together we would have had enough Black elected officials in office by now to GIVE OURSELVES Reparations. We already had an "almost" Black President...lol....who was elected TWICE. TWICE! ....come on man. We had Black folks in Congress and in the courts. We had Black folks as Mayors and other elected officials around the nation. We could have FORCED a decent Reparations package through. You tell ME if that sounds like a problem of "fear" or of "intelligence"?????
ProfD Posted March 28 Report Posted March 28 2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: We already had an "almost" Black President...lol....who was elected TWICE. TWICE! ....come on man. We had Black folks in Congress and in the courts. We had Black folks as Mayors and other elected officials around the nation. We could have FORCED a decent Reparations package through. You tell ME if that sounds like a problem of "fear" or of "intelligence"????? That's not a matter of fear or intelligence. Off code Black folks have been an impediment. Black politicians are no different from the fake azz weed smoking n8gglets in that regard. When Black folks see people who look like them in high positions there is an assumption they have the same goals and objectives. Just like not all Black folks believed in the teachings of the Nation of Islam or Marcus Garvey or the civil rights movement, the same thing applies to reparations. That's why it is important to know what a politician is promising to deliver on our behalf. If reparations is important, Black folks should be voting for political candidates who are going to stomp for it. Up to date, we've been voting for people just because they're Black. No agenda or policy demands. Again, not fear or low intelligence. Loyalty to skin color. Hoping those people would Do the Right Thing through osmosis.
Pioneer1 Posted March 29 Report Posted March 29 ProfD When Black folks see people who look like them in high positions there is an assumption they have the same goals and objectives. That's a mistake that our people too often make. If they keep making that mistake over and over again, something ain't right....lol. That's why it is important to know what a politician is promising to deliver on our behalf. Yes, and HOLD them to it. Or better yet, WE send them to the state or national capitals OURSELVES so that we know what type of person is in that position and that they are on our side. If reparations is important, Black folks should be voting for political candidates who are going to stomp for it. Up to date, we've been voting for people just because they're Black. No agenda or policy demands. Again, not fear or low intelligence. Loyalty to skin color. Hoping those people would Do the Right Thing through osmosis. Well, much of what you just described above is a SYMPTOM of low intelligence. If you vote for somebody simply because of how they look not knowing anything else about them but hope and assume they have your best interests in mind....that right there isn't the smartest move to make. But if they do nothing for you and you KEEP voting for them over and over again...that's a sign of low intelligence in my opinion. If you had good sense you'd STOP doing it. Like the old saying goes: Those who KNOW better DO better.
ProfD Posted March 29 Report Posted March 29 30 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said: Well, much of what you just described above is a SYMPTOM of low intelligence. If you vote for somebody simply because of how they look not knowing anything else about them but hope and assume they have your best interests in mind....that right there isn't the smartest move to make. But if they do nothing for you and you KEEP voting for them over and over again...that's a sign of low intelligence in my opinion. If you had good sense you'd STOP doing it. Like the old saying goes: Those who KNOW better DO better. Black folks have predominantly voted Democratic for almost 100 years. Not as a result of low intelligence. The other party was offering less. The alternative would have been to establish a party, promote candidates or not vote at all. Politics is a money game. A huge part of making moves politically is to bribe, er, putting some scratch on the books of candidates.
Pioneer1 Posted March 29 Report Posted March 29 7 hours ago, ProfD said: Black folks have predominantly voted Democratic for almost 100 years. Not as a result of low intelligence. The other party was offering less. The alternative would have been to establish a party, promote candidates or not vote at all. But the fact that they DIDN'T go with that alternative is a sign of......well.....lol. Some years back I got a management position where I was in charge of telling people what to do and making sure they did their job well. It came with some perks, but the problem was I couldn't discipline anyone. I couldn't fire them, couldn't send them home, couldn't even write them up. All I could do was tell some White dude and HE made the decision as to whether or not they got disciplined or what type of discipline was needed. After about 2 weeks....I resigned. There were about 5 or 6 other people who had the same position and responsibilities but they chose to stay on the job. Some of them got beat up (literally...one got his ass kicked UP 2 flight of stairs...lol), cussed out, threatened, fired by THEIR bosses for the performance of those under them, and the few that remained would often tell me how smart I was to have just left instead of taking a fucked up job like that where the workers didn't like you and the higher management didn't respect you. But I already knew. It didn't take me long to figure out the consequences that come with taking a job like that where you're pissing off people but have no power over them. My point? If you KNOW what the problem is and the solution is...implement it. Don't stay in the same position for years and years and decades and decades complaining. Get up and DO something! Make a move! That's a sign of intelligence.
ProfD Posted March 29 Report Posted March 29 22 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said: But the fact that they DIDN'T go with that alternative is a sign of......well.....lol. Bro, you're going to insinuate the silent generation, baby boomers and GenXers were of low intelligence. If you're indicting your grandparents and parents and your generation with low intelligence...I'll let you hold that bag to yourself. 22 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said: Some years back I got a management position...It came with some perks, but the problem was I couldn't discipline anyone. After about 2 weeks....I resigned. ...the few that remained would often tell me how smart I was to have just left... If you KNOW what the problem is and the solution is...implement it. That's a sign of intelligence. The questions are 1) why did you take such a job in the 1st place and 2) why did you work for that company and 3) why didn't you start a rival company.
Pioneer1 Posted March 29 Report Posted March 29 ProfD Bro, you're going to insinuate the silent generation, baby boomers and GenXers were of low intelligence. If you're indicting your grandparents and parents and your generation with low intelligence...I'll let you hold that bag to yourself. Two Points to keep in mind: 1. We're not talking about the intelligence of mere INDIVIDUALS but of GROUPS collectively. There are plenty of very smart Black people and dumb ass White people. We know that. However as a GROUP, who rules? 2. I'm not insinuating that they are of LOW intelligence. But I am saying that as a group they weren't INTELLIGENT ENOUGH to get out from under the domination of White people. They may have been smart, but the White folks who ruled over them were SMARTER. You may not agree, but I hope that clarifies the "low intelligence" insinuation. The questions are 1) why did you take such a job in the 1st place and 2) why did you work for that company and 3) why didn't you start a rival company. 1. It paid more money and offered more perks than the job I had previously held...that I was glad to have been able to go back to after resigning from that one, lol. 2. I worked for them because they paid me and it wasn't a bad place to work. 3. I didn't start a rival company because I wasn't smart enough nor driven enough to.
ProfD Posted March 29 Report Posted March 29 5 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said: . We're not talking about the intelligence of mere INDIVIDUALS but of GROUPS collectively. Right. I was referring to generations as groups. 5 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said: 2. I'm not insinuating that they are of LOW intelligence. But I am saying that as a group they weren't INTELLIGENT ENOUGH to get out from under the domination of White people. Gotcha. Hopefully @aka Contrarian or @umbrarchist can shed light on why their generation didn't break the chains of white supremacy. 5 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said: 1. It paid more money and offered more perks than the job I had previously held...that I was glad to have been able to go back to after resigning from that one, lol. 2. I worked for them because they paid me and it wasn't a bad place to work. Understood. Your reasons for staying with that company are similar to why and how people accept the system of racism white supremacy. They know it isn't *right* but it's not bad enough.
Pioneer1 Posted March 29 Report Posted March 29 And if I was smart and ambitious enough at that time to build something better for myself....I certainly would have.
umbrarchist Posted March 29 Report Posted March 29 2 hours ago, ProfD said: Gotcha. Hopefully @aka Contrarian or @umbrarchist can shed light on why their generation didn't break the chains of white supremacy. ROFLMBAO First, I am not sure that we qualify as the same generation. I think she has a few years on me. Second, there is a lack of cohesion within the generation. The kids in the hood called me "Goofus". The term "Acting White" had not come into vogue but I was sarcastically called "A scholar and a gentleman". Two Black boys paid me to take their SATs but they were Not friends. When I started high school I did not even know how chess pieces moved. White boys wouldn't play me because I was too easy to beat. By the middle of junior year they wouldn't play me. I kicked their asses. I think Black Americans get too emotional about White people and conform when it does not make sense and fail to conform when it does. Then the dumbass White people go along with stupid Consumerism. These White people do not know what they are buying. Plus how old was I before I had a clue what was going on. To me Black people seem to be more stingy with relevant knowledge than Palefaces. https://www.spectacle.org/1199/wargame.html I put that on the Black Voices website in Feb 1999. Hardly any reaction. But it has been on some White guys website for 25 years. It has appeared and disappeared from at least 4 other sites. To me it seems Black people want emotional leadership not cold calculating leadership. .
umbrarchist Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 What exactly is meant by "White Supremacy"? I was having a conversation with a Black woman at a high school shortly before COVID. I said, "White men confuse their egos with their intellects." The history of the last 550 years is the result of who had technology versus who didn't. One White man with some real brains figures out something great and a thousand a White morons jump up and shout "See how intelligent WE are!" This crap with Trump shows how smart a lot of White people are. During Black History Month I was looking for any mention of Hiram Maxim. He was an American inventor who worked with Thomas Edison. He went to England and invented the machine gun and cordite that was necessary to keep the gun from fouling. But who was the first person killed with a machine gun? At the Battle of Matabele in Africa hundreds of Black men were gunned down at the cost of less than a dozen White men. Was it White Supremacy or Technological Supremacy? But the technology made it possible to steal land/resources and thus become Economic Supremacy. So people complaining about White Supremacy while ridiculing me about math or reading when it was easy for me kind of pisses me off. My mother called my science fiction books "Something Crazy" while paying to send me to some nitwit White nuns who NeVeR taught science made no sense. So White Supremacy will remain as long as we let stupid White people know more than we do. A member on another Black website commented on SF books being written by "White Men". I knew that when I was 9 years old. I asked a Black female BookTuber about Afrofuturism books with Hard Science in the story. She told me "That Feels Racist!" So Black self sabotage certainly helps White Supremacy. Physics and Technology does Not give a Shit! . Was that an adequate Rant!?
ProfD Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 7 hours ago, umbrarchist said: What exactly is meant by "White Supremacy"? Racism white supremacy is a system that allows white folks to dominate other groups of people and to control and maintain power and privilege among themselves. 7 hours ago, umbrarchist said: "White men confuse their egos with their intellects." The dumbest white man has more power than the most brilliant man of any other race. 7 hours ago, umbrarchist said: The history of the last 550 years is the result of who had technology versus who didn't. The willingness to use that technology to conquer and colonize others makes the difference. Not everyone with a gun has the ability to take a life whether threatened or not. 7 hours ago, umbrarchist said: Was it White Supremacy or Technological Supremacy? White supremacy will use anything as tool to dominate and control other folks 7 hours ago, umbrarchist said: But the technology made it possible to steal land/resources and thus become Economic Supremacy. Absolutely. 7 hours ago, umbrarchist said: So people complaining about White Supremacy while ridiculing me about math or reading when it was easy for me kind of pisses me off. No one should be ridiculed for being studious. 7 hours ago, umbrarchist said: So White Supremacy will remain as long as we let stupid White people know more than we do. Truth. 7 hours ago, umbrarchist said: So Black self sabotage certainly helps White Supremacy. Sabotaging oneself is a huge problem. Being off code doesn't help either. 7 hours ago, umbrarchist said: Physics and Technology does Not give a Shit! Strong science amd math potentially provides for better *job* opportunities. Until AI shows up.
umbrarchist Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 56 minutes ago, ProfD said: No one should be ridiculed for being studious. That's what people don't seem to get. I wasn't studious. I got a few B's in math my junior year because I didn't do homework. The instructor would randomly not collect it about a third of the time. So it was a guessing game. If I didn't do it and he didn't collect it then I won. If I didn't do it and he did collect it then I lost. It didn't matter since I would get A's on the tests anyway. I got straight D's in religion freshman year because I would not do that bullshit homework at all. To me authority acted like obedience was an indication of intelligence. I think that pisses of a lot of Black kids, especially boys. I could sit in class thinking about things that had nothing to do with what was happening there. If I had not started reading SF in 4th grade I cannot imagine how I would have gotten thru all of that bullshit. Seen any of the 2 Hour schooling videos on YouTube? 1 hour ago, ProfD said: No one should be ridiculed for being studious. That's what people don't seem to get. I wasn't studious. I got a few B's in math my junior year because I didn't do homework. The instructor would randomly not collect it about a third of the time. So it was a guessing game. If I didn't do it and he didn't collect it then I won. If I didn't do it and he did collect it then I lost. It didn't matter since I would get A's on the tests anyway. I got straight D's in religion freshman year because I would not do that bullshit homework at all. To me authority acted like obedience was an indication of intelligence. I think that pisses of a lot of Black kids, especially boys. I could sit in class thinking about things that had nothing to do with what was happening there. If I had not started reading SF in 4th grade I cannot imagine how I would have gotten thru all of that bullshit. Seen any of the 2 Hour schooling videos on YouTube?
umbrarchist Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 1 hour ago, ProfD said: Strong science amd math potentially provides for better *job* opportunities. Until AI shows up. EverBody should have been concentrating on Net Worth since 1950. Accounting/finance should have been mandatory in high schools. We could have had a 3-day workweek with all homes paid for by 2000. But no, go into debt for useless variations in junk while economists say nothing about the depreciation of the junk. How much CO2 in the atmosphere is the result of unnecessary manufacturing due to Planned Obsolescence? .
umbrarchist Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 2 hours ago, ProfD said: The dumbest white man has more power than the most brilliant man of any other race. I regard that as a significant exaggeration. .
ProfD Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 3 hours ago, umbrarchist said: I regard that as a significant exaggeration. Look no further than the people currently running the country. A few dumb folks in that clown car. They are a microcosm of the US power structure.
aka Contrarian Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 @ProfD &Pioneer1: I know you 2 are not serioudly asking me why my generation didn't break the bonds of white supremacy and form our own political party! Not seriously suggesting that we were too dumb to organize and rebel against the most powerful country in the world with the goal of abolishing white supremacy. I could remind you about the existence of the Black Wall Street settlement in Tulsa, Okalahoma, and what happened in 1921 to this paragon of black achievement when it simply dared to defend itself from resentful white racists. I think the most obvious answer to your absurd question about why my generation didn't form our own political party, is that we wanted to become a part of the mainstream , not independent of it. MLK convinced us that integration was the answer to racism; the gateway to equality. If Blacks could just be judged by "the content of their character rather than the color of their skin", he assured us we'd all be one big happy family sitting at the same table. And in spite of what you 2 continue to downplay, Blacks did weave themselves into the fabric of the Democratic party, gaining power and control at local levels in urban areas as well as representation in the State and national Congresses. Even rewarded with a black Supreme Court Justice in the person of Thurgood Marshall. This was also the era of acquiring voting rights and Equal Opportunity Employment. We were still "Negroes" during this period and through passive resistance, boycotts and demonstrations we did make progress with the rise of a viable black middleclass, paving the way all along for those who we passed the torch to. And what did the ensuing Black Power/Afro-centric, BLM Wokeness phases of the struggle get us? A black president who became fodder for the crabs in a barrel syndrome and a soundly-rejected woman of color presidential candidate. And what is the immediate state of the Black America union? Dazed znd confused. Don't ask me anything else about what Blacks need to do. to neutralize the white power structure. I'll be damned if I know, and I'm too busy hating what white Retrumpicans are doing to the entire country as they prime America for a take over by the MAGA Klan. 1 1
Mel Hopkins Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 8 minutes ago, aka Contrarian said: Blacks did weave themselves into the fabric of the Democratic party, gaining power and control at local levels in urban areas as well as representation in the State and national Congressions. Even rewarded with a black Supreme Court Justice in the person of Thurgood Marshall. This was also the era of acquiring voting rights and Equal Opportunity Employment. We were still "Negroes" during this period and through passive resistance, boycotts and demonstrations we did make progress with the rise of a viable black middleclass, paving the way all along for those who we passed the torch to. And what did the ensuing Black Power/Afro-centric, BLM Wokeness phases of the struggle get us? A black president who became fodder for the crabs in a barrel syndrome and a soundly-rejected woman of color presidential candidate. Thank you for our inheritance. There's a saying about inheritance. "70% of wealthy families will lose their wealth by the second generation, and 90% will lose it by the third." " The saying highlights the challenges of maintaining wealth across generations. It emphasizes the importance of passing down wealth and knowledge faithfully to the next generation." Late boomers (Gen Jones), Gen X, and Millennials never learned how to keep the rights we gained from your generation. We squandered and lost our inheritance. Now we're here. 1 1
umbrarchist Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 3 hours ago, aka Contrarian said: MLK convinced us that integration was the answer to racism; the gateway to equality. If Blacks could just be judged by "the content of their character rather than the color of their skin", he assured us we'd all be one big happy family sitting at the same table. What did MLK say about technology and economics? By the time he was assassinated I had lost interest in cars but had not concluded that planned obsolescence was just high technology share cropping. Nobody screaming about Global Warming back then. .
Pioneer1 Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 Cynique @ProfD &Pioneer1: I know you 2 are not seriously asking me why my generation didn't break the -no....I'm not That question came from ProfD, not me. I figured you were too busy sorting mail in the back of some post office to monitor the political climate of Black America back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s....lol.
aka Contrarian Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 @umbrarchist MLk never said anything about global warning. His sole focus was on race. Blacks, of course, learned later that he was misguided about integration being a panacea. @Pioneer. As usual, you figured wrong. I switched my focus to the Op Ed pages of Chicago newspapers and the pen became my weapon against bigotry.
Pioneer1 Posted March 30 Report Posted March 30 Cynique I actually remember that. I started to make a Dear Abby joke about it, but decided not to...lol.
ProfD Posted March 31 Report Posted March 31 5 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Cynique @ProfD &Pioneer1: I know you 2 are not seriously asking me why my generation didn't break the -no....I'm not That question came from ProfD, not me. @aka Contrarian, I asked the question rhetorically. I wasn't around to know the temperature of how Black folks were dealing with white supremacy back in those days. I appreciate your response. 8 hours ago, umbrarchist said: What did MLK say about technology and economics? In his book Why We Can't Wait, Dr. MLK Jr. touched on how he thought Black folks should handle economics.
aka Contrarian Posted March 31 Report Posted March 31 9 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Cynique I actually remember that. I started to make a Dear Abby joke about it, but decided not to...lol. You remember what? What does "Dear Abby" have to do with me addressing racism on the Opinion-Editorial pages of the local newspapers?? @ProfDin his book, did MLK mention the importance of ACCOUNTING when discussing the role economics played in black advancement? Huh?Huh?
ProfD Posted March 31 Report Posted March 31 6 hours ago, aka Contrarian said: @ProfDin his book, did MLK mention the importance of ACCOUNTING when discussing the role economics played in black advancement? Huh?Huh? Dr. MLK Jr. did not mention or stress the importance of accounting in the book.
umbrarchist Posted March 31 Report Posted March 31 2 hours ago, ProfD said: Dr. MLK Jr. did not mention or stress the importance of accounting in the book. I presume that he did not mention the depreciation of automobiles either. There were 200,000,000 motor vehicles in the United States in 1995. Twenty-five years after the Moon landing that King never saw. I have not noticed White economists telling White people about the depreciation that junk either. That is the funny thing about physics. It does not give a damn about people or money.
umbrarchist Posted March 31 Report Posted March 31 4 hours ago, ProfD said: Dr. MLK Jr. did not mention or stress the importance of accounting in the book. I presume that he did not mention the depreciation of automobiles either. There were 200,000,000 motor vehicles in the United States in 1995. Twenty-five years after the Moon landing that King never saw. I have not noticed White economists telling White people about the depreciation that junk either. That is the funny thing about physics. It does not give a damn about people or money. I had to ask ChatGPT: "In 1968, there were approximately 98.9 million registered motor vehicles in the United States. This includes cars, trucks, and buses."
Chevdove Posted April 3 Report Posted April 3 On 3/25/2025 at 10:15 AM, Troy said: All Roads Lead to DC on May 17th - National Reparations Rally! On behalf of the National Reparations Network, we are thrilled to invite you and your friends to join the National Reparations Rally on May 17, 2024 from 11am-5pm at Washington, DC’s Lansburgh Park, 1098 Delaware Ave, SW. This is the first I've heard about this. I hope it will be a great outcome!
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