African American
Related: About this forumIn 60 seconds James Baldwin breaks race and racism ALL THE WAY DOWN.
Sorry, y'all. I'll stop posting today after this one.
Chitown Kev
(2,197 posts)for posting Baldwin.
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)Number23
(24,544 posts)He NAILS it. He goes by the "evidence," not pie in the sky fancy rhetoric and lovely, sweet words. He judges by actions.
I don't know if the realtors hate black people but I know they keep me in the ghetto.
I don't know if the board of education hates black people, but I see the books they give my children (and of course black folks are hardly a mention at all beyond a couple of paragraphs on slavery and MLK) and the schools that we have to go to.
You want me to risk my life, my woman, my children on some idealistic version of America that you assure me exists which I have never seen.
Lord Have mercy....
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)Ugh, that breaks me down that I can't hide from the evidence though I want to drapetomania away.
randys1
(16,286 posts)Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)things plain.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)It makes clear what never seems to penetrate the minds, let alone the hearts of too many DU:Liberals/Progressives ... and they wonder why they cannot be my ally.
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)I can't stand that place! But I'll do it for you
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)But think of it this way ... If for nothing else, posting it in DU:GD will give you names for your Ignore List.
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)You're right. In my quest to be a peaceful warrior, I have to put ignore in my toolkit.
sheshe2
(83,324 posts)Powerful clip.
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)Sobering but on point.
stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)UMass Professor John H. Bracey, Jr. the other day. His focus is that racism is not free for anyone, that the clientele of supramacy is shrinking and the teaching of the AA experience is minimized, the foundation of this country, precisely beause they are in our club and that's the scary part. "The price of keeping black people dumb is to keep white people just as dumb," he says, "but they're proud of it. They're still not black."
So we have to continue to be Capt. Obvious for what is ignored. It's Supremacy, stupid.