what happened to the revolution?

Question

i know in this day and age, we have ignorant ni&&as, uncle toms. and straight up coons (flavor flav, yin yang twins) but what happened to us black folks. we had malcolm, martin,. we gave birth to the most domineering and popular force in music history. and if im not mistaken we contribute to national spending more than any other race. but we are the poorest and most culturally disenfranchised people on the planet. did we give up on oueselves. did reagan and bush succeed in destroying our pride as a people. i used to think that white people were the problem, but i no longer blame them. we are FcukED UP mentally as a people. so i ask again. what the FCUK happened. everyone is encouraged to answer. even ignorant racist muhfcukaz.

Answer 1

Have we forgotten about Stokely Carmichael...Black Power?

In the 60's being black meant something, we stood together, worked together, and sometimes died together for the "Fight." Forty some-odd years later we as a people have become complacent with "our" place in society. Of course there are a few exceptions but are they really something to be proud of?

"We" have fooled ourselves into believing the slavery ended years after the Civil War , not realizing that we have since enslaved ourselves...The Coyer’s Bill, Robert Brock, the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America just add to the mentality that "White" America owes us something. THEY DO NOT OWE US; we owe ourselves, but unfortunately it seems to be easier to blame the "White" man for "our" shortcomings rather than taking responsibility for them ourselves. The first step to overcoming is recognition. Our young people need to educate themselves socially, academically and economically and utilize the tools that are available to them to their advantage. Then once they have succeeded employ the “Each One Reach One” proverb and reach back and pull up another “Brother” or "sister".

NO, the revolution is not dead it just has a gentler roar. It’s alive in my home as I take strides to educate my children academically and socially, as I exercise MY RIGHT to vote, as I teach them that WE are a race of Kings and Queens…

Answer 2

Stop seeing yourself as a victim & take responsibility for your life & maybe people will stop treating you as a victim & respect you more (maybe you want to listen to Bill Cosby).

There are SO MANY successful black people. But are they the ones you calls "uncle toms" etc. How about athletes from Jesse Owens to Tiger Woods, along with most of the NBA, much of the NFL & a bunch of MLB. How about Colin Powell & Condaleeza Rice? How about Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Tracy Chapman and hordes of other musicians.Ken Chenault is a black guy making tens of millions of dollars per year - I make about a hundred thousand - good for Ken.

Q. Do you use names like uncle tom so that you can exclude any black person who is actually successful, in order to preserve your image of victim culture ?

Answer 3

Myself, my family and friends have never stopped working truly hard to be the best people we can be. We're doing well and we stand up in our communities as well. Next September around Labor Day weekend, go to Chicago. Go to the African Festival of the Arts in Hyde Park's Washington Park. The next morning get up and go right around the corner to Rainbow P.U.S.H. for the weekly Saturday meeting. Spend your afternoon at the festival again and stop by the DuSable Museum of African American History located in the same huge beautiful park. The next morning, drive south down the Dan Ryan and get off at the HOUSE OF HOPE at 115th Street and attend church with the members of the Salem Baptist Church. The community has been enriched so much by all of these institutions and the revolution must live inside of ourselves. For one, I'd be blessed if you didn't curse so much brother.

Answer 4

When you fight hard for something you envision an utopian outcome. When that desired outcome does not happen people tend to give up. That is what I think happened. I think black people fought so hard and saw minor changes and felt discouraged and gave up. Temporarily, I hope.

Also, thanks to drugs and commercialism, the black community is more prone to targeted advertising. Have you seen a McDonalds commercial with a white person lately? Nope. The advertising business makes the black community feel incomplete without whatever gizmo they are peddling. Because it is still a sad fact that blacks make less money than whites, black people can't afford the fancy watches and computers that white people can. And so it breeds jealousy and mistrust, on both sides I might add. Now, a black kid grows up watching dad work his butt off for not very much when he's offered a job running pot for bigger money than he can make bagging groceries with the white kids. He takes it and in a few years either ends up in jail or entangled in more dangerous drugs. All because he doesn't want to end up like his dad and work too hard for not enough.

Fair? Nope. What's the answer? Don't give up on your people. Fight like Malcolm was still here, respect like Dr. King taught you to, and stick to your principles like Mrs. Parks did. For every black guy who fights for himself is a black child learning to stand up straighter with his head held higher and learning to say NO to bad decisions that will lead him and his people down a path of self-imposed opression.

Answer 5

I don't think a lot of people have given up the fight. I think it's just not in the mainstream and we don't hear about it or see it all the time. You still have groups that are trying their best to educate black kids to show them there is a better way than the streets, drugs, hip hop videos & flashy jewelry.

There are plenty of parents that are going above & beyond what is needed for school work to show their kids that just doing what is required is not enough because you have a strike against you by being black and 2 against you if you are black & a man. There are programs all over the country that are run by black men & women to improve ourselves, to find better ways of making a living, getting education, funding for buying homes, reforming credit, getting healthy and helping our kids not to get pregnant.
For the most part these programs are free we just have to take advantage of them.

Far too often WE Black People are our own worst enemies. We do more damage to ourselves than anyone else does. Most blacks still have that slavery state of mind, men believing they don't have to be responsible for their children like they were in slavery times when they were used to make babies to become more slaves and Master took care of them so they did not have to. Well the masters may be gone and the government is not supposed to take care of OUR children. So black men need to MAN UP and take care of there own...Now I am not talking about the brothas that do take care of home so don't go getting offended. Women also have to stop being baby factories and take care of themselves & the children they already have. Clsoe your legs and open your eyes & minds. Just because he says he loves you doesn't mean he is going to take care of you & a crying baby. Realize your bodies are temples and should be treated as such and not used for every whim of any man that walks through your door.

We need to stop being generations of cradle to grave welfare receipiants and become active productive members of the community. I know it is so easy to sit back and collect that check every month and live off the system, we have to be better than that.

There are plenty of black people that are still fighting the good fight, maybe not so much of a revolution but more so the day to day fight of keeping it real in a very tough world. We don't have those leaders like we did in the 60's & 70's, we don't have protests they way we used to and it's a shame we don't. We had the Million Man March & the Million Family March and I haven't heard of anything else like them since. As for the blacks that are visible, Colin Powel, Condi Rice, Oprah Winfrey, Tiger Woods, etc I haven't heard of them doing anything that is not beneficial to improving their status. Yes Oprah builds schools in Africa but what has she built her for black kids? The only one I have seen in recent years that has been telling it like it is is Bill Cosby and he was talked about for telling the truth.

As for the Uncle Toms well some would say they have to make a living some how, that they need to feed their kids etc, but there are better ways of doing it. I mean they may not be as glamour but you can at least look yourself in the mirror after a hard day at work and feel good about it instead of making a fool of yourself for all the world to see...

So the fight is still on just not so loudly as it was by our fore fathers & mothers...

Answer 6

Most white people like to eat macaroni and play board games after work. Do black people think that is boring? Maybe it is because most whites are 'boring', but blacks want more excitement. I just made that up...I don't know the answer, but your comments are interesting.

Answer 7

You quit fight for what you believe in.You start complaining and you doing other things.And you
stop tiring to get education,