Black People : Stupidly.

Bro. Prizmm, the waking of the sleep giant is a role we all share- and it's happening because more us are becoming aware of how we can go about changing big things with small but effective actions.

Bro. Khasm13, what you've mentioned is such a critical point. Hollywood is fine with Blacks being "street smart" like Eddie Murphy, Martian Lawrence, Wil Smith etc., have all played in movies that show them outsmarting regular Cops on the street. This concept adds to the sub-conscious of Whites that Blacks are intelligent when it comes to the criminal element and thus we must be dealt with harshly.

When you do see the Black Genius/Inventor- he is killed. Wil Smith- I Am Legend. Dead. Samuel L. Jackson in "The Spirit"- dead. Such roles are very important for Black Men because we are the architects and builders- this is the main reason Black Men are placed into prisons to begin with. Women cannot produce their visions if Men are in captivity.

I sat across the table from a native African gentlemen that built a small empire by creating movies with a cheap dv camera and selling those movies at gas stations. He specializes in relationship dramas because those are the best sellers. He pockets something between $100,000-$400,000 a year. His method is not special. It's the same method allot of Brothas in the hood are doing in order to bootleg movies, record pornography and sell on the street.
Tyler Perry is who is is today because he learned these same techniques from the street hustlers, he was also selling dvds of his plays at one point.

What I find so interesting -is why so many Blacks who earn their living producing and distributing their own products end up selling out- literally to White companies? How is it these White companies can see the writing on the walls by they can't? The answer is already mentioned in this thread. Too many of us really believe what these Racists have been telling us. And we believe they are better at the business of distributing and marketing product than we are. We believe they have the intelligence of the business on their side and all the connects.

I see the same level of stupidity from the writers/authors, producers and filmmakers, rap/song artists and painters. Everyone seems to believe they need a White face or a White company to represent them in order to reach the goal status of making millions of dollars.

Like I told a Music Producer once, who said he needed to sign a distribution deal for his music- I asked him who was his demographic. He said the hood, Black people. Then I asked him, so you need a White Man to distribute your own music to your own people? That's like paying another Man to have sex with your Woman. And that's what the majority of us have been doing.

We have to become more intelligent about our product. I noticed Africans that cross into America don't seem to have that same hangup, because they haven't been programmed to believe they are incompetent when it comes to business. And so, even when we engage with native Africans at a business level they come off at times to be arrogant and boastful. Sometimes they are, but its also because they don't share that belief that need a White face/company to accomplish something. Even if you needed to sell to White America for whatever reason, Black Business Women and Men handle that calling very well.

Authors are in the same book. Just about every week I hear another story about yet another Black Author that is complaining about not getting a royalty check from their publisher. In this age of self-publishing, youtube and print-on-demand printers I'm still surprised that so many "very intelligent" authors have not seen the writing on the wall. Especially now that most publishers are asking you to do your own marketing anyway. Hello? Why do you need a publisher again?

There are so many ways that we can go about combating negative Black images. It starts with declaring our intelligence. It's not about being a know it all. But it saying to yourself, I may not know all the answers but I am intelligent enough to find the answers. And then the strategies do come as a small grain of common sense.

Personal monitoring systems controlled and ran by Black companies would revolutionize how Black boys/Men are accused of criminal activity and imprisoned. But these visions take organized power that can be produced when we keep our collective mind focused on that goal. Now it's important to get the logic out there, spread it for free if you have too. When methods relating to race work for one, it would work for all- and we should spread that information to all cities in America.

While the internet is a powerful medium for building, the actual spreading of powerful information for our people at least on the street is done through small books/newsletters and cds/dvds. They can't monitor those.
 
Dealing with the Reality of Racism takes dedication and strategy. Great minds like Dr. King and Malcolm X were doing just that, as strategists- but were often criticized for their inability to work together for a common goal. This is still a major problem among Blacks in America. We must realize that there are many forms of intelligence among us.

We can say there are at least 4 distinct mindsets among us, and even though 3 of the main characters are white- the show called “The A-Team” defined all 4 of them for us in plain sight.

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While many of us pretend be, we can't all be Hannibal- the main group leader that minds like Marcus Garvey and Elijah Muhammad represent. Such minds are excellent chess players, they can study the opposition and create plans very well. They know what will work and what won't work. Murdock-(the crazy one) are those of us that are willing to do the extraordinary and the impossible. We may seem crazy, but there is a method to the madness. Such intelligence is grounded in the element of surprise, there is no telling what such people will do, and why.

Lt. Templeton also known as “faceman” are typse known for their appeal and charm. President Obama is more of a Lt. Templeton mindset than a Hannibal mindset and some might suggest Malcolm X was as well. Such intelligent people can talk their way out of just about anything, and put a spell over people that causes them to do things they wouldn't do previously. Remember 'Sunshine” in the movie Harlem Nights? This is a real mindset of intelligence that is among us that often goes unnoticed.

Now, Mr. T's character- B.A. Baracus is also one that is genuine that goes unnoticed as well.

Muhammad Ali falls into this mindset. Such minds appear to be not too bright at all, yet they have a physical stature and demeanor that commands strength and intimidation. This is not just muscle without brains. For those people who really know Mike Tyson and have not fallen for how he is depicted in the media, they know Mike Tyson is a very intelligent Man. His craft is not just boxing but execution. In his own way Muhammad Ali fought racism head on. John Henry also falls into this same mindset. And because they go unrecognized, our Warriors are recruited for our enemy's military, willing to die for a country that will spit in their face and murder their children- because being Black in America is still not good enough.

But when we find the time to form our own “A-Teams” we begin to utilize the intelligence of our entire race and not just feed off the random murmurings of those that appear to know the problem but can't do anything because no one will organize.

The fact that we do not organize is proof that we listen to the same racists that we claim we are against. Because if a Christian Black family can sit down to eat with their homosexual son or daughter, if for nothing else but to say- this is still my child and we are still a family- then certainly all of Black America must realize despite our differences in action and in character we are still a family- and we can outmaneuver any opposition when we salute one another as competent and intelligent groups with separate life goals.

We invest too much energy trying to point out those we assume are pulling us all down. Has it ever occurred to us that racists themselves invest in such people in order to control the direction of our intelligence gathering? Meanwhile we know everything there is to know about "The Flava of Love"-
but as far as knowing how to love our people collectively- we are still grasping at straws.

When we invest some form of concern for each other's children, for the Wives of our Brothers, for the Husbands of our Sisters and the Mothers and Fathers of our people, we also invest in our collective emotional intelligence. Because if a Man is smart enough to know that by engaging respectfully with the child, he is winning the heart of the Mother- then certainly we can win the hearts of Black America- no matter how different by engaging first with concerns of our children.

We already know what the Reality of Racism looks like, smells like, tastes like, but many of us allow it to continue because when Racism effects someone outside of our like-minded group we pretend we didn't see it.
If it happens to a Michael Vick- it can go unseen especially when the racists have become so sophisticated at framing Blind Men and Black Men alike.

A major problem is that white media is not our soapbox for speaking against racism. That is a very stupid act. If Blacks learned how to utilize the little media that we do control, it can be highly effective in order to convey the messages we wish to convey. Blacks in California, Texas, Florida, Georgia and New York should be able to network and influence Black America seeing that a larger majority of Blacks live in these states. There is no reason for Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York to be thought of as unconnected- when they are literally connected.

And as a bonus-the same waters that slap against Africa's shores- bathe the shores of east coast where millions of Blacks reside. We settle near the water for a reason. It connects us.

When we are fully consciousness of how connected we are, by water and by blood- we understand the war that is carried out against our bodies and destinies-from either side of the ocean. From there the battle against the Reality of Racism becomes simple. When a pot reaches it's boiling point you turn it off. Instead of reacting to stupid tactics like nooses hanging from trucks, we can engage our collective minds in changing the history of the lynching of Black futures in America and the world. The forming of intelligent alliances for radical change would be the end of racism.

The control of our own brands, media, online homeschools, lawyers and legal aides- trained and educated for free, paid trips for Mothers and children to Africa, legal statues and demands against racists and law enforcement presented to the highest courts of America as well as the British Empire. Only networking groups have the power to do such things, not individuals here and there scattered about. We have the ideas, we have the strategists, but we have to network and see ourselves as one, instead of divided.

Let the African Teams rise, and watch the Racism fall.
 

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