Hello Sister Queen, I have not given up nor do I ever intend to do so. I will spend the rest of my time here on earth doing whatever I can to educate, uplift, nurture and empower people. That is all people. As I do this I will continue to learn and grow henceforth my statement to brother James. I realize that there is a great deal of work to be done and the majority of that work is in the heads of people. Folks are to immersed in fear and self doubt. It's not white supremacy that is holding folks back it is the embracing of that mentality that holds people back... Once you say white supremacy you have already capitulated. White supremacy does not exist, it is an illusion that folks have bought into so it exists in their minds.... For anyone to say that white supremacy holds them back is to say that they are inferior and I'm sorry but I d--n sure ain't buying into that. Yes there are obstacles in place to hinder our progress and discourage us but they are just obstacles and they can be obliterated if folks choose to do it... I didn't get where I am because I let those obstacles prevent me from doing so. It's the mindset and like you say, the choices that we make that determine our life.. I choose to not be marginalized and to let someone dictate my life. Is this a white dominated society? Yes,,but does that mean that I am dominated by that society (only if I allow it)..Now again, this goes back to what you said about choices.. If I don't educate myself and seek ways to improve my life and become independent then I am at the mercy of those that are.I agree, that Black people may not be ready to come together and here is where I support Bro. James belief that it's all due to white supremacy that has us corralled behind invisible fences to keep us on the plantation slaving away for a system that is designed to oppress us and keep us working for the benefit of a very few.
It all boils down to what we want, how we are going to get it and what are we willing to do to make it happen...Is it hard, you d--m right it is but if it were easy everyone would be doing it.. A lot of folks are comfortable with where they are because it demands nothing of them. Some people rather live in mediocrity and obscurity and some can't help there situation but for those that can and want more but do nothing should say nothing....
Everyone is not intended to make it but that doesn't mean that you can't at least try...It sure better than not doing anything and I will not concede to that negative mindset because it would subject me to being irrelevant. White Oppression does exist but also can be fought and defeated but only if people decide to fight and defeat it..Folks aren't ready to do that collectively just yet...I choose to be relevant sister....