- Oct 8, 2005
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uplift19 said:First, I am not a brotha
I think you misunderstand me. I am not suggesting that any material comfort should make us complacent, nor am I "closing my eyes to the plight" of my people. I am just saying, which I think is being taken a little too far here, that this is where I am and it is here I must make a difference. I have to reach my people where they are, and I think we are in disagreement about what that "spiritual anchor" is that will change their reality. I am not a materialistic person who thinks I can amass wealth or anything, not sure how you got that impression. I was simply commenting on a human level, not a political/spiritual/revolutionary one, that the little house where I grew up was not evil just because it is in America.
MTV cut him off, but he was not killed. He still enjoys his ridiciulous amount of wealth and if we want to point fingers at materialist then maybe we should direct them to him instead of me, just because I like my modest dwelling Or maybe I'm missing something here, maybe everyone else is living in some authentically African cottage or house that makes them better than me even though it is still in America. What are we really talking about here?
Wow, maybe I shouldn't have tried to discuss something so basic in such a politically charged forum. The point I was trying to make was about my small life, not about the international implications of our suffering.
I am not sure how this got to this point, but I (again, I'm not a man) think global issues affect me. This is not at all what I'm suggesting. I'm just not seeing any solutions suggested here except for embracing Africa in some idealistic way. This I do not understand, for as I have stated Africa itself is in peril just as Black folks are all over the globe. There are more people of African descent in Brazil than here, so why not start closer to home?
But again, just as my example of Oprah, where are we going back to? And if we find out precisely from whence we came, how significant will it be to our current situation? Oprah is not moving her girl's school to Liberia. I am not sure where this impression that I do not understand the universality of Black folks and the fact that we were present at the begininng of time came from. I think that we have to be balanced, and look at the whole picture instead of picking a period of time that we are comfortable with.
After all of that, I think you're finally getting to your point. What religious system are you referring to that supported our enslavement? There were so many hands in slavery that no one is exempt from their role, regardless of their spiritual persuasion.
It is obvious that the so-called Christianity white folks fooled our people into believing as slaves will not liberate us. I am not suggesting this either. So I wonder, what is the real disagreement here?
This is impressive sister Uplift19. You have a very balanced and clear thought process. I enjoy reading you!