The BN Village - View Single Post - Black Self-hate Topics Why So Many ? By Real Brother

The Mighty Mos Def · (#10 (**permalink**))

Realbrother wrote:

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The only topics that aren't designed to outline some flaw in the Black Race are the ones that harp on Racism which is virtually non-existent and a non-factor in our lives.

The reason there are so many posts that deal with the negativity is: we have an abundance of problems to deal with as a race of people, ignoring them won't make them go away. I don't believe people are harping on our peoples flaws because they believe our people are inferior, rather, I believe people are tired of seeing so many of us struggle, and truly want to figure out solutions to positively impact our community. You can't solve a problem until you fully understand it.

I vehemently disagree with your assertion that "racism is virtually non-existent". The jobs many of our people work at are White owned and controlled(we have many here giving advice on starting Black owned businesses, like Le Moor); many of our children are learning in Eurocentric school systems(we have many here that are seeking change in that regard, like Baron and Masai); we have corrupt White dominated political systems(we have Kunjufu, Coltrane, etc. showing the warts of that system to those whom may not be politically astute); and yes "self-hatred"(a form of White supremacy, which is based in racism) is a part of many of our people(we have you hammering home that point). The point of that long ass sentence was: all of us are seeking improvement for our people worldwide; all of us realize we have many ills to deal with, because of this, we share knowledge with one another; we gain knowledge from one another.

You and your detractors want the same thing(the rise of our people), but you have different viewpoints on the nexus of our peoples problem, those viewpoints are up for challenge(and that's a good thing), but these differences shouldn't lead to animosity between Black people, whom claim to want the advancement of our people.