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21-08-06, 10:38 PM
POST OF THE DAY
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Another thought, on that exchange with Dr. Muhhammad and the biracial girl. I'm convinced that a big part of the reason that people come at you the way they do, is based on them being able to sense ambivalence or lack of resoluteness on your part. That biracial girl probably already knew from her past experiences of dealing with BLack men,that it was UNLIKELY that Dr. Muhhamad was going to respond to someoone of her phenotype, negatively(in spite of his anti white stance). Kind of like the negative comments Tupac made about Quincy jOnes, back in the day, chastising him for "screwing nothing but white women", etc. One of Q's biracial daughter's confronts Tupac on it and defends her father, and Pac ends up falling for her,lol. They start dating, etc. He forgets all about being mad at Quincy and his penchant for only dating white women....His view probably changed to " thank God for Quincy and his white women, look at what a beautiful specimen it produced,lol.
Beyond that, being wishy washy and not staunch in your response on issues, ENCOURAGES, people to continue to come at you with foolishness. Ntozake Shange, author of "For Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide", made this point expertly on a talk show back in the day. SHe and 3 other BLack panelists were on a show on BET talking about AFrican AMericans, Gullah culture and the connection to West Africa.(Shange's peeps are South CArolina Gullah/Geechie). Anyway, there was a white British author on the panel who kept interjecting and questioning how the Blacks on the panel could be so sure of these connections to certain parts of West AFrica, wanted to know why they were calling themselves AFrican American when they didn't know what part of AFrica their people came from, etc.(They were discussing herbal remedies, salves, cooking techniques passed down from their grandparents, etc). Everyone else on the panel kept answering the white dude and trying to explain things. Shange ignored him for the WHOLE show, it was hilarious. At one point, she turned to the Black female host and asked: "why is he here?" If all of the other panelists had done what she did, that white man would have shut his damn mouth, and stayed out of business that didn't concern him.
Later on she said that she believes that the reason that White people CONTINUE to insert themselves in our affairs and ask all kinds of idiotic, asinine,condescending,patronizing questions about us and our culture, our behavior, is because we CONTINUE TO ANSWER THEM,lol. She says it has trained them to feel entitled to an explanation or translation of all things Black. It encourages them in their arrogance and perception of themselves as the center of the world and arbiteur of all things. She said she refuses to do that.
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Her basic stance is if you can't understand something that pertains to us, it's because it wasn't meant for you, or it's none of your damn business, in the first place.
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If enough of us took her attitude and stance, their constant poking their nose into our affairs would cease and desist, because they would know that they were going to be shut down, made to look/feel stupid, or out and out ignored.
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African heart, African mind
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