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05-05-08, 06:35 PM
Are we getting it yet?
What does all this deep concern/frustration/anquish over Wright saying this stuff, and thus seeming to derail Obama's chances for the BIG ONE, tell us?
1. That black people are their own worst enemy and that as soon as one of us is in a position to 'achieve' something big (the American Presidency no less) one of our own has to spoil it?
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2. For any high position/status (in areas seen as the domain of Whites) to be achieved by one or more of us (Blacks), it depends HEAVILY on acquiescence from whites? Thus the success of such lofty pursuits relies on WHITES feeling 'safe' or 'comfortable' enough with a black occupying said position.
If you believe the Obama/Wright scenario is testiment to 1. then we should start making effigies of Wright and sticking pins in it. Who knows, some Obama supporters might be doing that already.
If on the other hand you think 2. applies maybe we need to wake up and smell the coffee and recognise the FUTILITY of hoping that we could ever secure a place within the White Man's system/organisation/set up that would effectively allow us to manufacture meaningful change for BLACKS. Then maybe come to realise that the answer lies in BUILDING SOMETHING OF OUR OWN which is to be the means for OUR ellevation, OUR protection and security, and (ostensibly) for OUR benefit.
Man, if achieving 'something' in the White Man's yard demands that there must not even be the SLIGHTEST err toward upsetting or giving concern to him by our WORDS, our BEHAVIOUR or......hell, even our VERY BEING....I question the worth of it all.
Geeze it is almost like trying to play a game of 'Operations' or 'Bucking Bronco' blindfolded and using your feet instead of your hands.......as Obama is finding out as he tries to negotiate the dual seas of 'Keeping whitey appeased' and 'matching the expectations of an expectant AA public.
Respect
There are those who feel that the only way to ‘prove their own worth’ is by ‘devaluing the worth of others’. You will often find that a man who is compelled to measure his substance against the substance of another, has little of substance in the first place!
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